Mind taking a look at my budget build for Star Citizen?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor $194.99 @ SuperBiiz
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $53.99 @ SuperBiiz
Memory Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory $35.99 @ Newegg
Storage PNY CS1311 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $59.99 @ Micro Center
Video Card XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card $169.99 @ Newegg
Case Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $23.26 @ Amazon
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply $74.99 @ NCIX US
Optical Drive Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer $17.89 @ OutletPC
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) $85.49 @ OutletPC
Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter $12.99 @ SuperBiiz
Monitor Acer G236HLBbd 60Hz 23.0" Monitor $90.98 @ Newegg
Keyboard Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse $24.99 @ Newegg
Speakers Logitech Z200 0W 2ch Speakers $24.89 @ SuperBiiz
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $925.43
Mail-in rebates -$55.00
Total $870.43
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-20 09:08 EDT-0400
  • Much better CPU and the mobo/RAM to support it

  • Cheaper and smaller SSD

  • Better GPU

  • Much better PSU

  • Slightly better monitor, although you could probably find something even better and still fit under $900

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