ElMikeTheMike

A friend of mine has asked me to build him somewhat of a budget rig and I need some assistance.

Guidelines:

- Budget is approximately $800 but is flexible.
- Massive hard drive space is not needed. ~80GB will suffice.
- Would like to make it Core 2 Duo (E6300) if budget allows.
- Video card needs to be mid-level or lower. Something "that can easily run" The Sims. I'm thinking x1600 perhaps?
- I think 1 GB of RAM is good for now.
- Mobo and PSU I'm not sure of yet.
- Centurion 5 Case should also suffice.


If anyone has any pre-built rigs at about this price I'd really like to take a look at them. Any help here would be great. REP+ for good helpers of course

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Not sure if he needs mouse, keyboard, monitor?????

CPU-e6300
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115005

MB-Gigabyte S3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128017

RAM-1GB G.S. HZ's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231063


PSU-Tt Trupower 430watt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817153023

GPU-eVGA 7900GS, a x1950pro would be better, but I'm biased towards nVidia, eVGA especially
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130056

Case- Centurion C5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119068

DVD Burner- Samsung DVD +/- R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151133






That all comes to $780.97 after the shipping fees, no tax included (go NH). You were not clear, does he need speakers, keyboard, headphones, monitor?????

cHoBomonkey

You forgot a Hard drive, i would get a seagate barracuda for the perp recording and to fit the 800 budget id probly downgrade the vid card to a 7600gt (can run generality of games on high except for games as demanding as oblivion).

DiscoDave1977

bloody forum logged me out when going to post this...:-(

Here are 2 options for 80GB SATAII drives for around $40 US:
Western Digital : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822135106

Seagate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148148

I cant see the warranty on NewEgg but in Canada these drives have 5 year warranties.

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Oh snap, whoops kinda forgot that bit. Still puts the price to roughly 825-840 which is within reason



Edit:
I'd go with the WD harddrive as I have had veru good luck with them.


I would not suggest dropping the 7900gs, skimp on the memory as those are very good HZ's, maybe go with OCZ Golds or a step under HZ's, that would shave a good $25-30 off the price.

ElMikeTheMike

Sorry my lack of reply to this thread. I hate when I ask for suggestions then forget all about it. The above build looks pretty good. It'll definitely be helpful. Thanks guys REP+s

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