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Hi all. I plan on giving my boy a computer for christmas. This doesn't have to be a super high end computer, but I would like him to be able to play Portal 2 on it. My budget is $600. Any advice as to what the most bang for the buck is right now with components? I don't mind overclocking the processor a bit, but I'm still kind of wet behind the ears on that so processor that is easy to overclock would be nice...

In this $600, I need everything including a monitor and windows....

I know I may be asking too much for this budget....but hopefully some of you have some good ideas or know of some good deals going on right now.

Let me know. THanks!!!!
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BTW, I don't need a Hard Drive, DVD drive or case....
Edited by MAKATTACK - 10/15/12 at 5:34am
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Corsair HX750 Haf 932 
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can't figure out how to delete this post...
Edited by MAKATTACK - 10/15/12 at 5:35am
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Corsair HX750 Haf 932 
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2600k can't OC :( Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Sapphire 6950 2gb Flex 16gb Gskill Ripjaws X 1600 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
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PowerCase
Corsair HX750 Haf 932 
CPUMotherboardGraphicsRAM
2600k can't OC :( Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Sapphire 6950 2gb Flex 16gb Gskill Ripjaws X 1600 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOSMonitor
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post #4 of 42
If your looking for a monitor and windows in that 600 build might look into one of the new amd apu systems and add a gpu later...
Edited by oldmud - 10/15/12 at 5:36am
    
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post #5 of 42
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113281

or if you can the new intel hd graphics are fairly decent untill you can throw in a gpu.
    
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post #6 of 42
This one is open boxed Deal still not bad for its price Newegg
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Samsung  Samsung  Samsung  Seagate 750GB 7200RPM 
Optical DriveCoolingOSMonitor
Blu-Ray reader  Sager Cooling + CM SF-19 USB 3.0 Windows 7 Ultimate X64 18.4 1920x1080 Glossy 16:9 Plastic covered  
KeyboardPowerCaseMouse
Gigabyte wirless 300W+8 cells battery SagerNP8180 Gigabyte wireless 
Mouse PadAudio
Table ultrasone pro 550 + FiiO E7++ on board 5.1 soun... 
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i7 3630qm Lenovo HM76 Nvidia GTX660m 8GB 1600mhz 
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post #7 of 42
And try this for 750 its a very nice build Lenovo and then you can throw a card later



The last one on the right
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500GB 7200rpm + 256GB Samsung SSD 830 Blu-Ray Reader Writer  Cooler Master TPC 812 + Extra Fan Windows 8 
MonitorKeyboardPowerCase
32 inch 1920x1080P Sony Bravia  Axtrom Cooler Master GX750W Bronze HAF 912 
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Hi-Rali 4000DPI gaming mouse Table  On board  
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Intel Core i7 Extreme 2920XM/Intel Core i7 2860QM P180HMx AMD Radeon HD 6990M AMD Radeon HD 6990M 
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i7 3630qm Lenovo HM76 Nvidia GTX660m 8GB 1600mhz 
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Hard DriveOptical DriveCoolingOS
500GB 7200rpm + 256GB Samsung SSD 830 Blu-Ray Reader Writer  Cooler Master TPC 812 + Extra Fan Windows 8 
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32 inch 1920x1080P Sony Bravia  Axtrom Cooler Master GX750W Bronze HAF 912 
MouseMouse PadAudio
Hi-Rali 4000DPI gaming mouse Table  On board  
CPUMotherboardGraphicsGraphics
Intel Core i7 Extreme 2920XM/Intel Core i7 2860QM P180HMx AMD Radeon HD 6990M AMD Radeon HD 6990M 
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Samsung  Samsung  Samsung  Seagate 750GB 7200RPM 
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Blu-Ray reader  Sager Cooling + CM SF-19 USB 3.0 Windows 7 Ultimate X64 18.4 1920x1080 Glossy 16:9 Plastic covered  
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Gigabyte wirless 300W+8 cells battery SagerNP8180 Gigabyte wireless 
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i7 3630qm Lenovo HM76 Nvidia GTX660m 8GB 1600mhz 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009316

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131880

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171060

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233186

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

plus that cpu I linked is still under your budged so I bet if I took more time and wasn't on my phone you could do some shopping around and get some upgrades or a gpu as well, I would say don't waste your money unless your going to get a 7770 or higher though (7850's are nice enough for casual gaming at 1080p)
    
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post #9 of 42
Hm, with display and windows as well it's going to be a bit tight fit into that budget. I would get for a start a display and windows into the budget and then see whats left over. Say about a ~400$? If you go with an "Home" version and pick one of the cheapest 1920x1080 displays. So - about ~150 for the motherboard + i3 or even lowest tier i5 (if its on a good sale with a coupon), ~150 for the GFX card and for the rest you should be still able to grab some reasonable quality ~400..450W PSU + 4 or 8 GB of RAM.

As far as GFX card goes 7770 Should do fine although 7850 (or nVidia equivalents) should do wonders. I'm running 5400x1920 resolution with a 7870 and these are quite a beasts, but if the budget gets tight then even 6870 for example, will do just fine even with AA and stuff o turned on. Portal is not particularly demanding game. Even a 6770 crossfire was able to run it at ~30 fps at 5400x1920 with AA off (roughly equal in powwer to the single 6870).
Edited by Carniflex - 10/15/12 at 6:14am
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post #10 of 42
Agree with Carniflex, is definitely do-able, just gonna be a tight fit!

I've built cheap builds which were good computers by using 2nd hand bits... you ok to do that?

Is the computer so your boy can learn a little too? If not, then an Xbox360 with Portal 2 would be much cheaper!

Just two thoughts I had!

DB
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