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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    Hello again. Was passing by the Microcenter and ended up with the following. Before opening anything and getting to it, is there anything on the list that you would absolutely change-out for something else? I pass by the microcenter once a week, so returns are not a problem for me; not sure...
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    Yes.
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    Sorry I stepped away. Its great to see the gears grinding. I knew I came to the right place. He's got a little cash, and some grandparents he can hit up for his birthday, and I see a great avenue to really ramp up the slave labor, err I mean chores around the house, so i am liking the 'get...
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    Yes, I'll be near Mc for other reasons. monitor: VX32LHDTV10A 32" HD 1366 x 768 native LCD HDTV. OS. yes that is the OS that came with them. if he needs to go out and pop for an operating system of his choice with his own cash, that will be fine.
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    Amazon caved and started charging tax in CA a couple weeks ago since they want to build a whole bunch of distribution centers here and offer same or next day delivery on their own and eventually cut out fedex and ups.
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    $500 plus shipping and tax is doable. I will be near the MC in orange county later this week, so I can go in there and buy what they have going. I have amazon prime so even though they charge tax now, I usually can get the shipping free. Windows 7 home 64 bit. Monitor, he doesn't have one...
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    No, not $500 more, I was clearly missing the big picture. Looking Vithar's list below, which is much appreciated, I guess if I went with the i5 and motherboard, and used the rest of his specs, I'd be looking at around $750 all in, which blows the budget right out. I just like the idea of...
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    Looks like there is a micro center up in orange county, I will be near there later this week. I looked at their flyer and saw if i went with the i5 3570 and motherboard, there is an additional $50 off. It looks like those two items would blow most of my $400 which I guess would be fine if that...
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    right now it seems to be skyrim, assassins creed, battlefield 3 on his consol; his school laptop is old and slow so he can't really game on it too well. i hear about wanting to play at max settings (refresh rate?) and lots of groans about lag.
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    NOOBUILD - Dad needs some help

    Outstanding forum. Situation. Son read somewhere that the way to get parents to buy a gaming rig is to tell them you want to build one. Smart angle. His birthday is around the corner so I want to get him started. I've been looking at bundles at newegg and tigerdirect, but honestly I know...
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