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Update: Picture Link! https://imgur.com/a/LXGEQH4 I should have probably took the side panel off the glare is kind of bad lol.

To clear up some confusion $110 was for the i7, ram, cooler, and board! Also after the gtx 770 sale we were roughly $40 under budget for people saying oh you got “free” parts definitely could’ve bought a 1tb hard drive of amazon for that much just why would you if you got it for free! Didn’t factor the 770 sale cause in because that was unexpected! Also still would have a functioning pc with storage without it just not as much! Thanks for all the support though guys!

Hey guys my friend wanted to get into pc gaming coming from an Xbox one all he wanted to spend was 300$ because I told him the current market was pretty bad and he just wanted something to kind of hold him through. I told him this would be a hard budget but I got it done with a few local deals and was wondering what all of you thought about the build, And I no longer think this PC is just a hold through pc but a very capable gaming machine. The build consisted mostly of second hand parts.

CPU – i7 2600k OC @ 4.5Ghz stable 1.35v – Part of a bundle $110

Cooler – Coolermaster Hyper 212 evo – Part of a bundle $110

Motherboard – Gigabyte Z68 XP-UD4 – Part of a bundle $110

RAM – 4x4gb Crucial Ballistix Ddr3 1600mhz – Part of a bundle $110

Storage – #1- 240gb Kingston sata 3 ssd – $24.99 #1- 1tb Hitachi 7200rpm hard drive – Free

GPU – EVGA GTX 1060 3gb Single Fan- $100

Case – Fractal design Focus G white – $44.99

PSU – Thermaltake 600w 80+ white certified $29.99

Total – $309.97

So I managed to find a “parts” pc for free from one of the neighbors who was going to throw it out which was pretty dusty that had the 1tb hard drive in good health which was pretty lucky, wiped it and it was ready to go. I found a bundle on craigslist for the i7 with cooler, ram, and board for $110 firm also the i7 overclocked to 4.5ghz and only got to 52c stress testing it for an hour on the hyper 212. I managed to snag(steal) a gtx 1060 3gb locally for $100 he was asking $130 and I can hardly believe he accepted my offer of $100. He mostly just wants to play things like Rust, Overwatch, Apex, and Gmod so I think this pc will be great for that especially for the price. The other parts were bought new on sale for what I feel like were relatively good deals all with free shipping. Originally we were going to put a GTX 770 2gb in it that we got for $90 but we actually managed to sell it on eBay for $150 plus shipping after we got the GTX 1060. So I guess it was actually cheaper than $300 if you factor that in.

Might be able to add a picture soon if you guys want to see one!