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francis the flamer Master Cheater
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:42 am Post subject: Recommendations ? (New build - 600$) - Revised |
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Hello hello comp talk, its been a while. Buying my parts from a local store and will be used for casual gaming. (Borderlands, MW2, Bioshock ect)
I live in Australia so bear with me on the prices...
Website parts: MSY parts list
Budget: $600-$700 MAX
AM3 550: $101
4G Kit ddr3 1333 Patriot Signature : $124
1G Gigabyte 5770 : $179
Motherboards available to purchase:
ASRock N68-S3 / G-B 74GMT-S2 / Asus M4N68T-M
G-B 78LMT-S2 / Asus M4A78LT-M-LE
G-B 770T-UD3 / Asus M4A77TD
G-B 770TA-UD3 / Asus M4N68T
G-B 785GMT-UD2H / Asus M4A785T-M
Asus M4A87TD-USB3
ASRock 880GM-LE / G-B 880GM-UD2H
G-B 880GM-USB3 / ASUS M4A88TD-M
Asus M4A79xtd-evo / Asus M4A88td-m-evo-usb3
ASRock 890GM-PRO3 / G-B 890GPA-UD3H
Asus M4N98TD-EVO
Asus M4A89GTD-Pro / Asus M4A89GTD-Pro-USB3
Western Digital Caviar Green 7200 RPM : Currently Owned.
Asus DRW-2014L1 : Currently Owned.
Windows 7 x64 bit OS : Currently Owned.
Antec EarthWatts 650 : $105
Antec 300 : $65
MSY Parts list
I looked up the colour codes, and red signifies price change, not availability ! my bad.
Total: $574/$700 (not including MOBO)
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Hero I'm a spammer
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Honestly, you can buy the cpu off tiger andget it for exactly 179.99, and then use that other 25 bucks to buy a game. BTW do you have mw2 already? AMD users can buy it for 25 bucks on newegg.
Also, since you already own all this other stuff, do your self a 1up and buy new gfx card.
not sure on the timings of that ram, but http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Cheaper with a faster speed.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Get a better video card instead of another 9600GT.
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francis the flamer Master Cheater
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:19 am Post subject: |
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Hero wrote: | Honestly, you can buy the cpu off tiger andget it for exactly 179.99, and then use that other 25 bucks to buy a game. BTW do you have mw2 already? AMD users can buy it for 25 bucks on newegg.
Also, since you already own all this other stuff, do your self a 1up and buy new gfx card.
not sure on the timings of that ram, but http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Cheaper with a faster speed. |
From what i understand, that's USD. 184.95 USD = 204.710 AUD
I'd rather waste $5 than have to deal with shipping.
I already have the games that i want
So could anyone recommend me a PSU or Case ?
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Saifallofjmr Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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For the mobo I suggest a 870a-g54 by msi, great board and can unlock a phenom II x2 550 BE to a phenom II x4 b50, and the 550 is 81 bucks.
Also why the fuck are you getting a gts 250 for 213? The gtx 460 768mb is out for 199.99, and performs like a 5830 and a 1gb version performs ~90% of a 5850.Recommended is a 550w psu with a 80+ cert.
Also for ram most CPUs have a max of 1333mhz, you have to overclock you're cpu's FSB to get to 1600. And 140 dollars for 4gb? Most good ones are 95 dollars. You're being over priced.My cpu overclock from a phenom II x2 550BE ->http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1321975
For cases I recommend; nxzt gamma, elite 350, centurion 5.
CPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103818
MOBO:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130275
RAM:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231190
GPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261075
PSU(s):
Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030
hec HEC500TEWX 500W:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339031&cm_re=hec_500w-_-17-339-031-_-Product
Antec BP550 Plus 550W (Modular Cables):http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
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For crying out loud. OP live is Australia so the currency is different in the U.S.?
Add import tax and the price skyrockets.
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I am just showing the different parts that are alot better than what people are recommending.
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Hero I'm a spammer
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kls85 wrote: | For crying out loud. OP live is Australia so the currency is different in the U.S.?
Add import tax and the price skyrockets. | I didn't even know newegg imported there. To be honest I assumed he lived in America because:
A. He posted neweggs American site.
B. He did not say.
Its kind of something worth mentioning.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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a good case is hardly just cosmetic.
it's a million times neater and easier to build in a case that lets you route wires behind.
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francis the flamer Master Cheater
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Saifallofjmr wrote: | For the mobo I suggest a 870a-g54 by msi, great board and can unlock a phenom II x2 550 BE to a phenom II x4 b50, and the 550 is 81 bucks.
Also why the fuck are you getting a gts 250 for 213? The gtx 460 768mb is out for 199.99, and performs like a 5830 and a 1gb version performs ~90% of a 5850.Recommended is a 550w psu with a 80+ cert.
Also for ram most CPUs have a max of 1333mhz, you have to overclock you're cpu's FSB to get to 1600. And 140 dollars for 4gb? Most good ones are 95 dollars. You're being over priced.My cpu overclock from a phenom II x2 550BE ->http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1321975
For cases I recommend; nxzt gamma, elite 350, centurion 5.
CPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103818
MOBO:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130275
RAM:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231190
GPU:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261075
PSU(s):
Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030
hec HEC500TEWX 500W:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339031&cm_re=hec_500w-_-17-339-031-_-Product
Antec BP550 Plus 550W (Modular Cables):http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016 |
Well honestly, i have no experience in Over-clocking or unlocking cores, but if i saves me a couple I'll definitely look into it. Ill update my list soon.
Do you really think i should drop this 9600 ? i mean as of now im running a Pentium 4 3.0GHz , 1.5g Ram and the 9600 and it runs most of my games on medium to high settings, my CPU beeps when i run Bioshock 2 on high settings and can cook eggs while doing so, of course this is an issue with the fan, not the GPU.
I can see that ATI is much cheaper than Nvidia, but I've just had some bad experience with their cards in the past, but of course i shouldn't let that hold me back on ATI, ill look around the parts list.
And for the record guys i posted the links to the parts on MSY because i couldn't find the exact manufacturer on Newegg so i posted the same model but a different manufacturer.
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