Return Of The $750 Gaming PC Build: Now With Blu-Ray, Modular PSU, Double The SSD Storage

Forbes - In April I posted an article titled “How To Build A Powerful Gaming PC For $750 — SSD And Operating System Included.” In less than three months it has attracted a shocking amount of views and inspired throngs of readers to wade into the exciting waters of PC gaming. Hundreds of you built that system, but some of you asked what could be accomplished with the same $750 budget if you didn’t need to purchase another copy of Windows. This build is for you, and it’s a ridiculously exciting one.

[josephayal]

Nice PC, Powerful just like X1 and PS4

[Corpser]

And cheaper in the long run not having to pay $50-60 a year to play online

[starchild]

Cheaper games and not having to pay for the privilege to game online more than makes up for any higher up front costs to build a rig.

[GrownUpGamer]

"Nice PC, Powerful just like X1 and PS4"

With this? ---> AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core

NO

add $100 more for this ----> AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) Eight-Core Processor.

Then YES

[SpecialK]

tbh I went with a 6300 and i reckon that would probably be alright next gen. Once games take advantage of multi core more.

Might need 8350 if you want max on every game though. I think they probably decided to go cheap on the CPU to leave as much money as possible for the GPU. Which makes sense as if anything between the cpu ad gpu its the latter that will create a bottleneck next gen.

Im only using a 7770 atm which is a bit worrying with 1gb vram. but i doubt developers will ditch it just yet, Im gonna wait for consoles to shake thing up a bit, we might see cards with more vram go down in price a bit.

[GrownUpGamer]

Oh funny i have dissagrees on what i said.

[JsonHenry]

3.6ghz quad is overkill for gaming right now and probably well into the next-generation of consoles lifespan as well. If you were going to spend 100.00 more then get a better GPU. It will pay off more in the long run.

[spdarksky]

8-core AMD Jaguar/Kabini x86-64 CPU on the PS4 is a mobile type CPU that uses lower power and produces lesser heat.

So it is just not comparable to the PC big boys. AMD CPU for PC is more expensive and more powerful even with lesser core and lower speed.

I'm not against console in any means. Further more putting AMD FX-8350 with AMD Jaguar is just like saying Ferrari Maranello is at the same league as Bugatti Veyron.

[Corpser]

^^^

PS4/X1 have 4GHz CPUs?

[GrownUpGamer]

AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core vs AMD FX-8350 Vishera 4.0GHz (4.2GHz Turbo) >>> Eight-Core <<<

[Mr Tretton]

I've been seeing josephayal troll every day for a long time, and everyone still takes the bait.

[project_pat36]

Sorry but if you want a Powerful PC, you wont want to be on a budget...

Very happy I spent a few hundred dollars more.

[thebudgetgamer]

Drat.

(kicks floor)

[Mr Tretton]

I have to agree with projectpat, you'll find yourself wanting to upgrade soon after you built that budget PC.

[CoolBeansRus]

This holiday season i will be spending $500 on my next gen console, my PC.

[thebudgetgamer]

But that's not a console at silly goose.

[CoolBeansRus]

i know. But i rather upgrade my pc than buy a next gen console. All the games i want are coming out on pc. Ill wait till the price drops or any major defects are fixed.

[The_Truth_24_7]

Still not as powerful as the PS4 or XboxOne.

[JsonHenry]

More powerful than either actually.

[starchild]

Pretty decent build. Personally, though, I would prefer to skip the blurry drive and ssd and put that money into the graphics card and processor. It will give you a much faster, leaner gaming focused machine.

[Mr Tretton]

Yup.

[LAWSON72]

I would rather buy a better cpu or gpu than spend money on a bluray drive. I would also ditch the ssd, but some people think they are worth it, I am not one of those people. I would choose a 2tb hdd over 128gb ssd if I was to spend $100

[strigoi814]

Why would i consider putting a bluray if pc games still use dvd's..oh well maybe for playing movies

[ninjahunter]

If you went hardcore budgeting mode you could probably shave $150-200 off that. At this price range you should be crossing your fingers for a good deal on an Fx8350 and an HD7970

Of course an FX6300 would work too. At the moment when buying AMD cpu's you need too buy the models with a 3 as the second number (x3xx) This means its a piledriver model CPU (i think, im not too good with code names) The single thhreaded performance is significantly better on those models and their usually higher clocked with better overclocking ptential. I was reading that its common to hit 5ghz on an fx6300 if you have really good cooling, which pushes it into competition with intel for half the price. Of course at those clocks I dont think it would last even half as long as an intel CPU.