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Refurbished

Eh... It's an old platform with pretty high ripple. I wouldn't recommend it even new.
 
Save up a couple more bucks and buy a new Corsair. I personally have no problem with refurbished electronics at all and have had very good results.
 
I would would like to only spend $50-$100. any suggestions? its for gaming mostly and guessing 750 watt should be fine.
 
Specs of your PC would help. Also, do you need to buy from Microcenter? Or online would be fine?
 
i will def buy the case tommorrow after work. so i just wanted to see what else i could pick up while i was there and save what ever i can on shipping. online ordering is fine aswell.

this is what i had in mind. what do u think? for game and multi-tasking

HAF912 Mid Tower ATX Computer Case ($60)

FX 8350 4GHz AM3+ Black Edition Boxed Processor ($189)

ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard ($169.00 with the 8 gig ram below on newegg)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL10S-8GBXL (see above) after i buy everything ill prob go up to 16 or 32gigs for the overkill lol.
or
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS ($179 and buy ram separate)

EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card ($369)

Barracuda 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ST3100005N1A1AS ($80)

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive ($110)

now i just need a power supply
 
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Well, you definitely don't need 700 watts. More like a 550 watt power supply, unless you plan to SLI. SLI you will want a 650 or 750 watt.

There have been numerous DOA reports of the EliteXStream refurbished. If you don't mind the possibility of traveling back and forth, and higher than average chance of early failure, you can get that.

If you want a truly solid and good value unit, get the Seasonic X650 from Newegg for $90.
 
ish003 said:
this is what i had in mind. what do u think? for game and multi-tasking
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Exactly how much multi-tasking are you planning on doing? ANd you don't mind the increased heat and power usage of the AMD CPUs, correct?
ish003 said:
HAF912 Mid Tower ATX Computer Case ($60)
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Not a good choice since the more up-to-date and better quality Corsair 200R case costs $60 shipped now.
ish003 said:
now i just need a power supply
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As Tsumi said, go for the Seasonic X650 Gold 650W Modular PSU. from Newegg for $90. It's simply one of the best PSU deals right now and will probably end soon.

Don't go with that OCZ unless you hate yourself and your PC.
 
so ill get that that corsair 200r case and that seasonic psu today from new egg.

mulitasking for me is just running multiple games at the same time lol should i just stick with the intel then? i know the i5 is better at running one game at time.
 
If you're running multiple games, yeah that make a good case for you to stay with AMD.
 
i decided to go with intel since its cooler and doesnt use much power. ill just suck it up and play one at a time. i ordered some pieces today im excited.

Corsair Carbide Series 200R

SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold

SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224BB - OEM

MSI Z77A-G43 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

so excited. next check ill buy more pieces.
 
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