A pre-build computer will not come with Windows 7 and with 400$ u cant fit Windows 7 in there.
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if he was a college student, I had a link where he could have gotten windows 7 home for 29.99 :/.. that college thing is sucking in his case.
Originally Posted by ZealotKi11er A pre-build computer will not come with Windows 7 and with 400$ u cant fit Windows 7 in there. |
if he was a college student, I had a link where he could have gotten windows 7 home for 29.99 :/.. that college thing is sucking in his case.
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This is what he found. $420 pre-built with Windows 7.
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Yeah, I'm in college now but I can only use the deal one time and I plan on getting it for myself :-/.
Originally Posted by ZealotKi11er A pre-build computer will not come with Windows 7 and with 400$ u cant fit Windows 7 in there. |
This is what he found. $420 pre-built with Windows 7.
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Originally Posted by CrysisForever if he was a college student, I had a link where he could have gotten windows 7 home for 29.99 :/.. that college thing is sucking in his case. |
This will wipe the floor with any prebuilt in the $400 range, granted I skimped on the case and you won't get any overclock out of that RAM, but you wouldn't be getting any overclock at all out of a pre-built. Honestly that 8600 is really starting to show its age, so I included a nice new 4670 in there as well.
You would need to pull the optical drive out of the current PC he has or buy another one, but I think its worth it.
AGGH its not letting me upload a picture anywhere, have to do it the ghetto way. I'll get links later.
ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 AMD Motherboard
$49.99
Antec Basiq BP430 430W Continuous Power Power Supply
$44.95
ASUS Radeon HD 4670 EAH4670/DI/512MD3 Video Card
$64.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
$104.99
Rosewill R101-P-BK Black Computer Case
$19.99
AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor
$58.00
WINTEC AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
$80.99
Grand Total:$423.90
EDIT:Links are up.
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Also yes I just realized there's no HDD, you'll have to include that or take it out of the previous. I assumed that the other computer wasn't going to be in use since he stated he could take the memory out of it. Pretty good assumption IMO.
Thanks Drackula!
You would need to pull the optical drive out of the current PC he has or buy another one, but I think its worth it.
AGGH its not letting me upload a picture anywhere, have to do it the ghetto way. I'll get links later.
ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 AMD Motherboard
$49.99
Antec Basiq BP430 430W Continuous Power Power Supply
$44.95
ASUS Radeon HD 4670 EAH4670/DI/512MD3 Video Card
$64.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
$104.99
Rosewill R101-P-BK Black Computer Case
$19.99
AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor
$58.00
WINTEC AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
$80.99
Grand Total:$423.90
EDIT:Links are up.
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Originally Posted by Lelouch Interesting computer. Has less hard drive space than my first computer. Cough. Cough. Edit: And no optical drive as you pointed out.. Ok. No floppy drive, acceptable. No optical drive? Really? What if the other computer is still going to be used? You cant make these kind of assumptions. |
Thanks Drackula!
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Interesting computer.
Has less hard drive space than my first computer.
Cough. Cough.
Edit: And no optical drive as you pointed out..
Ok. No floppy drive, acceptable. No optical drive? Really? What if the other computer is still going to be used?
You cant make these kind of assumptions.
Originally Posted by Craiga35 This will wipe the floor with any prebuilt in the $400 range, granted I skimped on the case and you won't get any overclock out of that RAM, but you wouldn't be getting any overclock at all out of a pre-built. Honestly that 8600 is really starting to show its age, so I included a nice new 4670 in there as well. You would need to pull the optical drive out of the current PC he has or buy another one, but I think its worth it. AGGH its not letting me upload a picture anywhere, have to do it the ghetto way. I'll get links later. ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 AMD Motherboard $49.99 Antec Basiq BP430 430W Continuous Power Power Supply $44.95 ASUS Radeon HD 4670 EAH4670/DI/512MD3 Video Card $64.99 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders $104.99 Rosewill R101-P-BK Black Computer Case $19.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103688 $58.00 WINTEC AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $80.99 Grand Total:$423.90 EDIT:Links are up. |
Has less hard drive space than my first computer.
Cough. Cough.
Edit: And no optical drive as you pointed out..
Ok. No floppy drive, acceptable. No optical drive? Really? What if the other computer is still going to be used?
You cant make these kind of assumptions.
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Don't tear him down and not even have a build to go against his. So put up or shut up.
Originally Posted by Lelouch Interesting computer. Has less hard drive space than my first computer. Cough. Cough. Edit: And no optical drive as you pointed out.. Ok. No floppy drive, acceptable. No optical drive? Really? What if the other computer is still going to be used? You cant make these kind of assumptions. |
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Whats the point? It just needs a HD and DVD drive.
But even then, its around the same price as buying the prebuilt and buying a graphics card for it.
In any case.. My build would look similar to his, only with a HD and CD Drive.. He your buddy or something? lol.
