400 dollar intel build

If you buy used go to hardware swap. You should be able to get something like a 2500k for a little more than 100 and same for a gpu like a 7970.

Heres a quick list I made

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor $100.00
Motherboard Asus P8Z77-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard $50.00
Memory Mushkin ECO2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $30.98 @ Newegg
Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $47.99 @ Micro Center
Video Card Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card $100.00
Case Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case $34.99 @ Micro Center
Power Supply EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $34.99 @ Newegg
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $398.95
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-23 09:21 EDT-0400

This is just to give you an idea. You don't have to buy these exact parts. It isn't really worth it to buy hdds, ram, or psus second hand.

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