New PC for my brother

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Splinter24

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Alright [H]ard members, you guys have helped me before, and you know what to do. The general layout is pretty simple;

Getting a pretty low-medium end system for my brother for christmas.

Budget: $500-700
Games he plays: Skyrim (low-medium settings are fine), The Old Republic, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Battlefield.

Now, the computer he has now, I just want to completely scrap, case and everything. He will NOT need a sound system, Monitor, keyboard/mouse. Everything else is fair game. I will NOT be needing an operating system, as my brother can get one from his work.

Now, obviously I'd love to order all of these parts from NewEgg for convienece sake, but whatever magic you can work up will be great.

Thanks a lot guys and I'll be stalking this forum post throughout the week and answering any questions you might have about this.
 
AMD or Intel?

AMD or Nvidia?

For $5-700 if you not spending on speakers or monitor you could put together a pretty decent Athlon/Phenom II system.
 
This is a quick Intel/ATI combo. Going with an AMD A8 would save quite a bit. I hope it isn't too blurry or small. I forgot a dvd-r drive, so add another $20 or so to the $660 or so.
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It would help if you answered the following questions:
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
6) Will you be overclocking?
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
 
Danny Bui said:
It would help if you answered the following questions:
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
6) Will you be overclocking?
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
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3)US, Chicago IL
6) No, not looking to deal with the hazards and upkeep for my brother :p
7) He has a 19', which is fine for what he does
8) I plan on buying within in the next couple of weeks
9) All of those options are strictly...well...optional. Im just looking to slap these components in and load everything up.
10) Already answered, his job can supply him with an OS, Win7 64bit.
 
Prelim build then:
$190 - Intel Core i5-2400 CPU
$90 - Intel BOXDH67BLB3 LGA 1155 Intel H67 mATX Motherboard
$35 - G.Skill Value Series F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM
$185 - Asus ENGTX560 DC/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$70 - Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$17 - LG GH22NS90B DVD Burner
$69 - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W PSU
$50 - NZXT Source 210 Elite White with Black Front Trim ATX Case
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Total: $707 shipped
 
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Danny Bui said:
Prelim build then:
$190 - Intel Core i5-2400 CPU
$90 - Intel BOXDH67BLB3 LGA 1155 Intel H67 mATX Motherboard
$35 - G.Skill Value Series F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM
$185 - Asus ENGTX560 DC/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$70 - Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$17 - LG GH22NS90B DVD Burner
$69 - Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W PSU
$50 - NZXT Source 210 Elite White with Black Front Trim ATX Case
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Total: $707 shipped
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Any reason why you went with Intel? Is the benefit of the extra $200 really worth it for a casual gamer? Just wondering. You helped me with my current build in my sig last year, so you know I would take your word for it :p
 
Splinter24 said:
Any reason why you went with Intel? Is the benefit of the extra $200 really worth it for a casual gamer? Just wondering. You helped me with my current build in my sig last year, so you know I would take your word for it :p
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Unfortunately AMD CPUs don't have a good price to performance ratio when it comes to gaming CPUs. As for extra costs, IMO, totally worth every penny considering that a strong base means that he won't have to upgrade the core components for quite awhile.

With that said, if you want to save cash, you can save $70 by dropping down to the Intel Core i3 2120 CPU.
 
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