Budget Build

[Lolkrayd]

Hey everyone,
I've been thinking of picking up budget build and there was a lot of hype with the pentium g3258 and I was thinking of picking it up in the future. How does the current build I have look? Anywhere you can drop to save a few bucks maybe? Been hearing a lot of rumors of the H97 motherboard being able to overclock.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Core Edition Video Card (Purchased For $25.00)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $25.00)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $554.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

~Edit Revised a bit

[Biernot]

A gold PSU is a bit overkill for a budget build. I would suggest a ~500W bronze unit. E.g. http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-pow...ply-p1550sxxb9 for at least $20 less. There are cheaper units, but those are not necessarily recommendable (e.g. Corsair CX series has some quality issues lately).

Other than that, everything is fine.

[tielknight]

IMO, hang onto the Z97 for future CPU upgrades, rest looks solid. Also, if you don't mind paying $10 more upfront, the XFX 650W is the same price as the 550W after a rebate.

[Lolkrayd]

Was only getting it because it was a modular psu. Though will probably take that into consideration but planning this build a month in advance. Might even drop the hard drive considering almost nothing will be on this computer minus a few small games... Castle Crasher and minor games.
Just cannot live without a SSD now :|

[CandyFresh]

Not sure what you're planning to use the PC for, but this build should be decent enough for gaming & general use:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($59.99 @ Micro Center)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.91 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Thermaltake SMART 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $598.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

It's cheap & cheerful, but packs a punch. What do you think?

[tielknight]

You did read that they had already purchased some parts...right?

[Lolkrayd]

This build is basically a home theater/steam machine/Windows 7 Machine
and really for me to play with the g3258
Though I did a 2nd Revision
Already own an aftermarket cooler/gpu/case/windows7
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.59 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Core Edition Video Card (Purchased For $25.00)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $25.00)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $412.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

[CandyFresh]

This build is basically a home theater/steam machine/Windows 7 Machine
and really for me to play with the g3258
Though I did a 2nd Revision
Already own an aftermarket cooler/gpu/case/windows7
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (Purchased For $0.00)
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.59 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Core Edition Video Card (Purchased For $25.00)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (Purchased For $25.00)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $412.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

That looks like a good build Lolkrayd. Only suggestions I'd make it that if you went with the motherboard / RAM / HDD / PSU from my build (post #5) you'd save an extra ~$46.50. You could pocket that or throw in a small SSD for a zippier build! Hope that helps!