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October 29, 2013 6:45:26 PM

I have posted this a couple of other times, but this time I'm going in dept. I am building this late November, near thanksgiving. So thats at least a month away. So here it is

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UbJ0
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker....J0/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker....bJ0/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $341.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-29 18:47 EDT-0400)
You may notice I'm missing some stuff. I am on an extreme budget, so I don't want to cheap out on parts. I have 4 1gb sticks of Kingston old ram clocked at 1066mhz I think. I will be getting some nice corsair or kingston for christmas. I also am going to be using temporarily and coolmaster 500w extreme power plus psu. that will be use for no longer a month. then I will be getting an Xfx 550w psu. I also will be getting a 7850 hopefully in January. Now I will explain why I chosen these parts.

CPU: Is there even a better cpu at this price? This was the first thing I picked for the build.

MotherBoard: I picked this one manly for the features it provides. I can overclock on this thing, has Sata 6 gb/s, and a usb 3 header :D 

Case; I know this isnt the greatest of all cases, but for the price, it looks really good!

OS: I chose win 7 because I'm so used to it. I heard that 8.1 is a bit better, but in my opinion, 7 is the better one.

Now I will talk why I picked my plan upgrades

PSU: It's made by Seasonic, nuff said

Memory: I know bestbuy has those brands, so i just like to make it easiest for my mom.

GPU: It performs well, and it isn't too pricey

So, what are your thoughts? Anything I could change? Thank you in advance :3

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October 29, 2013 6:51:14 PM

blackhawks2013 said:
I have posted this a couple of other times, but this time I'm going in dept. I am building this late November, near thanksgiving. So thats at least a month away. So here it is

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UbJ0
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker....J0/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker....bJ0/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $341.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-29 18:47 EDT-0400)
You may notice I'm missing some stuff. I am on an extreme budget, so I don't want to cheap out on parts. I have 4 1gb sticks of Kingston old ram clocked at 1066mhz I think. I will be getting some nice corsair or kingston for christmas. I also am going to be using temporarily and coolmaster 500w extreme power plus psu. that will be use for no longer a month. then I will be getting an Xfx 550w psu. I also will be getting a 7850 hopefully in January. Now I will explain why I chosen these parts.

CPU: Is there even a better cpu at this price? This was the first thing I picked for the build.

MotherBoard: I picked this one manly for the features it provides. I can overclock on this thing, has Sata 6 gb/s, and a usb 3 header :D 

Case; I know this isnt the greatest of all cases, but for the price, it looks really good!

OS: I chose win 7 because I'm so used to it. I heard that 8.1 is a bit better, but in my opinion, 7 is the better one.

Now I will talk why I picked my plan upgrades

PSU: It's made by Seasonic, nuff said

Memory: I know bestbuy has those brands, so i just like to make it easiest for my mom.

GPU: It performs well, and it isn't too pricey

So, what are your thoughts? Anything I could change? Thank you in advance :3

describe your full rig with specs. like this no one can tell is it a good or not.

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October 29, 2013 6:53:31 PM

Looks good and solid plan you did not state your temp GPU before the 7850.
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October 29, 2013 6:53:49 PM

Alpha-Black said:
blackhawks2013 said:
I have posted this a couple of other times, but this time I'm going in dept. I am building this late November, near thanksgiving. So thats at least a month away. So here it is

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UbJ0
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker....J0/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker....bJ0/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $341.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-29 18:47 EDT-0400)
You may notice I'm missing some stuff. I am on an extreme budget, so I don't want to cheap out on parts. I have 4 1gb sticks of Kingston old ram clocked at 1066mhz I think. I will be getting some nice corsair or kingston for christmas. I also am going to be using temporarily and coolmaster 500w extreme power plus psu. that will be use for no longer a month. then I will be getting an Xfx 550w psu. I also will be getting a 7850 hopefully in January. Now I will explain why I chosen these parts.

CPU: Is there even a better cpu at this price? This was the first thing I picked for the build.

MotherBoard: I picked this one manly for the features it provides. I can overclock on this thing, has Sata 6 gb/s, and a usb 3 header :D 

Case; I know this isnt the greatest of all cases, but for the price, it looks really good!

OS: I chose win 7 because I'm so used to it. I heard that 8.1 is a bit better, but in my opinion, 7 is the better one.

Now I will talk why I picked my plan upgrades

PSU: It's made by Seasonic, nuff said

Memory: I know bestbuy has those brands, so i just like to make it easiest for my mom.

GPU: It performs well, and it isn't too pricey

So, what are your thoughts? Anything I could change? Thank you in advance :3

describe your full rig with specs. like this no one can tell is it a good or not.



Okay, this will be my planned, completed rig when this is all complete.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UVPX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UVPX/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UVPX/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $621.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-29 21:53 EDT-0400)
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October 29, 2013 7:12:52 PM

blackhawks2013 said:
Alpha-Black said:
blackhawks2013 said:
I have posted this a couple of other times, but this time I'm going in dept. I am building this late November, near thanksgiving. So thats at least a month away. So here it is

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UbJ0
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker....J0/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker....bJ0/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $341.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-29 18:47 EDT-0400)
You may notice I'm missing some stuff. I am on an extreme budget, so I don't want to cheap out on parts. I have 4 1gb sticks of Kingston old ram clocked at 1066mhz I think. I will be getting some nice corsair or kingston for christmas. I also am going to be using temporarily and coolmaster 500w extreme power plus psu. that will be use for no longer a month. then I will be getting an Xfx 550w psu. I also will be getting a 7850 hopefully in January. Now I will explain why I chosen these parts.

CPU: Is there even a better cpu at this price? This was the first thing I picked for the build.

MotherBoard: I picked this one manly for the features it provides. I can overclock on this thing, has Sata 6 gb/s, and a usb 3 header :D 

Case; I know this isnt the greatest of all cases, but for the price, it looks really good!

OS: I chose win 7 because I'm so used to it. I heard that 8.1 is a bit better, but in my opinion, 7 is the better one.

Now I will talk why I picked my plan upgrades

PSU: It's made by Seasonic, nuff said

Memory: I know bestbuy has those brands, so i just like to make it easiest for my mom.

GPU: It performs well, and it isn't too pricey

So, what are your thoughts? Anything I could change? Thank you in advance :3

describe your full rig with specs. like this no one can tell is it a good or not.



Okay, this will be my planned, completed rig when this is all complete.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UVPX
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UVPX/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1UVPX/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($93.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $621.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-29 21:53 EDT-0400)


Change XFX with Corsair TX or CX series .everything else is just fine.
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October 29, 2013 7:33:37 PM

No need to change the XFX it is a quality unit at least just as good as the Corsair TX and way better than the Corsair CX!
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