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narglehunter

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Approximate Purchase Date: Cyber Monday if the deals are good enough, but in time for Christmas.

Budget Range: $500 tops, including shipping and stuff and excluding the monitor.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, internet surfing, music

Are you buying a monitor: Yes



Parts to Upgrade: New build.

Do you need to buy OS: I have an old Windows 7 disk. I've used the product key before, so I'm not sure if I'd need to rebuy OS.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: newegg.com, ncix.com -- to show us selection & pricing)

Location: Pleasant Grove, UT

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: I have no idea what that is.

Your Monitor Resolution: I don't have a monitor.

Additional Comments: I mostly play WoW on my computer. I have Diablo 3 and was wanting to get into DotA. I've never built a computer before, so explanations about why a certain part was chosen would be helpful as well.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: The computer that I have currently is a late 2008 Macbook Pro. The only game it seems to want to play is WoW and that's always on low settings, which can. I've tried playing Diablo 3, but it's pretty much unplayable. I just want something that can play nicely, but pretty affordable, if that's possible.
 
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Intel version
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($121.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Mwave)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7750 1GB Video Card ($53.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($38.42 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $503.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-26 13:15 EST-0500)

AMD Version ( better )
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($38.42 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($27.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $537.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-26 13:16 EST-0500)


And then when you have more money in future, you could buy another stick of 4GB RAM
 
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Hi , please don't suggest the 760g chipset for the Vishera/Piledriver FX series. It is older techology, has 3+1 phase power and in most cases it will fail or throttle the processor
 
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I made the same mistake before knowing better the chipsets.
Here is something to help you out.

Found this: (here... http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=214344 )

"There's only one true AM3+ chipset, and that's that 9XX series. The 8XX series boards that support AM3+ only do so because they have a modified BIOS, not because they were meant to support it to begin with. The 9XX boards also use a different system for power regulation, so if you're planning on overclocking, the 8XX boards may not take kindly to it. The 9XX chipset also features a faster HyperTransport, 3.1 vs 3.0.

As for a breakdown of the chipset, it goes like this:
Chipsets with no designation do not supposrt Crosfire or SLI.
G chipsets have onboard graphics, typically featuring a PCI-e x16 slot.
M chipsets have onboard graphics, typically featuring a PCI-e x16 slot. These are designed for mobile processors
GX chipsets have onboard graphics, typically featuring a PCI-e x16 slot. Supports Crossfire by also utilizing onboard graphics.
X chipsets also have PCI-e x16 slots, but typically feature two of them. Supports Crossfire.
FX chipsets also have PCI-e x16 slots, but typically feature four of them. Supports Crossfire. Also the only chipset that supports quad graphics."
 
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narglehunter

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So what would you suggest instead of that chipset then?
 
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narglehunter

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Would you guys suggest waiting until maybe this weekend to see if I could get better deals on parts?

Oh, I forgot to say thanks for helping me out with this, I really appreciate it!
 
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