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$1300 Build. Need some assistance

Potatocodone

Potatocodone

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
-Gaming such as WoW
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
-Budget is $1300. But less would better. Maybe $800~1000. This includes tax + shipping
3) Where do you live?
-Charlotte, NC (Zipcode: 28262)
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
-Everything in a tower and good speakers. No keyboard, mouse or monitor.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
-Reusing keyboard, mouse, and monitor. She has an external 2TB hard-drive also.
6) Will you be overclocking?
-Not so really
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
-40" LCD 1080p TV will be use as a monitor
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
-Within the next week or so
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
-No need for Crossfire/SLI/Raid/Firewire. USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps would be nice
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
-Windows 7 Pro x64 from my University

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My friend is on a really old AMD Duron PC with 512MB memory and a sucky 5500FX card. I am surprise she tries to play WoW on it with her 40" LCD TV.

Anyhow shes ready for a good over haul upgrade and shes semi-tech savvy. She is incline only on Intel and Nvidia but I manage to convince her to give ATi a try. I am a bit out of date with Nvidia and their new 400-series card so if you guys think it would be better to go with Nvidia just meantion why. Thanks. Also she has been eyeballing the ATI 5850 card now.

She is hoping for an Intel i7 with an SSD. Not too sure if she wants a hdd for storage since she has a 2TB drive but I'll figure it out. For now I think it would be good to throw in a storage drive.

Cliffnotes:
She wants:
-Intel i7
-SSD
-Maybe ATi 5850
 
 
Thanks It_shiro

Can I ask why the GTX 460? I am a bit out of date with nvidia.
 
Putting a list together. Can I a recommendation on other SSDs? I really do not know much about SSDs.

What about Corsair SSDs? I hear they are pretty good.
 
Intel SSDs are still pretty good:
$225 - Intel SSDSA2MH080G2R5 2.5" 80GB SSD
 
lt_shiro said:
COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN3 CM690 II Basic Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $70

GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $230

OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $158

XFX Black Edition P1-750B-CAG9 750W ATX12V v2.2 / ESP12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular ...and G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ Combo $235


Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930 and GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Combo $484

Total before S&H $1177
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+1 for this build, but if you WANTED to spend the max $1300 I would suggest upgrading to a better GPU (5870/GTX470, etc)
 
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