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Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:53 PM
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Hey guys, My friend would like a new computer, but he wants to keep it under $900
They way Ive been putting stuff together I just cant seem to get a price anywere close to under $900 (he also needs a monitor and keyboard, nothing fancy)
Ive tried mock building a i5 for him, always over $900, any help that I could get that would build him a nice computer for his buck, he is a casual gamer, and will use it for internet and school
Thanks
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Re:New Build for a friend
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:01 PM
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Casual gamer, internet and school?
I say get him a E8400, a good P45 and a HD5850, equivalent or better, and he's good to go.
No real need for a i5, is there?
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Re:New Build for a friend
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:15 PM
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A good 775 socket motherboard and cpu, some inexpensive ddr2 memory and a decent 200 series video card would work well for the casual gamer and everything else they might need it for. If your going to use more then 2 gigs of ram for the build make sure to get a 64-bit Operating System though.
+1 If you are on a tight budget you might get more bang for the buck with ATi, in some cases, tho.
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Re:New Build for a friend
Sunday, February 14, 2010 11:25 PM
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This is what I cam up with....
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B $27.99
Rosewill R220-P-BK Black 0.5mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $29.99
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - $99.99
Acer X203H bd Black 20" 16:9 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor -$124.99
GIGABYTE GA-MA74GM-S2 AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $54.99
XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - $159.99
Antec earthwatts EA500 500W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.2 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7/Core i5" ... $69.99
Microsoft Comfort Curve Value Pack - $21.99 (keyboard and mouse)
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - $84.99
AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor Model ADX620WFGIBOX - $99.00
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - $104.99
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:48 PM
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what do you guys think about this ^^
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:29 PM
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:48 PM
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No, hes coming from a laptop, and I want to keep it around 800 to 900 with shipping, its harder than I thought
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:54 PM
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onesavior
No, hes coming from a laptop, and I want to keep it around 800 to 900 with shipping, its harder than I thought
Well the CPU and MB I suggested would be a lot better IMHO and if you got a cheaper HD it would put it at $900. And you could also watch the for sale thread and pick up used video card for around $100. And possibly a used MB and CPU combo.
post edited by Bowenac - Monday, February 15, 2010 2:58 PM
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:58 PM
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i7-4770K @ 4.0 / Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H / 8GB DDR3-1600 G.SKILL Ripjaws X EVGA GTX 780 Ti SC / Silverstone Strider Plus 1000W Corsair H110 / CM Storm Stryker CM Storm Trigger / CM Sentinel Advanced --- AMD Sempron 145 / ECS A990FXM-A / 8GB DDR3-1600 G.SKILL Ripjaws X (3) ASUS R9-280X DirectCUII / EVGA SuperNOVA 1000P2 Red Milk Crate --- Epiphone Sheraton R62 / Vox AC15C1 MXR Carbon Copy / ZVEX Vextron
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 2:59 PM
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:15 PM
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It would be so much easier if he had a freakin Monitor and keyboard
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:18 PM
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I got it down to 887 including shipping
cheaper case
gtx 9800
500gb HD
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 3:34 PM
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Re:New Build for a friend
Monday, February 15, 2010 5:34 PM
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821.58 including shipping
Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA Model AD-7240S-0B
Antec Two Hundred Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Acer X203H bd Black 20" 16:9 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
XFX HD-485X-ZDFC Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Continuous Power ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Intel Pentium E5300 Wolfdale 2.6GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Model BX80571E5300 - Retail
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ
Microsoft ZG6-00006 Black PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard 500
Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse - Black
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