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New Gaming CPU

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OceaNz

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? Gaming in particular Rift

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
500
3) Where do you live?
Miami FL, USA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Case, Mobo, CPU, RAM, PSU, GPU, DVD burner, HDD

6) Will you be overclocking?
No
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
15in
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? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
None just ethernet

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes XP 32
 
search the for sale/trade forums and get some deals on parts if you aren't against buying used.
i'd look a gen behind to be honest, that way you can take some left over and move up to a 20 inch monitor
 
$100 - AMD Athlon II X4 640 CPU
$65 - Biostar A880GB+ AMD 880G mATX Motherboard
$41 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-10666CL9S-4GBRL 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM
$120 - PowerColor AX5770 1GBD5-H Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$115 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive + Corsair 500CX 500W PSU
$18 - LG iHAS124-04 DVD Burner
$50 - Cooler Master Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 ATX Case
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Total: $509 shipped
 
^that psu is that rebadged 400w version from Coolermaster that burned when they tried to pull 420w from it or is it a new model from them?
 
Spooony said:
^that psu is that rebadged 400w version from Coolermaster that burned when they tried to pull 420w from it or is it a new model from them?
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Neither: it's a CORSAIR PSU, not a Coolermaster PSU. It's made by CWT and the line has been shown to be of decent quality. Coolermaster's 400W PSUs tends to be made by Acbel or FSP.
 
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