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$500 Gaming PC build Need help

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July 21, 2014 6:13:09 PM

Noobie to PC's and wondering if you guys can pick me parts for $450 gaming PC I play games like cod Minecraft Terraria BioShock etc. Thanks

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July 21, 2014 6:27:07 PM

Change the PSU to an Antec VP-450 and that will be a great build.
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July 21, 2014 6:27:44 PM

Pentium G3258 is a better choice if you are OCing.
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July 21, 2014 6:28:14 PM

But then you need a $100 motherboard for it, and that will not happen on this budget.
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July 21, 2014 6:28:33 PM

True about the PSU, no idea why such a crappy one was used.
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July 21, 2014 6:31:32 PM

moozilbee said:
True about the PSU, no idea why such a crappy one was used.


Because it is cheap and because it says Corsair on it people think it is good quality. It isn't AWFUL, but a MUCH better unit can be had for the price.
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July 21, 2014 6:44:43 PM

True, but I mean Austin seems like he knows enough about PC building to know that it's a bad choice.
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July 21, 2014 6:47:28 PM

WAY long ago, the very first CX430s were Seasonic built, but soon after they changed to ChannelWell just like the rest of the Cx units. Some people still think the CX430 is Seasonic and better than the other CX units.
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July 21, 2014 6:48:38 PM

Any idea why they changed from Seasonic? Was it just to make them cheaper?
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a c 466 4 Gaming
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July 21, 2014 6:50:38 PM

Yes, to make them cheaper.

Currently only half the HX, the CSM650, RM450/RM1000, and all the TX units are Seasonic. The AX are Flextronics which is VERY good (as good or better than Seasonic), but the CS, rest of CSM, VS, CX, rest of RM units are all not recommended.
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July 21, 2014 6:54:59 PM

Okay, thanks for the info Tiny Voices.
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July 21, 2014 6:58:15 PM

Not a problem.
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July 21, 2014 9:41:17 PM

For my build (first build, built a month ago, was looking at $450 but went up to $600 total :p ), I used some second hand parts to reduce the price. I went on craigslist and found 16gb (4x4gb) of ddr3 1600mhz ram for slightly less than the price of a 8gb set. Since you are building a budget build (like me), I would recommend buying some used parts. The parts which (should) have almost no risk of failure are: hard drive, ram, dvd drive, and the case. If possible, listing your requirements would make future answers on this thread alot easier.
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July 22, 2014 6:19:52 AM

Actually the Hard drive is one of the parts that is most likely to fail, so probably best to buy it new since HDDs are very cheap.

SSDs, on the other hand, are quite unlikely to fail for a long time.
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July 22, 2014 8:10:32 AM

moozilbee said:
Actually the Hard drive is one of the parts that is most likely to fail, so probably best to buy it new since HDDs are very cheap.

SSDs, on the other hand, are quite unlikely to fail for a long time.


I disagree. SSDs fail very frequently and HDDs tend to last a long time. This is traditionally how it works.
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July 22, 2014 10:20:49 AM

Maybe I was getting it confused with the way they fail, SSDs usually won't get very damaged from being knocked bashed or anything (usually, sometimes they will), whereas HDDs can easily fail if they're dropped or bashed. If you dropped a computer by accident, most things would probably be fine but the hard drive would brake.
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