Best Gaming Computer For $500?

[Admiral R. Dash]

(Title)
 Basically I want to know what the best computer is for $500. It's ok if its a bit over, or under. I would prefer it to be a desktop, and not a pc, and it would be focused on loading games at high speed w/ high quality.

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[Akio-]

i don't know how well of a computer you can get for $500

[Drydess]

i don't know how well of a computer you can get for $500

This, you don't want to get stuck with a stuffty computer if you like gaming and such

[Dragonslayer182]

i don't know how well of a computer you can get for $500

500$ is good enough for 1080p 60fps on medium-high settings.

[Darryl McKoy]

500$ is good enough for 1080p 60fps on medium-high settings.

That's a pretty useless measure without saying which game they can expect to run at that level

[Dragonslayer182]

That's a pretty useless measure without saying which game they can expect to run at that level

Battlefield and GTA V

[Darryl McKoy]

Battlefield and GTA V

Do show the build

[Tezuni 2.0]

bought my card for $550, although it's since gone up. http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-384-Bit-Graphics-06G-P4-3787-KR/dp/B00K699CRW

that will run any game on ultra, so what im saying is prioritize the graphics card

[espio100]

Give me 30 mins to make a build real quick
Here we go. I went over with 11 bucks to get a quadcore so you can upgrade it later.
I'm not sure but iirc the case comes with 1 fan and has 5 fan slots so you might want to buy more to keep your system cool
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/yjBM99

If you are going to upgrade later on I suggest just getting a beter graphics card. AMD card arround 200 bucks is a very good choice if you want to stay cheap. For nvidia I'm not sure but the GTX 960 or 970 is a good choice for ~$200

[Jshotgun]

im using an asus m32, the $600 one. handles most games pretty well.

[MonkeyFunkyMonkey]

http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/nVG323/grand-theft-auto-v-ready-pc

[Nickelob Ultra]

http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/nVG323/grand-theft-auto-v-ready-pc

Can even go with a 500w psu on that build and save a bit more.

However if you're actually trying to prioritize on loading games at high speed, you will need to fork up a bit extra for a solid-state drive.  This build also won't run everything at the highest quality, it'll run it probably around medium at best which for some games is still very good looking (Fallout 4, Battlefront, etc.).  Additionally, if you meant "not a PC" as in a Mac system, not gonna happen.

[espio100]

http://pcpartpicker.com/guide/nVG323/grand-theft-auto-v-ready-pc

the cpu will bottleneck the stuff out of the gpu.

However if you're actually trying to prioritize on loading games at high speed

A $500 budge and an SSD just dont go together. A 7200RPM is the bestbyou can get for $500. For comparison most laptops use 5200RPM

[Nickelob Ultra]

the cpu will bottleneck the stuff out of the gpu.

Hardly, the Skylake line is pretty damn fast.  The i3 6100 on that list is a dual core with four threads at 3.7 GHz, and the architecture is great on it.  It's not the best and may struggle on large-scale things like huge Total War battles but for $500 it'll do.

[espio100]

Hardly, the Skylake line is pretty damn fast.  The i3 6100 on that list is a dual core with four threads at 3.7 GHz, and the architecture is great on it.  It's not the best and may struggle on large-scale things like huge Total War battles but for $500 it'll do.

O really? Iirc basicly every dual core bottlenecks the stuff out of the GTX960
Guess not than.

Either way with quadcores you can upgrade it later on.