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January 30, 2014 2:40:43 PM

Id like to spend 350 for cpu and gpu, i need cooling, motherboard, ram, power, and case no OS.

Id like sli compatible motherboard, so id sli 2 of http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DIH8OW8/ref=as_li_q...

So my wishlist a good cpu, and a sli motherboard because in june i can buy the second gtx 760

Id like to oc the cpu, and gpu but if you need to cheap out on the cooling go right ahead


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January 30, 2014 3:09:56 PM

Are you within driving distance of a Microcenter? They have the FX 8320 for $100 or they have some great CPU/MOBO combos.
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January 30, 2014 3:10:16 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($102.59 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.97 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.47 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 1GB Video Card ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($21.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $501.66
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-30 18:10 EST-0500)
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January 30, 2014 3:54:20 PM

thanks filippi, can you also do a 600 dollar build and 500gb hd is good enough forgot to mention i need a dvd drive aswell
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January 30, 2014 5:49:39 PM

thanks but i updid my budget to 600, and wish to sli,crossfire
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January 30, 2014 6:01:03 PM

I don't feel as if Sli will be the best option for a starting our build, i'd Change the graphics card in the PC I just sent you and swap it for a better graphics card rather than buying two mid range cards and go for one high range card. I'd upgrade to a GTX 660 or a Gtx 760 which will work fine with the PSU. The motherboard also has 3-way Sli support so If you wanted to add an other High end GPU in the future you could easily do so.
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January 31, 2014 3:14:22 AM

Can you go $615?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.47 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.80 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($232.99 @ Staples)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($21.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Antec Neo Eco 520W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $617.21
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 06:13 EST-0500)
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January 31, 2014 4:59:31 AM

if were stretching my budget can we go a bit more lol, can you switch out the amd fx4300 for a fx 6300 black edition turbo 4.1

also if i wanted to add another one of a Zotac Geforce GTX 760 in 5 months is it sli ready, and can the psu take it?
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January 31, 2014 6:05:45 AM

Best i could do... for fx-6300 you will need more money :( 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.47 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.80 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($232.99 @ Staples)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($21.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $642.21
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 09:05 EST-0500)
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January 31, 2014 6:50:21 AM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($116.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.47 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.80 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($232.99 @ Staples)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($21.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $654.19
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 09:50 EST-0500)
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January 31, 2014 4:18:35 PM

So technically none of these builds will even boot up COD: Ghosts since its a 6GB required RAM game. There is a RAM fix to make it run on 4GB but I thought that was for the pirated versions only.
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January 31, 2014 4:21:17 PM

Immaculate said:
So technically none of these builds will even boot up COD: Ghosts since its a 6GB required RAM game. There is a RAM fix to make it run on 4GB but I thought that was for the pirated versions only.


The PC I posted earlier would run COD ghosts just fine. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2KkWX
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January 31, 2014 4:27:50 PM

i plan on doing black birds build but buting in 2 4gb sticks in
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January 31, 2014 4:28:57 PM

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($116.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.47 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.80 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($232.99 @ Staples)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($21.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $654.19
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 09:50 EST-0500)


can you put in 8gb of ram and ill pick as solution, doesnt have to be name brand maybe kinngston or somthing
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January 31, 2014 4:59:48 PM

Austin Durick said:
Immaculate said:
So technically none of these builds will even boot up COD: Ghosts since its a 6GB required RAM game. There is a RAM fix to make it run on 4GB but I thought that was for the pirated versions only.


The PC I posted earlier would run COD ghosts just fine. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2KkWX


If you could install it onto anything yea it probably would, there is no storage though.
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January 31, 2014 5:06:10 PM

Immaculate said:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2L2Iu

CPU and MOBO listed at the bottom, There is a Microcenter in Chicago.


thanks but i liked blackbirds build just want 8 gbs of ram

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January 31, 2014 5:11:45 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($116.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($232.99 @ Staples)
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($21.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B BRONZE 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $685.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-31 20:11 EST-0500)
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January 31, 2014 5:52:59 PM

thanks! if anyone has any improvments maybe a better item feel free to pm or comment
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January 31, 2014 5:53:28 PM

Looks like a sweet budget build.
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January 31, 2014 8:08:02 PM

One last thing, can any hd work with any motherboard. You see i really dont want to spretch my budget even though i already did by like 180 but besides the point lol, anyone find a cheap like really cheap close to the one in this build (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2L340).
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January 31, 2014 8:09:26 PM

As long as it's a SATA hd it should work fine.
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