GamersNexus: "For a little over $600, this DIY budget gaming PC build is spec'd to run most games on high settings (or thereabouts) and is packed with goodies that should equip you to cause fits of rage from all the disemboweled noobs. The system features one of the more powerful mid-range video cards on the market, the GTX 660, an FX-4300 entry-level CPU, 1TB HDD with an SSD suggestion, and the whitest case we've ever recommended. With all that in mind, let's get to the good stuff."
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GTX 660 is the best bang for the buck right now.
but price didn't include the OS, the total is over 700$
For anyone interested, ive created an equally powerful Spec list for slightly cheaper.
CPU: AMD FX-6300
GPU: Xfx Radeon 7850
Mobo: MSI 970A-G46
RAM: G.Skill 8Gb ram (1 stick) 1600mhz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU: Logisys 550watt PSU
Case:MSI TC Black mid tower
$526
Thats not counting an Optical drive or operating system. So you can probably round that up to $600
Some things i took into consideration with this setup:
-Crossfire enabled Mobo
-Mobo specifically designed for Overclocking FX CPUs
-An overclocked FX-6300 directly competes with i5 3570
-Overclocked 7850 trumps An overclocked 660 GTX in most cases
-Very future proof by allowing crossfire, an additional 8GB ram stick and upcoming AMD processors.
-Case comes with a fan :P
I made these specs on the PC part picker website if you want to double check my list :P
Parts are a little more in the UK than they are in the US. Plus, I don't think we have the option to rebate. Well I've never seen the option anywhere...
I checked the prices on the exact same parts in the UK and it comes to a total of £559. Give or take £10 to £20 for P&P and maybe finding them at different places for slightly cheaper. That is about $847...
The computer I want to build will cost me £874. That doesn't include HDD's, Fans, PSU and the Optical Drive as I will be using those from my current build.
It's expensive, but I guess that's normal in the UK. In the US it is significantly cheaper and you can get rebates on some of those parts.
You know toms hardware does these every 3 months and include benchmarking with 3 different price points/configurations. Highly credible and easy to compare with the previous builds to show performance gains.
Not to sound like a shill, but anyone can write up a $ build for a gaming computer (as you see in the comments already,) doesn't mean much without benchmarking the system to show its performance is in fact the best bang for the buck.