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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
She's going to be doing some light to medium gaming along with browsing.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$500 or below. Preferably below $500.
3) Where do you live?
She lives in NY, Newegg doesn't tax NY residents!
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, RAM, Case, PSU, GPU, RAM, HDD
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
The monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Doubtful, but do-able.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Dell 19" WS LCD (keep in mind it's low resolution)
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Sometime within the next month (on time for birthday?)
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Nothing in particular, anything extra is a bonus.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yup.
Here is what I got so far:
Case: Antec Three Hundred Black - $59.95
HD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB - $69.99
Mobo: ASUS M4A78-EM AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G - $84.99
GPU: XFX HD-477A-YDLC Radeon HD 4770 - $109.99
PSU: Antec earthwatts EA500 500W - $69.99
RAM: G.SKILL PI Black 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 - $54.99
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W BE - $59.99
Subtotal: $509.89
Shipping: $11.19
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Grand total: $521.08
Obviously, this is a good rig for it's price point the way it is now. My goal is to future-proof the rig while keeping it cheapest at the same time. The first thing that comes to mind is a change of video card. 4770 will be overkill for the native resolution on a 19" WS LCD, but I'm not sure of what would be a good alternative.
I'm wary of skimping down on the PSU and I honestly don't know the wattage-pull of any completed system, but I do know it's the most important part of any system (need clean power!) I could skimp on the HDD, but it would be a $10-20 reduction at best.
As for the motherboard, I have no idea if it is any good or not, but it's based on the 780 chipset and takes all the recent AMD sockets, so if down the line she wants to upgrade, all she has to do is call me to pop in a Phenom II.
As for the light gaming part and trimming down on the GPU, she complains to me how she wants to play L4D with me but can't, so she resorts to playing her younger brother's 360. I have no 360. She wants to play games like CS:S with me and such. In terms of future games, she is interested in BF:Bad Company 2 (which is supposed to be ported to PC last time she heard) and other such oddities. Maybe some Mirror's Edge.
I'm looking to cut costs down just because my wallet is sore, I'm not cheaping out on her, her current rig is some celeron, 512MB DDR, no AGP slot, integrated graphics. A machine that can't run Source games. Which means it's a machine that's pretty damn old. So anything at this point is a major upgrade for her.
Theoretically, this non-built rig is more powerful than my current.
Thoughts? Opinions?
She's going to be doing some light to medium gaming along with browsing.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$500 or below. Preferably below $500.
3) Where do you live?
She lives in NY, Newegg doesn't tax NY residents!
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU, RAM, Case, PSU, GPU, RAM, HDD
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
The monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Doubtful, but do-able.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Dell 19" WS LCD (keep in mind it's low resolution)
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Sometime within the next month (on time for birthday?)
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Nothing in particular, anything extra is a bonus.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yup.
Here is what I got so far:
Case: Antec Three Hundred Black - $59.95
HD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB - $69.99
Mobo: ASUS M4A78-EM AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G - $84.99
GPU: XFX HD-477A-YDLC Radeon HD 4770 - $109.99
PSU: Antec earthwatts EA500 500W - $69.99
RAM: G.SKILL PI Black 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 - $54.99
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W BE - $59.99
Subtotal: $509.89
Shipping: $11.19
______________
Grand total: $521.08
Obviously, this is a good rig for it's price point the way it is now. My goal is to future-proof the rig while keeping it cheapest at the same time. The first thing that comes to mind is a change of video card. 4770 will be overkill for the native resolution on a 19" WS LCD, but I'm not sure of what would be a good alternative.
I'm wary of skimping down on the PSU and I honestly don't know the wattage-pull of any completed system, but I do know it's the most important part of any system (need clean power!) I could skimp on the HDD, but it would be a $10-20 reduction at best.
As for the motherboard, I have no idea if it is any good or not, but it's based on the 780 chipset and takes all the recent AMD sockets, so if down the line she wants to upgrade, all she has to do is call me to pop in a Phenom II.
As for the light gaming part and trimming down on the GPU, she complains to me how she wants to play L4D with me but can't, so she resorts to playing her younger brother's 360. I have no 360. She wants to play games like CS:S with me and such. In terms of future games, she is interested in BF:Bad Company 2 (which is supposed to be ported to PC last time she heard) and other such oddities. Maybe some Mirror's Edge.
I'm looking to cut costs down just because my wallet is sore, I'm not cheaping out on her, her current rig is some celeron, 512MB DDR, no AGP slot, integrated graphics. A machine that can't run Source games. Which means it's a machine that's pretty damn old. So anything at this point is a major upgrade for her.
Theoretically, this non-built rig is more powerful than my current.
Thoughts? Opinions?
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