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Budget Build CHALLENGE!!!!
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jeremyshaw
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Welcome to the [H]!
and please respond to the answers in the stickied "Read this First" thread!
Notes:
AMD is best at this budget range / performance (Intel is the outright fastest, and has better price/performance at higher prices)
Look for combo deals, but don't go for:
ECS or JetWay motherboards
You'll find few people who trust them, and perhaps nobody whom swears by them.
RAM prices are a bit wierd, but as a general note:
DDR2 ~ DDR3 in terms of performance.
DDR2 ~ DDR3 in terms of price
however.
DDR2 is gonna die off soon. DDR3 is the new standard.
and please respond to the answers in the stickied "Read this First" thread!
Notes:
AMD is best at this budget range / performance (Intel is the outright fastest, and has better price/performance at higher prices)
Look for combo deals, but don't go for:
ECS or JetWay motherboards
You'll find few people who trust them, and perhaps nobody whom swears by them.
RAM prices are a bit wierd, but as a general note:
DDR2 ~ DDR3 in terms of performance.
DDR2 ~ DDR3 in terms of price
however.
DDR2 is gonna die off soon. DDR3 is the new standard.
) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Internet, downloading, music and pictures, occasional gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 250ish...no
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Hard Drive
Internet, downloading, music and pictures, occasional gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? 250ish...no
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, Motherboard, RAM, Hard Drive
jeremyshaw
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Don't worry, integrated video has come a loooong way since the Intel Extreme Graphics era.
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Since you didn't answer all the questions, I won't bother asking them again.
If you live near a Fry's, they typically have good enough CPU/Combo deals for under $100 -- no, they're not the best boards, but they're good enough for the price you pay (basically, the boards are typically free).
Since we don't know what optical drive, case, and psu you'll be using, make sure the board you buy has IDE, if the optical drive is IDE; make sure the case has adequate cooling for the newer parts; and make sure the PSU is of good quality and can handle the new parts.
Since we don't know if you'll be OC'ing or not: if you will be, get an aftermarket cooler. If not, then a Fry's combo would be fine.
Since we don't know what size monitor, we can't comment on how the onboard vidcard will perform for your needs.
newegg build...
$66 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz Socket AM3
$70 - BIOSTAR TA785G3 AM3 AMD 785G
$45 - 2GB DDR3-1333 RAM,
$55 - Samsung F3 or Seagate 7200.12 500GB Hard Drive
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$236
fry's build...
$185 - AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processor & Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard
-$15 MIR
$60 - 750GB WD
$45 - Patriot 2GB DDR2 PC6400 Dual Memory
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$290 - $15MIR
past fry's deals that might come around again, just to give you an idea of what to look out for if you have a Fry's near you:
$130 - AMD Athlon II X4 250 Processor & Asus M3A76-CM Motherboard
$110 - AMD Athlon II X2 550 Black & MSI 785GTM-E45 Motherboard
$100 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 & MSI P43 Neo-F Motherboard
$90 - AMD Athlon II X4 250 Processor & Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2 Motherboard
$80 - Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor E6300 & MSI G31M3-F Motherboard
$70 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 Processor & BioStar MCP6P M2+ Motherboard
If you live near a Fry's, they typically have good enough CPU/Combo deals for under $100 -- no, they're not the best boards, but they're good enough for the price you pay (basically, the boards are typically free).
Since we don't know what optical drive, case, and psu you'll be using, make sure the board you buy has IDE, if the optical drive is IDE; make sure the case has adequate cooling for the newer parts; and make sure the PSU is of good quality and can handle the new parts.
Since we don't know if you'll be OC'ing or not: if you will be, get an aftermarket cooler. If not, then a Fry's combo would be fine.
Since we don't know what size monitor, we can't comment on how the onboard vidcard will perform for your needs.
newegg build...
$66 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz Socket AM3
$70 - BIOSTAR TA785G3 AM3 AMD 785G
$45 - 2GB DDR3-1333 RAM,
$55 - Samsung F3 or Seagate 7200.12 500GB Hard Drive
=======
$236
fry's build...
$185 - AMD Athlon II X4 620 Processor & Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard
-$15 MIR
$60 - 750GB WD
$45 - Patriot 2GB DDR2 PC6400 Dual Memory
=======
$290 - $15MIR
past fry's deals that might come around again, just to give you an idea of what to look out for if you have a Fry's near you:
$130 - AMD Athlon II X4 250 Processor & Asus M3A76-CM Motherboard
$110 - AMD Athlon II X2 550 Black & MSI 785GTM-E45 Motherboard
$100 - Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 & MSI P43 Neo-F Motherboard
$90 - AMD Athlon II X4 250 Processor & Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2 Motherboard
$80 - Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor E6300 & MSI G31M3-F Motherboard
$70 - AMD Athlon II X2 245 Processor & BioStar MCP6P M2+ Motherboard
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