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PC or Laptop under $600 that can play GTA V

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Brayden5234

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Hello, I am planning on buying my first a pre-built gaming PC or Laptop, I need it to at least be able to run GTA V on medium settings. I have a budget of $600 USD. Is this possible?

Thank you for your time 😀

Edit: Forgot to say, I have to be able to pay for the machine via BitCoins.

Edit 2: So preferably buying the gaming PC/Laptop from NewEgg.
 
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chubbyfatazn said:
Ignoring your Bitcoin requirement because... iono why you're locked into just using Bitcoin...

Follow this link and pick the $440 (after $175 MIR) config with the i5 4590. Buy a relatively low-power GPU (probably the only time I'd even remotely consider a GTX 960) and put it in yourself.

There's a 25% off coupon for the Alienware (Dell) outlet, ALIENWARE25%. Their Steam box-type machines are OOS at the moment, though.

There's a member here in the FS/FT forums (currently inaccessible to you) selling a Lenovo Y80 with an i7 5500U and a Radeon M275 for $635. If you don't have good Heat or ebay feedback, don't even try bothering him.

$600 is tight, don't expect killer results from any of these machines.
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that depends how you define killer

an i5 +960 will easily top PS4/Xb1 performance
 
Alright, to answer your guys questions, yes I already have a monitor. 27 inch HD LG monitor.

To answer your other questions, I ran into $655 in bitcoins so I wanted to buy a PC with them that could play GTA V.
 
chubbyfatazn said:
Buy this and a $200 (conservative) GTX 960 and send me the remaining $40.

Or this, this, this, or this (add GPU to any of them). Maybe not so much that last one, it already has a GT 635 in it.



I don't think you'll be having much fun on that APU.

edit: or pony up an extra $35 for this, with an i5 4460/8GB/GTX 960/500GB HDD. That's probably as good as you're gonna get for a prebuilt under 700 bones.
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Alright this one does not look bad: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220835R

Thanks for pointing me to it, what about the GPU card though? I do not have a clue which one to buy for this PC.
 
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Newegg accepts bitcoin so just build a cheap gaming rig for ~$600 on newegg.

Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119274

HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840

SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4AJ1JJ8217

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148540

GPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202081

CPU/MB combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.2285123


Total cost is $645



That system will run GTA V on medium settings at 40-50FPS. And it comes with a 120GB SSD for your OS and any main games (GTA V will take up most of the extra space if you install that to the SSD)

Chubbys build looks decent too if you want the prebuilt route.
 
Brayden5234 said:
Yeah, that is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks 😀

So that PC will be able to play GTA V on medium settings right?

Edit: Checked game debate it said its specs could run GTA V on high.
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Dunno. Read the GTA5 thread in the VC&G subforum and see if you can find a result for the GTX 960.

mnewsham said:
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Something tells me he's never even seen the inside of a computer before. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.
 
chubbyfatazn said:
Something tells me he's never even seen the inside of a computer before. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.
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I figured since he asked for a pre-built, but seeing as putting a computer together is almost akin to adult legos, i figured i'd provide a build in his budget if he wanted to go that route.
 
mnewsham said:
I figured since he asked for a pre-built, but seeing as putting a computer together is almost akin to adult legos, i figured i'd provide a build in his budget if he wanted to go that route.
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:thumbsup:

You'd be surprised at the things people with no knowledge can do to a computer...

Just wondering, have you tried GTA5 with your APU? Curious to see how it runs for you.
 
chubbyfatazn said:
Just wondering, have you tried GTA5 with your APU? Curious to see how it runs for you.
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The APU just isnt powerful enough, I can get 40 FPS at lowest settings. But it stutters down to 20-30 at some spots. (this is using the two r7-260x's in crossfire)

Just needs more CPU power sadly.


Luckily I have my brothers rig I can play this game on whenever I want which is an i5-4690k+ r9-270x. Which runs the game at 60fps on high.
 
Losing a lot of value that way. Buy used parts on forums like this one or [H], the case locally, shipping kills all value.
Good CPU/Mobo combo will set you back $250, RAM another $50. Another $100 to split on case and PSU, leaves you $200 to spend on a GPU and HD and game infinitely better than the prebuilts.

EDIT: Those $200 could split to pick up a new $60 SSD, a $100 7950 video card and a legit windows8/10 key on top of that, all for $600
 
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Brayden5234 said:
guys thread solved. I will be getting the prebuilt pc.
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if its the one with the amd apu that you quoted you are making a big mistake as it wont play GTA 5 worth a crap, if at all

you should just buy a PS4 for $399 that includes GTA5 and one other game, pretty sure that bundle is still around

man you are going about this spectacularly wrong
 
Brayden5234 said:
Alright this one does not look bad: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220835R

Thanks for pointing me to it, what about the GPU card though? I do not have a clue which one to buy for this PC.
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GT750 or 750Ti. Ti should fit into your budget if you shop carefully. Usually runs around 140.00 for the 750Ti. An i5 plus 750Ti will destroy that apu in gaming (and pretty much any other tasks) for the same price.

The i5 plus 750Ti will play GTAV for sure, probably 1080p medium, or higher settings at a lower res. Depends on what framerate you require. To me
 
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