go to best buy, if you have one, and buy one, they running specials on a full system for 500
Very Low Budget build for a friend
Ok, my friends 5 year old comp died and he wants a new one for around 500-600USD. Not sure if I'm going intel or not, so just post your ideas here becuase i figure Intel would get more views(<3 AMD).
So he needs everything but Drivers and a Monitor. He has already a HD with an OS and CD-ROMs that are nesarcary. IF you have any money left over, i will probably get him a ~500gig HD for storage cuz the one he has now is only like 100, but you dont need to worry about that.
He only plays CS 1.6 and a little bit of source. I was thinkin of an 8600GT or 8800. He plays CS:S rarely, and they can both handle it for the ammount he plays it. Again, totaly up to you guys, want to hear your opinions. Dual or Quad, whatever floats your boat as well as AMD/Intel. Just looking ideas before we click "checkout".
Any other questions just ask...ill be refreshing for an hour or so
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So he needs everything but Drivers and a Monitor. He has already a HD with an OS and CD-ROMs that are nesarcary. IF you have any money left over, i will probably get him a ~500gig HD for storage cuz the one he has now is only like 100, but you dont need to worry about that.
He only plays CS 1.6 and a little bit of source. I was thinkin of an 8600GT or 8800. He plays CS:S rarely, and they can both handle it for the ammount he plays it. Again, totaly up to you guys, want to hear your opinions. Dual or Quad, whatever floats your boat as well as AMD/Intel. Just looking ideas before we click "checkout".
Any other questions just ask...ill be refreshing for an hour or so
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u asked for advice and i gave it to you
Originally Posted by dPaquin  likeeee I said dude. he doesnt need HDs and OS or Drives and also Corporate stores like that drive the prices up way high. please make a serious post dude. this is mainly a custom comp website so why do i want to buy a computer from BestBuy. Also, bestbuy got voted the Worst sales tech support for like 2007...gg |
i was thinkin of that $30 420watt psu that newegg has or something close to that. also a case i was thinking the CM 390 or something. the one with the crusade(what else is it?) emblem on the front, lol. Actually i love that processor, precent good for the price i guess. Maybe I can even squeeze in a 4850 in there for like $30-40 more.
Im just randomly throwing ideas out there...lol. thanks for the help dude +rep
edit: thanks sonrosasdjahsdu(sp?)
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i will give that a look. +rep for youtoo. and tri-cores are just failing quad cores...I dont like them, lol. Thats one thing i dont like about AMD, they make money off the reject CPU!
Im just randomly throwing ideas out there...lol. thanks for the help dude +rep
edit: thanks sonrosasdjahsdu(sp?)
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If he's not a gamer, there's not much use for that GTX 206. And an X3 7x0 vastly outperforms an E5200. Although that is a pretty nice gaming build you have put together.
And I will take back what I said about DDR3, as it might prove to be a little too much for the budget. Here's a great combo that fits the bill quite well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.165023
Pair it up with this ram.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166
And you have a pretty good budget build.
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Originally Posted by sgdude my brother did a build for like $650 with a e5200 and a GTX260. And a 1tb HDD and all that. That budget isnt as tight as you think. |
And I will take back what I said about DDR3, as it might prove to be a little too much for the budget. Here's a great combo that fits the bill quite well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.165023
Pair it up with this ram.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231166
And you have a pretty good budget build.
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Originally Posted by captthunderpnts Whatever you end up doing, don't skimp on the power supply. Extremely vital to clean operation and longevity. |
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What they said.
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Enough Wattage ensures your computer will turn on; a quality build ensures your computer will stay on.
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Originally Posted by captthunderpnts Whatever you end up doing, don't skimp on the power supply. Extremely vital to clean operation and longevity. |
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Originally Posted by Shift. Well said.
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Enough Wattage ensures your computer will turn on; a quality build ensures your computer will stay on.
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