Tax Return: Budget PC Build under $600

Getting your tax return soon and not sure what to do with all that money? Well here is a suggestion...invest it into building your own gaming PC! This is a powerful budget build that should last you a few years without needing and upgrade.

All prices are based off of Amazon.com on February 16th.
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CPU: AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition $109.99

Motherboard: Gigabyte AM3+ AMD DDR3 1333 760G HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboard GA-78LMT-USB3 $58.99

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11D-8GBXL $83.95

Storage: Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Drive Retail Kit (ST310005N1A1AS) $59.99

Depending on how much storage your going to use, you might want to opt-out of a normal hard drive and just use a SSD.






Video Card: ASUS R9270-DC2OC-2GD5 Graphics Cards $163.78

Case: Sentey Gs-6008 Stealth $42.99

There is a lot of cheap cases you can get. This is just one of them that I randomly picked because I like the way it looks. Just make sure the case is compatible with your motherboard and that there is enough room inside for all your parts.






Power Supply: EVGA 600B 80PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Active PFC 600W  $54.99


Operating System: Linux $Free
Linux is a great choice if your planning on playing a few select games like CSGO. Steam has made an effort to get a lot of games able to work for this operating system.

Total: $573.79

Other Components you might need/want:

Operating System: Windows 8.1 $102.02


You could just get Linux for free if your on a really tight budget. But if your able to I would make the extra effort to get Windows 8.1 which will allow you to play a lot more games from your steam library. However if you only want to play CSGO, you should be fine without this extra purchase.

Monitor: ASUS VS228H-P 21.5-Inch Full-HD 5ms LED-Lit LCD Monitor $129.99

 Keyboard: Logitech G105 $39.99

 Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core $68.99

Having a new gaming mouse like the Logitech G502 might give you that extra help you need to improve your gaming performance. I know it changed my level of gaming. This is one of my favorite gaming mice ever made! You can read my review here.









SSD: Kingston Digital 120GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3 2.5-Inch $57.00



 Headset: Logitech G430 $59.99

Additional Total: $517.97

Final Total: $1091.76 (this includes all additional parts)