Putting together this system for my Grandparents next week. Their concerns are having the computer last as long as possible, storage for pictures, and gaming(yea, lol). They dont have a high-res monitor, and dont really play cutting edge games(I may put Diablo 3 on it for them). Here's what I came up with, from Newegg and Microcenter.
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black, $35, $15 rebate
Processor: AMD FX-6300(vishera, 6 core), $120
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46, $35(combo deal w/ CPU)
Power Supply: Corsair 430W 80+, $40, $20 rebate
Video Card: MSI HD 7770 Ghz Ed, $115, $25 rebate
RAM: GSkill Ripjaw 2x4GB DDR3-1600, $58
HDD: Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM, $60
DVDRW: LG 24x DVDRW, $17
OS: Win 7 Home Prem 64bit, $100
Total (+tax, etc) ~$605.00, +$60 in rebates.
They gave me a budget of $625, came in under budget, and I think this system is going to be a fast, all around system that will last them many years.
What do you folks think?
Case: Thermaltake V3 Black, $35, $15 rebate
Processor: AMD FX-6300(vishera, 6 core), $120
Motherboard: MSI 970A-G46, $35(combo deal w/ CPU)
Power Supply: Corsair 430W 80+, $40, $20 rebate
Video Card: MSI HD 7770 Ghz Ed, $115, $25 rebate
RAM: GSkill Ripjaw 2x4GB DDR3-1600, $58
HDD: Toshiba 1TB 7200RPM, $60
DVDRW: LG 24x DVDRW, $17
OS: Win 7 Home Prem 64bit, $100
Total (+tax, etc) ~$605.00, +$60 in rebates.
They gave me a budget of $625, came in under budget, and I think this system is going to be a fast, all around system that will last them many years.
What do you folks think?
but at a low res monitor even that GPU is a bit overkill XD but ye, only thing i would do is put a 500W-550W PSU in there, just in case 
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