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Best PC for $600?
Hey guys,
Here in about 3 weeks I am going to start building a new rig. Its been years since I have built a new PC from scratch and as we all know many things have changed alot over the past 3 or 4 years. My goal is to build a PC as close to $600 as I can but still pull enough power out of it to run anything I want on atleast medium settings. At the current time I have an extra HDD and a Nvidia 9400 gt 512mb card that could be used in the new PC if needed to save some money. here is what I came up with at a whim last night. Thermaltake TR2 W0379RU 500W ATX 12V v2.2 Power Supply - $55 G.SKILL Flare 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1800 (PC3 14400) Desktop Memory Model F3-14400CL9D-4GBFLS - $90 OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD3-2AGT90G 3.5" 90GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $190 GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H AM3 AMD 880G HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - $110 AMD Phenom II X6 1075T Thuban 3.0GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor HDT75TFBGRBOX - $200 Now you will notice no video card in the selection as I was banking on the Nvidia 9400 GT 512mb to keep up. Whats the best you can build and still stay around $600? | ||
Last edited by Kaleadar; 01-12-2011 at 03:02 PM..
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Don't bank on that card keeping up. You can get a GTS4xx for $110ish.
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I find looking for a great deal on a basic PC and then just adding parts as needed is a much better investment than trying to build something awesome on a constrained budget.
The technology changes too fast. | ||
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lol your telling me to go to staples and buy a PC and toss some ram and video card into it?
thanks but no thanks. | ||
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Don't skimp on the video card -it's probably the single most important piece of hardware you'll buy. Spend at least $200 on the video card.
If you're a nvidia fan go for: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127510 it's a solid card. Your Phenom choice is ideal for low budget performance. | ||
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SSD is great, but if the HD you're using now still works why get a new one? (Unless of course you're just expanding).
Take that $90 an invest it into a good Video Card. | ||
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it's like you make the atomic bomb (server) and you don't want to let other countries (guilds) have nuclear secrets (under the radar information). it's gm's business and no one else's or else everyone gets nuked. letting Iran or North Korea beta test and keep the successful nukes, makes other countries uncomfortable. | ||
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That's a lot of money to spend on storage considering the rest of the system. You would be far better off just using your old HD and spending that money on a better video card or processor.
If you really need extra storage grab a standard HD. It has been forever since I've done this for someone online I don't know, but here is my suggestion. processor 185 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...76&Tpk=i5-2300 mobo 115 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813121482 ram 61 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148262 PSU(55) - whatever you got I guess is fine, newegg doesn't have one I am too excited about. You can't use your old one? GPU 140 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121390 total comes to 556. You could always get a 6850 is you're an ATI fan though. If you still want a HD I'd recommend this one for 65 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319 | ||
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HDD - $64.99 - 1TB 7200 RPM HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148433 Video Card - $209.99 - Geforce GTX 460 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127510 Processor - $159.99 - AMD Phenom II X4 965 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103727 You don't really need a 6-core processor in a budget PC. Most software isn't even optimized for 4 cores yet. Motherboard - $109.99 - Asus M4A88T0V EVo/USB3 AM3 AMD 880G HDMI USB 3.0 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...scrollFullInfo Memory - $47.99 - A-DATA Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2 GB) 240-Pin DDR3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820211409 PSU - $44.99 - APEX AL-D500EXP 500W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817154026 Total: 637.94 I little over your 600 limit. If you can reuse a hard drive or power supply then you are golden. My advice on a budget is don't skimp on the video card it's the most important piece in a gaming rig. Don' be tempted by intel's i3/i5/i7 line, AMD is great for budget PCs. You don't need a 6-core processor though!!! Good luck. | ||
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