If you have a $500 dollar budget you can still get an amazing pc. I'd suggest getting a FX 8320. I found a great site that has the best builds for each price range http://www.toptengamer.com/build-gaming-pc/. It's very helpful.

Do you really NEED a new monitor?

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monte carinoYou aren't willing to reuse parts from your current computer? Like the DVD drive and hard drive.. possibly even the case. Would you use linux? (it is free OS) There are also ways to re-use your OS if it is windows OEM..

I am sure there is a way to build a decent computer from $500

There are a lot of parts that don't effect performance very much that you should re-use..

With this budget.. you should definitely consider reusing parts.


I built my pc on a budget of $500 a year and a half ago and I am still playing most games on high settings.

Could you provide a list of things you already have? (on your current computer)

Are you talking about USD? Because in Australia prices are much higher, even more than due to inflation.

1 Aus currency = .93 USD and I updated my post.. I actually used around $370 USD..
Please tell me what parts/OS you currently have


A decent pc without reusing parts will not be possible. You will be reusing stuff

While that may be true, a GPU is 1/3rd to a half more than here in the US.

COOPERx223xSince I'm assuming you got this from /r/buildapcforme (since this is their exact format for submitting a request), what did they suggest?

It is very similar, but this is the format that we suggested here on pmc pmc-computer-building-general-information-thread-t387346.html

Since I'm assuming you got this from /r/buildapcforme (since this is their exact format for submitting a request), what did they suggest?

I'm about to build my own PC pretty soon, and from what I've been looking at you might want to consider saving up to around $800 for anything really decent, especially if part of that budget is going towards peripherals like the M&KB and a new screen.

@Op You would be better off saving up more. Looking at your expectations, I think you would be disappointed in anything you can get for this price.

Can you not plan games on your "video editing PC" for some reason? It looks like it has pretty good specs.

You guys cant just look at the exchange rate. Australian prices are alot higher than in the US.

57r4d

monte carinoYou aren't willing to reuse parts from your current computer? Like the DVD drive and hard drive.. possibly even the case. Would you use linux? (it is free OS) There are also ways to re-use your OS if it is windows OEM..

I am sure there is a way to build a decent computer from $500

There are a lot of parts that don't effect performance very much that you should re-use..

With this budget.. you should definitely consider reusing parts.


I built my pc on a budget of $500 a year and a half ago and I am still playing most games on high settings.

Could you provide a list of things you already have? (on your current computer)

Are you talking about USD? Because in Australia prices are much higher, even more than due to inflation.

1 Aus currency = .93 USD and I updated my post.. I actually used around $370 USD..
Please tell me what parts/OS you currently have


A decent pc without reusing parts will not be possible. You will be reusing stuff

My $300 asus comp. ran WoW, DayZ, Minecraft, Tomb Raider, Skyrim, Terraria, etc, on max settings. I'm not lyin'

monte carinoYou aren't willing to reuse parts from your current computer? Like the DVD drive and hard drive.. possibly even the case. Would you use linux? (it is free OS) There are also ways to re-use your OS if it is windows OEM..

I am sure there is a way to build a decent computer from $500

There are a lot of parts that don't effect performance very much that you should re-use..

With this budget.. you should definitely consider reusing parts.


I built my pc on a budget of $500 a year and a half ago and I am still playing most games on high settings.

Could you provide a list of things you already have? (on your current computer)

Are you talking about USD? Because in Australia prices are much higher, even more than due to inflation.

You aren't willing to reuse parts from your current computer? Like the DVD drive and hard drive.. possibly even the case. Would you use linux? (it is free OS) There are also ways to re-use your OS if it is windows OEM..

I am sure there is a way to build a decent computer from $500

There are a lot of parts that don't effect performance very much that you should re-use..

With this budget.. you should definitely consider reusing parts.


I built my pc on a budget of $370 a year and a half ago and I am still playing most games on high settings. It was so cheap because of black Friday/cyber Monday sales and I reused many parts. For example, I can play planetside 2 on medium settings with hundreds of players around me (:
If there are no players.. max settings @ 60fps (V-sync)

Could you provide a list of things you already have? (on your current computer)

It's going to be impossible to get proper performance out of $500 AUS. It would barely play games from 2 generations ago with low settings, nevermind a prebuilt.