Originally Posted by Drackula2000 Don't tear him down and not even have a build to go against his. So put up or shut up. |
But even then, its around the same price as buying the prebuilt and buying a graphics card for it.
In any case.. My build would look similar to his, only with a HD and CD Drive.. He your buddy or something? lol.
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Well technically he doesn't need a new graphics card, because he has the 8600 so he could take out the 4670 and buy a DVD and HDD. He actually doesn't even need RAM, from the 2GB he said he could use, so you can take that out if you want, as well. Thats plenty to buy a new Video card, a HDD and DVD Drive.
I've actually never even talked to the guy, I guess he's just polite, unlike somone.
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kidding!
Originally Posted by Lelouch Whats the point? It just needs a HD and DVD drive. But even then, its around the same price as buying the prebuilt and buying a graphics card for it. In any case.. My build would look similar to his, only with a HD and CD Drive.. He your buddy or something? lol. |
I've actually never even talked to the guy, I guess he's just polite, unlike somone.
kidding!
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so then its like.. on par with the prebuilt anyways.. Its tough to outdue prebuilts sometimes (pretty much when theres a low budget)
And excuse me for not being offended mr. kidder
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Originally Posted by Craiga35 Well technically he doesn't need a new graphics card, because he has the 8600 so he could take out the 4670 and buy a DVD and HDD. He actually doesn't even need RAM, from the 2GB he said he could use, so you can take that out if you want, as well. Thats plenty to buy a new Video card, a HDD and DVD Drive. I've actually never even talked to the guy, I guess he's just polite, unlike somone.
kidding! |
And excuse me for not being offended mr. kidder
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Not to mention it doesn't have a GPU...they surely use budget ram along with the budget mobo and PSU
The HDD could be lacking as well...if its not Seagate/WD or similar brand he could be getting a 750GB ticking time bomb
Originally Posted by Tommie Those cheap OEM things use PSU´s worth nothing and motherboards with exploding capacitors. Dont buy OEM. Even if its cheap. |
The HDD could be lacking as well...if its not Seagate/WD or similar brand he could be getting a 750GB ticking time bomb
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Excellent list, thanks a bunch. Dropping out that memory and gpu he can easily pick up a nice HDD. Also, I forgot to mention he'll be ripping the optical drive out of his old PC so he doesn't need to buy a new one.
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Well he doesn't need memory, optical drive or gpu, but I'll look into the used stuff on the forums here. Could probably drop the total price by about $50 or so 
Originally Posted by Craiga35 This will wipe the floor with any prebuilt in the $400 range, granted I skimped on the case and you won't get any overclock out of that RAM, but you wouldn't be getting any overclock at all out of a pre-built. Honestly that 8600 is really starting to show its age, so I included a nice new 4670 in there as well. You would need to pull the optical drive out of the current PC he has or buy another one, but I think its worth it. AGGH its not letting me upload a picture anywhere, have to do it the ghetto way. I'll get links later. ASUS M2N68-AM SE2 AMD Motherboard $49.99 Antec Basiq BP430 430W Continuous Power Power Supply $44.95 ASUS Radeon HD 4670 EAH4670/DI/512MD3 Video Card $64.99 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders $104.99 Rosewill R101-P-BK Black Computer Case $19.99 AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor $58.00 WINTEC AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory $80.99 Grand Total:$423.90 EDIT:Links are up. Also yes I just realized there's no HDD, you'll have to include that or take it out of the previous. I assumed that the other computer wasn't going to be in use since he stated he could take the memory out of it. Pretty good assumption IMO. Thanks Drackula! |
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Originally Posted by pez Well if you buy used off of this forum, you could net a great deal. You could easily get a mobo, ram, and dual core CPU combo for around $200 off of here. Get a 4850 off of here for $80, then use the 120 for a cheap case, optical drive, and HDD. But there's a PSU left to buy as well as the OS. Your argument is looking weak lol. |
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Sounds great! Good luck with convincing him and with the build.
Originally Posted by pastadiablo Excellent list, thanks a bunch. Dropping out that memory and gpu he can easily pick up a nice HDD. Also, I forgot to mention he'll be ripping the optical drive out of his old PC so he doesn't need to buy a new one. Well he doesn't need memory, optical drive or gpu, but I'll look into the used stuff on the forums here. Could probably drop the total price by about $50 or so |
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Mhmmm
That one he has selected in the OP uses a whole 200W PSU...
Originally Posted by M3T4LM4N222 If he already has a video card, get a MATX 785G motherboard w/ a Athlon II. Do not buy an OEM computer, they come w/ a cheap 300W PSU which will fail within a 6 months, a OEM motherboard w/ cheap capacitors and a horrid case. Don't get me started on the underclocked RAM. |
That one he has selected in the OP uses a whole 200W PSU...
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