Curious as to what the community could recommend that I can use as a reference. We are building a tower for my brother in law with a 600ish budget. We can go a little over. Can throw a donation to the most helpful. Thanks!

This post was edited by Abram_J on Dec 9 2014 02:55am

Provide this info please...


Budget:
More specific use (what games, what programs):
Planned time until purchase:
Do you need an Operating System?:
Do you have any specific preferred components?:
Do you need a sound or wireless card?:
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?:
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?:
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs):

I can probably get my sister to spend an extra 100 to 200 on the setup if it's worth the extra. I was having a lot of trouble making one for $600 that didn't look like shit to me...

This post was edited by Abram_J on Dec 9 2014 02:53am

I would recommend more like a minimum of an $850 budget these days.
We CAN build a $600 computer, but you probably won't like it.


/e To be completely honest...$1000 is more like it. At this price range you get a very good comp, that won't break, and will not NEED to be upgraded in 6 months. We CAN do that for $850 as well, but we won't be using the best parts.



/e This is what I would get...I know the vid card is more than you may need but it's probably the best price/performance card on the market at this time.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/JK4LjX


/ee I could get this build down to $800, but I wouldn't feel as good about my recommendations, as I would with this build.


/eee If you live near a Micro Center, get w/e parts you can there...then just order the rest...it'll save you maybe $75-$100

This post was edited by Ghot on Dec 9 2014 05:09am

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/87XwjX for $600 there. You could definitely play any modern PC game on that with max or high settings.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NHGZrH
spend 150extra,
i'd say it's worth.

Otherwise, downgrade the GPU to something even weaker.. like 750ti tho i don't recommend it.

On budget http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YvdhBm



This post was edited by WWI on Dec 9 2014 08:57am

Thank you all for the builds. I'll dn8 to the one she winds up using.