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Budget Gaming Build

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, Web, Basic apps (word etc), sometimes photoshop, and general multitasking.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$750, but i wouldn't complain with $700.
3) Where do you live?
Nebraska
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
everything, PSU, CPU, GPU, ram, case etc.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
I could possibly reuse and old optical drive from a dell we have sitting around.
6) Will you be overclocking?
no.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
22" 1680x1050
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
within a week
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
nothing specific, no raid, no sli just basic.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
yes, cheap prices at school. $15 ftw.


This is what I'm sort of looking at. I've always been an Intel/Nvidia guy, but its looking like in this price range, AMD/ATI is the better buy? Am i correct in thinking that?

GIGABYTE GV-R485ZL-512H Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125238

GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128384

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS500 500W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply ... - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703015

Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231166

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor Model HDZ940XCGIBOX - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471

thanks in advance for looking at this and having some suggestiong.
 
 
I like the PCP&C PSU at 500W better than the 400W corsair PSU. It's always nice to have a little headroom, particularly if someday you decide to swap in a beefier video card or a 5850 when they come out. Your basic parts list looks good. I'd go with sapphire or xfx over gigabyte though. Sapphire is the cheapest at $95 and has a native hdmi. The Asus is $99 and has a huge cooling solution. The XFX is priciest at $109 but has a nice lifetime warranty on it.
 
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Get the TruePower New TP-550 instead of the PC P&C 500W PSU. If you use the promo code (which, IIRC, expires Monday), you can get the TP-550 for less.

If you can, wait for the new video cards to hit the market.
 
Antec truepower is pretty good as well. I suppose for $5 less and free shipping it might be worth it to switch. In general items with free shipping will save you money.
 
vjcsmoke said:
I like the PCP&C PSU at 500W better than the 400W corsair PSU. It's always nice to have a little headroom, particularly if someday you decide to swap in a beefier video card or a 5850 when they come out. Your basic parts list looks good. I'd go with sapphire or xfx over gigabyte though. Sapphire is the cheapest at $95 and has a native hdmi. The Asus is $99 and has a huge cooling solution. The XFX is priciest at $109 but has a nice lifetime warranty on it.
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that 400w corsair psu can handle any video card needing dual 6 pin pcie.
 
If you're looking for a budget gaming rig may I suggest used rigs from the FS forum? There's a couple of good ones in there starting from around $400.
 
lt_shiro said:
hmmm... sale troll.
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I don't have any hardware for sale, Sir, feel free to search my name in the FS forum. I was just trying to save him a couple hundred bucks if he didn't mind buying used.:(
 
If you don't have any plans for crossfire, then you can easily grab a 785G/770 board to save more money. Also, if you get a 785G board, you can use the onboard graphics until the new AMD 5XXX series come out, that may drop prices a bit for current products.
 
 
lt_shiro said:
yes please. plus x4 945 overclocks better than x4 940.
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so if i replace the parts in my list with yours that overlap everything will be good?

appreciate the help. i'm not that up on AMD/ATI at all.

also, will this computer be able to play, COD4 for example on med. settings?

its a PC for my brother, who primarily plays WOW and a few other older games, but i'd like it to be able to play somewhat new stuff relatively well.
 
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