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chughes13x

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Hello Everyone,

I'm buying the parts to build a PC this week and have a budget of $470. I will be building a gaming computer, without the video card for now as I can't afford one.

Here is my build so far:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3225 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($132.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($75.66 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill RNX-N250PCe 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $448.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-24 22:55 EDT-0400)


I already have a 1TB storage drive so at the moment I just need a quick ssd to boot from. Will the i3 bottleneck some higher end cards? Eventually when I do purchase a video card I'd like to play current games on high settings at 1080p resolution.


Any assistance is welcome!

Thanks,

Connor
 
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vmem

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you ideally want a quad-core CPU for gaming, get a i5 3470 if you can.

if you're on that tight of a budget, honest just drop the SSD, it's not $90 worth of performance increase for you. once you boot up and load a game, there won't be a difference between an SSD and your regular 1TB HDD. and you shouldn't be dropping over 20% of your budget just to boot 40 seconds faster.

save up the money from the SSD, and get a mid-high range GPU like the Radeon 7870 (forget about Nvidia unless you must go Green as AMD is much easier on a budget)
 
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pockeg

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COOLER MASTER N200 $49.99
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CORSAIR CX430 $49.99
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Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 8GB $63.99
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GIGABYTE GA-H77N-WIFI LGA $101.99
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Intel Core i3-3225 $144.99
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SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 $114.99
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=$525.94
Just thought maybe you would like this build you can jump straight in to gaming and the hd7770 delivers some great performance for the price. No SSD though.
 
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chughes13x

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Alright, how does this build look;

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($109.98 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Rosewill RNX-N250PCe 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Asrock 980D3 Motherboard ($78.00)
Total: $477.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-24 23:44 EDT-0400)

 
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