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[H]ard|Gawd
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I've sold off my SB 2500k gaming machne and really want to down size all around. Physical size, power consumption, and overall cost. Currently running an AMD FX-4100 on a 990FX Sabtertooth with a single R6970 Lightning on a PLP 2560x1600 (SIG). Seems to run most games including BF3 at acceptable settings for me. This is actually my test VM server so I would like to get off it and build my new GP/Gaming PC.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, web browsing, general program use.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Spend as little as possible.$400ish
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
US SoCal have frys & MC near me
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
CPU & mITX motherboard & Case
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
SSD
H60
R6970 GPU
Seasonic X650
8GB G.Skill 1600 RAM
6) Will you be overclocking?
Meh This is the dilemma but for significant cost savings I'll forego it
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
PLP U3011 & 2x 2007FP Gaming is only @ 2560x1600
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
This weekend
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
mITX, I don't really care about which chipset as long as its a 7 series (z77,z75, h77, q77, b75 etc)
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 ultimate eventually windows 8 pro
Overclocking isn't too big of a deal for me. I really just want something cheap and on level with the performance I'm getting from the FX-4100. IB / SB doesn't really matter. so any dual core CPU would be fine. Hell I'd even consider FM2 if it gets me what i want above.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, web browsing, general program use.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Spend as little as possible.$400ish
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
US SoCal have frys & MC near me
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
CPU & mITX motherboard & Case
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
SSD
H60
R6970 GPU
Seasonic X650
8GB G.Skill 1600 RAM
6) Will you be overclocking?
Meh This is the dilemma but for significant cost savings I'll forego it
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
PLP U3011 & 2x 2007FP Gaming is only @ 2560x1600
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
This weekend
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
mITX, I don't really care about which chipset as long as its a 7 series (z77,z75, h77, q77, b75 etc)
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 ultimate eventually windows 8 pro
Overclocking isn't too big of a deal for me. I really just want something cheap and on level with the performance I'm getting from the FX-4100. IB / SB doesn't really matter. so any dual core CPU would be fine. Hell I'd even consider FM2 if it gets me what i want above.