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I am looking for some help building a PC as I am new at this and have a tight budget of 300-400 USD. I will need everything for it including a keyboard and mouse. I would like to be able to use it to surf the web and be able to play minecraft and possibly WoW . I know I won't be able to play on the best settings but would still enjoy playing. Also, in the build I would like to leave it open to be upgraded so I can upgrade parts as I can afford to do so. Thanks!
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I too am looking for a computer in the same budget range. I too would like some advise on this topic.
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About as good as you can do with $400.
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Sanctorum wrote [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

About as good as you can do with $400.

And would that be able to play games like WoW and minecraft?
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Yes it will handle both them games just fine.

Nice build Sanctorum...
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About as good as you can do with $400.

And would that be able to play games like WoW and minecraft?
Easily. It'll struggle to play anything reasonably demanding on good settings though. The R7 260X is a lower end GPU. Personally, I wouldn't get any of the AMD R7 series or NVIDIA GT series GPU's, I find they're too low end for my liking. Also, games are only becoming more demanding. 4GB RAM is sufficient for now but 8GB is my recommended minimum. Personally, I wouldn't build anything with less than 8GB RAM. For your budget, the build is pretty good though. I think you should have a look around your room for an old HDD of a decent size. I know a lot of people have old HDD's lying about, typically 500 or 750GB. If you do, you could use that instead of buying a new HDD which would give you an extra $50 to put towards a better GPU which would be beneficial if you ever decide to play more demanding games.
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