In the following three posts, I’ll compile three gaming PC builds; one low-cost, the next average, and the last for dedicated gamers willing to shell out the equivalent of more than a couple weeks of food. Let’s start with the low-tier build; one that should have no trouble running most games on low-medium quality.

Low-Tier:

CPU- AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz 6-Core
Motherboard- Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 Micro-ATX
Memory- Team Vulcan 8GB DDR3-1600
Storage- Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
Video Card- XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB
Case- Antec GX700 ATX Mid Tower
Power Supply- Corsair Builder 500W
OS- Windows 8.1 OEM
Total Price: $506.91