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Best low end LGA 1155 system i can get?

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April 12, 2013 1:48:18 PM

i'm trying to build a new computer, and my budget is limited. very limited, not sure where i could stop it but i probably couldn't go past $450-$500. i'm always shopping on newegg but upon searching for parts i kept finding that i always go past $500, on most occasions all the way up to $600. i there any way i could fit within my budget? i wish to play minecraft on the computer, maybe record it. and then just simple internet browsing, such as facebook e-mail youtube and so on. if anyone could give me some pointers and tips i'd appreciate it!

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April 12, 2013 1:54:35 PM

Go with a Trinity A10 build?
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April 12, 2013 2:07:38 PM

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pc-gaming-overclock...

they did this one for 600, you could cut costs on the processor (i3 rather than i5) and a less powerful gpu (7770, 650, 650ti, etc). the only bad news is that your operating system will even it all out. you could also bring the price down if you find some decent used parts, but that can be risky.
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April 12, 2013 5:18:50 PM

I agree with batuchka. At $500 you're in AMD Trinity territory. For 1155 intel, you'll need at least $100 more in the budget.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QieH

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75M-DGS Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($58.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($41.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Enermax 450W ATX12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $500.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 20:15 EDT-0400)
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April 12, 2013 5:32:47 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Ceramique 2 Tri-Linear 25g Thermal Paste ($4.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($58.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.83 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTS 450 1GB Video Card ($73.72 @ Compuvest)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $500.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 20:32 EDT-0400)

With my best wishes
Yasser
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April 12, 2013 5:57:59 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Ceramique 2 Tri-Linear 25g Thermal Paste ($4.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($58.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Crucial V4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($94.68 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTS 450 1GB Video Card ($73.72 @ Compuvest)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $505.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 20:57 EDT-0400)

This is an alternative if you already have optical drive and OS .

Yasser
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April 12, 2013 6:06:35 PM

yasserBasha said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver Ceramique 2 Tri-Linear 25g Thermal Paste ($4.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($58.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.83 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTS 450 1GB Video Card ($73.72 @ Compuvest)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $500.41
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 20:32 EDT-0400)

With my best wishes
Yasser


A GTX 450 really??? Why would you get such a low end and out of date GPU? Oh and the thermal compound = waste of money. Especially for a stock fan. You might as well take that $5 and flush it down the toilet. You can also leave the SSD off and go for a better GPU which should be the purpose of a gaming rig. The V4 is also not a good SSD either despite that it's Crucial.

Here's what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G2120 3.1GHz Dual-Core Processor ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($82.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card ($165.38 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $547.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 21:06 EDT-0400)
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April 12, 2013 6:20:38 PM

word of attention :

He is limited to $500 max. - so unless you'll give him the extra 47$, you should wrap this build and post it elsewhere

GTS 450 (it's a s not x) was just due to tight budget build w/OS & Optical drive.
And you're talking about " low end and out of date "... may i remind you of pentium G2120 (say what?!) .. seriously !!!!
when tom's did an article on pentium build they picked G860, brother.I won't say more .
I agree with you on your suggestion about SSD dropping to transfer money for an up-level GPU so i will depict that in the modified build .

Thanks very much... g-unit1111
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April 12, 2013 6:27:28 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($58.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($29.83 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $493.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-12 21:26 EDT-0400)

This is better, thanks g-unit
couldn't have done without you
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April 12, 2013 8:44:29 PM

yasserBasha said:
word of attention :

He is limited to $500 max. - so unless you'll give him the extra 47$, you should wrap this build and post it elsewhere

GTS 450 (it's a s not x) was just due to tight budget build w/OS & Optical drive.
And you're talking about " low end and out of date "... may i remind you of pentium G2120 (say what?!) .. seriously !!!!
when tom's did an article on pentium build they picked G860, brother.I won't say more .
I agree with you on your suggestion about SSD dropping to transfer money for an up-level GPU so i will depict that in the modified build .

Thanks very much... g-unit1111


The G2120 is in fact an Ivy Bridge CPU and socket LGA 1155. And in tests it beats the Sandy Bridge i3s and holds its' own with AMD APUs: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/A8-5600K-vs-Pent...

Yeah sure it's definitely better to get an i3 but on a build where literally every penny counts I'd rather sacrifice a bit on the CPU (which you can always upgrade later) in favor of a better GPU - which is where it ultimately counts on a gaming rig.

But really, there are only two circumstances in which you ever buy extra thermal compound - you run out (which probably will never happen) or you purchase a fan that includes junk compound (Xigmatek), but for a stock fan you might as well throw away that $5.
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April 12, 2013 8:53:19 PM

Actually the link you provided shows the i3-3220 (which is in my build) topping the hierarchy and the trinity CPU comes second with the pentium G2120 coming after the i3-3220 by five levels , didn't ever mentioned i3-21xx .

As for gaming build .... always a perfect combination to but i3 w/7850 insted of putting pentium w/another and suffer a bottleneck

Right ?
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April 12, 2013 9:31:07 PM

What is an i3 besides a Pentium with hyperthreading? Games do not even use hyperthreading. So an i3 is more or less a Pentium when gaming. I have an i3 and it doesn't even bottleneck my 7870. A Pentium won't even come close to bottlenecking a 7850. A Pentium is a great budget CPU for a gaming build. The g2120 beats the last gen i3s and is equal to the i3 3220 when gaming.
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April 12, 2013 10:00:23 PM

yasserBasha said:
Actually the link you provided shows the i3-3220 (which is in my build) topping the hierarchy and the trinity CPU comes second with the pentium G2120 coming after the i3-3220 by five levels , didn't ever mentioned i3-21xx .

As for gaming build .... always a perfect combination to but i3 w/7850 insted of putting pentium w/another and suffer a bottleneck

Right ?


The first chart on page 3 did - the Pentium G2120 was faster than the i3-2105 and i3-2100.
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