$800 Gaming PC

Odigo

Odigo

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Help me build one please! no more than $800. I have a legal student copy of Windows 7 64 already, and a monitor/mouse. Just need the machine :)
 
Please answer the stickied "ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS FIRST!" So that we can help you better.
 
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, and general web browsing
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 800$ US, shipped with tax.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. USA, MI
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. CPU, VIDEO, CASE, PSU, RAM, HD
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model. None
6) Will you be overclocking? No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? 20-inch, 1600x res
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Build now
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? etc. Sata 6GB
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit? Yes, Win7 64
 
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Please read and answer question 8 again.

Also are you planning on reusing RAM, PSU, case, and DVD drive or do you need those brand new as well? Those parts weren't part of your answers to questions 4 and 5.
 
9.8 years, you'd think he'd know the drill by now. Jeez
 
Danny Bui said:
Please read and answer question 8 again.

Also are you planning on reusing RAM, PSU, case, and DVD drive or do you need those brand new as well? Those parts weren't part of your answers to questions 4 and 5.
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Is that better?
 
Blah blah simple misuderstanding blah blah.
 
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Odigo said:
As soon as I get some advice, which doesn't seem to be here.
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Dude, I need to know when you're building the PC as it determines whether or not I should spend time helping you. If you're planning to build the PC in 2-3 months from now, most of the advice given to you will be more or less useless due to new hardware releases and current hardware become outdated, overpriced, out of stock, or outperformed. Hell sometimes our build lists completely changes weekly. As such, if I know that you won't be building for another 2-3 months, I don't plan on helping you as I would essentially be giving you outdated and poor hardware advice.

In addition, a lot of our build lists uses Newegg combo deals to save you money. Those combo deals however end at the end of the month but new ones will pop up next month.

But if you don't want us to help you save money with combo deals from either this month or February, then go with this setup assuming that you can buy within the next month:
$190 - Intel Core i5-2400 CPU
$90 - Intel BOXDH67BLB3 Intel H67 mATX Motherboard
$37 - G.Skill Value Series F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM
$213 - Gigabyte GTX 560 TI 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$80 - Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$20 - LG GH22NS90B DVD Burner
$68 - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W PSU
$50 - NZXT Source 210 Elite White with Black Front Trim ATX Case
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Total: $748 shipped.
 
Danny Bui said:
Dude, I need to know when you're building the PC as it determines whether or not I should spend time helping you. If you're planning to build the PC in 2-3 months from now, most of the advice given to you will be more or less useless due to new hardware releases and current hardware become outdated, overpriced, out of stock, or outperformed. Hell sometimes our build lists completely changes weekly. As such, if I know that you won't be building for another 2-3 months, I don't plan on helping you as I would essentially be giving you outdated and poor hardware advice.

In addition, a lot of our build lists uses Newegg combo deals to save you money. Those combo deals however end at the end of the month but new ones will pop up next month.

But if you don't want us to help you save money with combo deals from either this month or February, then go with this setup assuming that you can buy within the next month:
$190 - Intel Core i5-2400 CPU
$90 - Intel BOXDH67BLB3 Intel H67 mATX Motherboard
$37 - G.Skill Value Series F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM
$213 - Gigabyte GTX 560 TI 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$80 - Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$20 - LG GH22NS90B DVD Burner
$68 - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W PSU
$50 - NZXT Source 210 Elite White with Black Front Trim ATX Case
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Total: $748 shipped.
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Ok, I apologize I just thought I was getting picked on, having to make so many edits
 
Odigo said:
Ok, I apologize I just thought I was getting picked on, having to make so many edits
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No prob. Didn't mean to appear to be picking on ya. Just had to get the right info.

Now moving past that, look through the build list and see if there is anything you want to do with it
 
Danny Bui said:
No prob. Didn't mean to appear to be picking on ya. Just had to get the right info.

Now moving past that, look through the build list and see if there is anything you want to do with it
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This is what I priced out:


Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm


MSI P67A-C43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support FPB Video .


RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost)

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

$838.94 and I would still need a HD. I wasnt sure if I wanted to go the cheaper AMD route
 
I'm pretty sure some of these General Hardware list-makers are paid Newegg employees. It's absolutely retarded.
 
Odigo said:
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm
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Not a good choice since it's relatively cramped and has little to no cable management features.
Odigo said:
MSI P67A-C43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
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Good mobo but not worth it in your case since you're not overclocking.

Odigo said:
EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support FPB Video .
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A tad overpriced considering the faster HD 6950 cards aren't that much more.

Odigo said:
RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready
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Extremely low quality. Not worth getting unless you want a dead PC.

Odigo said:
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost)
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Not worth it for two reasons:
1) Since you're not overclocking, no reason for a K series CPU whose main pro is overclocking capability
2) You're only gaming. The 2600K is only worth getting if you're doing a ton of video/3D editing/rendering.

Since you're not overclocking and only gaming, you'll be fine with the Core i5 2400
Odigo said:
$838.94 and I would still need a HD. I wasnt sure if I wanted to go the cheaper AMD route
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AMD isn't a viable choice considering that Intel pretty much has them beat at almost every price point.

bodan said:
I'm pretty sure some of these General Hardware list-makers are paid Newegg employees. It's absolutely retarded.
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Fairly sure I'm not. Newegg simply is the easier of the many computer hardware retailer sites to use and buy from. We use to do builds where parts would come from different retailers but after awhile we stopped doing that because that just takes too much time. Besides, most of the time Newegg offers the better price unless you live in CA, NJ, or TN when Newegg charges tax.
 
I wish I worked at Newegg! Thanks for the advice, I appreciate the breakdown. I'm going to check out your suggestions.
 
bodan said:
I'm pretty sure some of these General Hardware list-makers are paid Newegg employees. It's absolutely retarded.
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I wish. Who couldn't use some supplemental income these days. In addition to what Danny said, there is nothing preventing the person being helped from taking the recommendations and then shopping around for better prices on the same product. Using Newegg is just easier and more convenient, since it allows searching a single website that has decent pricing (unless you live in AK or HI) and a pretty robust selection.

I don't see anything retarded in it - care to enlighten us to your exact complaint about the free advice provided by guys like Danny Bui, Skillz, tiraides, E4G1e, Tsuyoi, and the others?
 
Odigo said:
This is what I priced out:


Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm


MSI P67A-C43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support FPB Video .


RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-630SS 630W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready

Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost)

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR
$838.94 and I would still need a HD. I wasnt sure if I wanted to go the cheaper AMD route[
Seeing your not gonna of I would cut back to a 2500pair non k version story k to stock your not gonna see a huger performance. Increase doing this should save you enough for a good he'd
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Dam phone autocorrect bs is annoying was trying to say cut back to a 2500 non k edition you won't c a performance. Difference and this should save u enough to get a good hdd
 
Odigo said:
Ok, I apologize I just thought I was getting picked on, having to make so many edits
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Well I apologize, since I was poking fun at you. :p

Didn't mean any harm in it though, just assumed you was somewhat of a regular around here with your registration date. :eek:

Either way, that build Danny suggested is a solid build. Also I do not work for Newegg, I'm a bartender at a casino in Biloxi. :cool:
 
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