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Budget gaming rig (<$500)

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LateraLex

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming(StarCraft II, League of Legends, Diablo III), Photoshop/Illistrator, and Web Browsing

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$500 before Tax + Shipping

3) Where do you live?
Boston, MA area

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.
CPU, RAM, Mother Board, Hard Drive, Video Card, DVD Drive, Network Card, Case & Power Supply

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

6) Will you be overclocking?
No

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
ASUS 21.5" HDMI is what I currently have.

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

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
USB

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Yes, 64bit Windows 7
 
Micro Center:

Phenom II X2 555 + 785G-E53 AM3 ATX = 109.99 + tax (http://www.microcenter.com/specials/promotions/0810_AMDbundle.html)
OCZ 4GB DDR3 = 89.99 - 15MIR (http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0317772)
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 500 W = 54.99
Sony AD-7260S 24X SATA Internal DVD Burner = 17.99
Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB = 64.99
Cooler Master Elite 335 Case = 44.99

Tiger Direct:
Sapphire HD5770 1GB = 149.99-15

Total: 532.93 - 30 = 502.93 + tax (at microcenter, not sure about TD)

That's as low as I could find....
 
Ditch the shitty Coolermaster PSU and go with the higher quality Corsair 400CX. Besides that, looks good.
 
LateraLex said:
Awesome. It looks like the CPU + Mobo deal is OOS at Microcenter still :(

Would this be a good replacement, or do you have any other suggestions?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6529675&sku=B69-4396
Click to expand...

Nope. Older, less efficient (relatively low performance-to-clock-speed ratio), DDR2-only CPU with a DDR2-only motherboard (albeit one whose BIOS can be updated to support the latest AM3 CPUs). Plus, DDR2 memory is now equally as pricey as DDR3 memory per GB. Those make spending that much money on older technology that isn't easily upgradable pound-foolish.
 
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