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DoofusMcgoofus

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Nov 9, 2013
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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: This friday

Budget Range: 400-500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: School and gaming (Path of Exile, Diablo 3, and Dota 2 mostly)

Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: Starting from scratch, so everything.

Do you need to buy OS: Yes (Windows 7)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, although I may be willing to buy parts else where if it will be worth the money.

Location: Washington State, USA

Parts Preferences: Brand is not an issue for me

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1366 x 768, not upgrading at the moment

Additional Comments: I want to build something that I can upgrade in the near future. Money is tight right now, but I need to build a PC. I just need something that works for now and can be upgraded in the future.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My old laptop died on me and I would rather build a new PC than buy another laptop.
 
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AMD Radeon
it is the lowest price build you can get,
should be adequate to deliver gaming performance at 1366 x 768 resolution

it has onboard GPU as a backup, in case dedicated GPU is broken (you dont want it happen during exam week). you can always use the pc :)

as you wish, you can always upgrade it into i5 and more powerful GPU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.86 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5"...
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AMD Radeon

AMD Radeon

Judicious
Dec 23, 2011
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it is the lowest price build you can get,
should be adequate to deliver gaming performance at 1366 x 768 resolution

it has onboard GPU as a backup, in case dedicated GPU is broken (you dont want it happen during exam week). you can always use the pc :)

as you wish, you can always upgrade it into i5 and more powerful GPU

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($66.86 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($35.97 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $479.76
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-09 17:13 EST-0500)
 
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DoofusMcgoofus

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Thank you for your help, and sorry for the late reply. I was wondering if there was a quad-core that I may be able to swap in and pay a little more for?
 
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AMD Radeon

AMD Radeon

Judicious
Dec 23, 2011
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here it is, because of limited budget, you can get 4 cores from AMD, not intel

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($77.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI FM2-A75MA-P33 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.94 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7790 1GB Video Card ($103.59 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GTS (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $496.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-17 12:43 EST-0500)
 
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DoofusMcgoofus

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Nov 9, 2013
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Which would you choose out of the two? I am leaning towards the intel build and throwing in a 650 ti boost with the money I am saving from black friday sales, would that be a good choice?
 
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sora

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I think it would, GPU determines gaming more than CPU in most cases.
 
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