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[Fifty Shades of J]

The idea of this thread is that one person posts a nice gaming computer for under $700 and then the person under them tries to make a better computer for the same price or one of equal performance cheaper, or one of much greater performance for slightly higher. The person who builds me the best computer for my money will be rewarded with a copy of eve online via steam, or if you would like I could gift you any game that is on sale and under $8

Note: I do not need a new monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Headset.


Winner is decided after a few days when the thread dies.


REWARD:


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If the video still doesn't do it for you then do it just to make your steam penis bigger.

[Zacky]

Case ( iBUYPOWER Lexa-S AMD Dragon Special Edition Gaming Case ) - Comes with purchase
Processor ( [== Quad Core ==] AMD Phenom™ II X4 945 Quad-Core CPU )
Processor Cooling ( Liquid CPU Cooling System [AMD] - [Free Upgrade] Standard 120mm Fan )
Memory ( 4 GB [2 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - ** FREE Upgrade from DDR3-1333 ** Corsair or Major Brand )
Video Card ( NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - 1GB - Single Card )
Video Card Brand ( Major Brand Powered by ATI or NVIDIA )
Free Stuff ( [FREE: LaborDay Special] Network 10/100/1000 LAN Surge Protector )
Motherboard ( Gigabyte GA-770T-USB3 -- AMD 770 )
Motherboard USB / SATA Interface ( Motherboard default USB / SATA Interface )
Power Supply ( 550 Watt -- Standard )
Primary Hard Drive ( 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s - Single Drive ** FREE Upgrade to 1TB SATA-III 64M Cache Single Drive ** )
Optical Drive ( 24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive - Black )
Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
Network Card ( Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100) )
Operating System ( None- Pre-formatted Hard Drive Only )
Warranty ( Standard Warranty Service - Standard 3-Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )

Sub Total: $705.00

You can edit the order here:
http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Labor_Day_AMD_Special/w/38389,

[xXL3G10N~4~LYFEXx]

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161327 - Awesome if you decide to Crossfire in the future
Power: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=TX650 - lots of Watts for upgrades
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103702&cm_re=AMD_athlon-_-19-103-702-_-Product
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218 - plenty of room, can also be upped in the future by slave drives.
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128416&cm_re=Gigabyte_motherboard-_-13-128-416-_-Product
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260&cm_re=ddr3_4g-_-20-145-260-_-Product - Also abled to be upped.

Case is up to you. They range from 50-200 USD.

This can run most games (Ex. Crysis on Ultra settings)

If you have any questions just ask, that all amounts up to a little under 700 USD.

[Saifallofjmr]

Yeah you can also unlock it from a dual core to a quad core mind you.

[Phox]

With or without windows?

[Fifty Shades of J]

[Phox]

Okay, so if you don't need a disk drive either, here's my recommendation:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163168

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231274

Motherboard/Power supply combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.494005

Video card/Processor combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.500251

You can overclock the 955 by .2 ghz with the stock heatsink, you can even claim afterwords that it's a 965, since there wouldn't be a single difference between your processor and a 965. Since combos expire eventually, I would try to buy it as soon as possible. If you do need a disk drive, swap the hard drive out for this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073&cm_re=caviar_blue_500gb-_-22-136-073-_-Product
and add in this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204&cm_re=asus_drw-_-27-135-204-_-Product

The build comes out to $697.

[Saifallofjmr]

The build I suggested is the exact same one I have, i can overclock my cpu to 3.7Ghz and have 4 cores. So I think my build is the best price:performance

[Phox]

[Saifallofjmr]

Actually unlocking doesn't as they have no way as to know if you did or did not unlock it. As that is a function of the bios to "unlock" extra cores. Never the less quad cores are not that useful for gaming as most only take up to two cores. As I digress it is better to buy something that allows you to have the best price:performance either way, with a dual or a quad core.

[Fifty Shades of J]

The idea of this thread was that people would argue over who had the best build... thats not really happening...

[Saifallofjmr]

We are not arguing, just conversing about the general nitpicks of computer builds.

[Phox]

That's because I don't really want to argue with Saifallofjmr. My build is definitely the most powerful of the ones in this thread, but he claims his has better price/performance ratio. I don't really know what to say to him. You can make your own decision, I suppose. I still, obviously, think that my build is better both ways.

[Saifallofjmr]

Actually Phox a gtx 460 does perform better or equal to a 5830 if you overclock it correctly (850 core and 2000mhz memory). Whilst you select same memory (1333mhz) and same cpu IF you can successfully unlock the cpu.

Source: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/171?vs=180

See does better than the 5830 in all but one test (left 4 dead 1).

[Fifty Shades of J]

I don't intend on over clocking anything, I don't want to risk breaking something.