Best PC for $600?

[Kaleadar]

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?

[Rottening]

Don't bank on that card keeping up. You can get a GTS4xx for $110ish.

[fischsemmel]

Originally Posted by Rottening [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't bank on that card keeping up. You can get a GTS4xx for $110ish.

If you're gonna get one of these, OP, better double check on whether that PSU can handle it. 12v rail amp and all that.

[Kaleadar]

thanks much so far for the suggestions. So far ima drop the SSD and pick up the

Video Card - $209.99 - Geforce GTX 460 1GB 256-bit GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127510

im thinking about picking up 8gb of the A-DATA ram.
That PC you built John is very good option. I will prob mix and match from your selection as I am a huge AMD fan, I just dont like radeon video cards.

Like I said $600 is my target goal, but we all know how that works. If anyone thinks of anything better let me know. The only reason I was thinking of the x6 processor is longterm (2+ years) it would hold up better. But then the hardware would be outdated and would not have the core technology required at that point.

[Noser]

Here is tom's article. Seems to reflect what you guys are saying http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...i-x3,2811.html

GTX460 for graphics but i think they OC the CPU in this article which i don't liek to do.

[Chanus]

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.

[Kaleadar]

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.

[john_savage1982]

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.

[Evilmog]

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.

[Goobles]

I have this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130563

It's beautiful.