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$600 Gaming Build

Taikero

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc

Web browsing and general gaming.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?

$600-$630 total (including shipping and tax).

3) Where do you live?

Utah. So, Newegg or Amazon. Have Amazon Prime.

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.

Motherboard, GPU, RAM, optical drive, CPU, HDD, case, and a monitor. Basically everything but a PSU -- I have a new OCZ 600W StealthXStream 2 I can use for this build.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.

Power supply: OCZ 600W StealthXStream 2.

6) Will you be overclocking?

If the hardware supports it, yes.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?

Around 22"-24" would be nice.

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?

Immediately.

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc.

None of these features are needed. Basic will work at this budget.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?

Yes. I have a Windows 7 64-bit license I can use.

Thank you in advance. You guys have helped me in the past and I've been very satisfied with the results. Your help is greatly appreciated.

The computer this is replacing has an AMD Athlon X2 2.8GHz, 2 GB of RAM, and a dead nVidia 9800 GT. I would like to exceed the performance of this computer if possible.
 
$188 - AMD Phenom II 955 + Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AM3 AMD 870 ATX Motherboard Combo
$34 - G.SKILL Value Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
$160 - PowerColor AX6850 1GBD5-DH Radeon HD 6850 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$60 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$20 - Asus DVD Burner
$60 - Cooler Master HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 ATX Case
$110 - Acer S201HLbd Black 20" DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
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Total: $632 shipped
 
Thanks guys. Order placed. I'll let you know how the build goes. :)

Again, I appreciate the help!
 
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