Cheap build for source games on high, no specific budget.

[Zerokateo]

I want to get my girlfriend a computer so she can at least max out source games but I need it as cheap as possible. She'll most likely never play BF3/4 or anything intensive at all. I just need the case, cpu, mobo, hdd, psu, ram and gpu.

I'm not looking to spend more than around $400 but I can splurge if necessary.

[Catshit]

Uh...
For $400 to max it out seems pretty hard tbh..
[url]http://www.neweggflash.com/Product/N82E16883113255[/url]
That might work lol.

[flayne]

For $400, you're not going to be getting anything with a dedicated GPU. You'll probably want to look into AMD APUs. Something like this might be the best you can get: [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WFl5[/url] (throw in a hyper 212 evo if you want to overclock it).

[Npc_Hydra3]

This is the best I can do [URL]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WFpa[/URL] You can overclock the athlon pretty well, but if you don't want to just take off the hyper 212 and save $30.

P.S I didn't notice that case doesn't have onboard usb 3, so if you want that just get one that does I just went pretty cheap on the case to stay close to budget.

But I threw on a 7770 enjoy.;)

[Zerokateo]

That's not bad, how much better could I get if I boosted to $450 or $500?

[Npc_Hydra3]

You could upgrade to 8gb dual channel ram and a 650 Ti boost or a 7850 if you like AMD better. [url]http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WG3o[/url]

[Zerokateo]

That seems like a better plan since she also plays minecraft and it's a real memory hog.