PC under $600 CAD

[Hanif]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Everything, including gaming, email, browsing, etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$600
3) Where do you live?
Brampton, ON Canada
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
I need all parts
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?
Yes but lightly
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
20"
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
In 1-2 months
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
don't care for SLI or Firewire but WIFI would be nice
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes



AMD Athlon II X4 620 (95W) Quad Core Socket AM3 , 2.6GHz, 2Mb Cache, 1800MHz HT, 45nm (ADX620WFGIBOX)

$99

Motherboard
MSI 770-C45 Socket AM3 AMD 770 + SB710 Chipset Dual-Channel DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800Mhz 6x SATA 3Gb/s 6 Ch HD Audio GigaLAN PCI Express x16 2.0 ATX
$69.99


Antec Two Hundred Mid Tower Gaming Case
$47.99

OCZ StealthXStream 2 Ultra-Quiet 500W Power Supply (OCZ500SXS2)
$49.99

PowerColor (AX5570 1GBD3-LH) HD5570 1GB DDR3 Low Profile ATI Radeon HD 5570 Chipset (650Mhz) 1GB (1600Mhz) DDR3 Dual Display DVI/HDMI PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card
$92.99

Corsair XMS3 Classic 2GB (2x1GB) DDR3 1333MHz CL9 DIMM, Optimized for Core i5, i7, Core 2 and AMD Phenom II (TWIN3X2048-1333C9)
$69.99

Western Digital Caviar Green (WD5000AADS) 500GB SATAII 32MB Buffer (OEM)
$44.99


ASUS DRW-24B1ST Black SATA 24X DVD-Writer 24xDVD+R/-R 24xDVD+/-R DL 8xDVD+RW/6xDVD-RW 48xCD-R OEM
$25.99

With tax: $566

 

[stateofjermaine]

Sorry if this is thick-headed, but are you asking anything in particular about this build? I didn't notice any question or comment in your post. I presume you are looking for just general feedback?

I will not say too much, here, before the more experienced members arrive, but I will say that reputable reviews have shown that power supply to be fairly unremarkable at best. I suspect for such a low-powered card, even a Corsair 400CX would sufficient, and would offer superior stability and performance, for a lower price. Also, I think that processor is a very good choice, but I believe its newer sibling is now available at that price—the Athlon II X4 635.

Best of luck!

 

[Dangman]

Jesus Christ Hanif, another build? Please tell me this is for someone else and not for yourself again. This is like the 3rd build this month that you've asked for.

Some thoughts:
- Ditch that drive and go with the WD5000AAKS model. Faster and should be about the same price. Also in that price range is the Samsung F3 500GB.

- Ditch that OCZ PSU as it's an unconfirmed quality PSU. You should know better by now. Stick with the Corsair 400CX.

- Ditch that crappy video card. The GT 240 is significantly faster than the HD 5570 yet costs about the same price. However with the considerable room in the budget left, pick up the HD 4850 1GB.

- Ditch that overpriced RAM. Since you're doing light overclocking, this $15 cheaper set would still work:
http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=39572&vpn=VS2GB1333D3&manufacture=Corsair

$70 CAD, even for Canda, is waaay too much to pay for 2GB of DDR3 RAM. Find a 2GB DDR3 RAM set for $55 CAD.

@ TheQuestian
That's the StealthXStream 2 that the OP linked, not the ok quality StealthXStream. I gotta find more info about it before I can recommend that PSU though. So Hanif, go with the Corsair 400CX as said above.

 

[Shadowssong]

Doesn't this guy ask for a build like every month? Notice how his build date says 1-2 months... lol

 

[stateofjermaine]

Thanks, Danny. Didn't spot that.