Sub 600 $ quality work PC

[fugben]

Hey guys my bro needs a new comp ( no monitor required ) for streaming applications and normal office work. My budget max is 600 $ and i want to build the best PC money can buy. Im also open for buying a prebuilt gateway or other kind of computer.

I actually saw
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113071
and for 520 $ bucks this looks like an excellent buy

Im open to buy a prebuilt PC or build my own if i can get significant more quality for the buck!

Again guys thanks for helping out a noob.

 

[ausch30]

You can build a quality gaming computer for under $600 so for office work it wouldn't be a problem at all. I recently built someone a good gaming system with a E2180 and a 8800GS for $500 which included my charge for building it.

 

[rammar16]

you can build a better one heres a good cheap AMD setup...

CPU: AMD 600+ $115

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103773

motherboard: ASUS 570ultra $90

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131022

Case: antec 300 $70

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

GPU: XFX 8500gt $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150268

RAM: corsair 4gb ddr2 800mhz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184

hard drive: western digital 500gb $80

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

PSU: corsair 450watt $75

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003

ok and thats it. this would be a great office/home computer.

subtotal: just $580

hope this helps

 

[the last resort]

^dont think 4gb is necessary, and that case seems to be a little over the top. maybe.

 

[groo]

if your going to blow cash on an 8500, just get a 780g mobo w/ sideband memory. lower energy bills and probably similar graphical performance. you could even step up a a cheap quad core

 

[dmoz]

^ Right, there's really not a huge need to get 4GB. You could get 2GB of quality RAM for $50-60 and save a few bucks. Even 1GB would probably be fine for what the OP described, but with a $600 budget there's probably no reason to cut costs that much.

The Antec 300 case probably is over the top for this build, but it really is a great case and I'm sure it'd last through a few generations of rebuilds, and with great looks and cooling, if it fits in the budget, why not? (I did just get one for myself so I guess I'm biased, but oh well.) You could go for a flimsy $25 case which is a mistake I've made in the past... it's really worth it to have a better case.

Anyway, all that said, you could honestly go get a baseline Dell or HP with no monitor and it'd be perfectly fine for normal use, and you'd have a warranty on the whole thing too. Unless you're really into the idea of building this yourself, there's not a huge reason not to go OEM.

 

[groo]

mini p180 is $80 at the egg, great for this type of build

 

[smalltime0]

I'd do
Gigabyte 78GPM DS2H $115 shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128341
Phenom 9550 $175 Shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103251
G.Skill 4GB kit (2x2GB) $80 Shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122
Antec 300 $85 Shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042&Tpk=Antec%2b300
Thermaltake 500W PurePower $80 Shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153052
Seagate 7200.11 500GB $85 Shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288
Thermaltake Purepower W0100RU 500W $80 Shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153052
Inc. Shipping $615 (slightly over)
This is probably a bit overkill now, mbut it will still be able to do any office work in 5 years.

 

[groo]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129038
this case with a decent PSU, $98 shipped.
its much smaller and more profesional looking. 380 watts is more than enough.

In all honesty, the user should pick put the case, as that is a matter of person taste.

unfortunatly they don't seam to make this anymore
http://www.atxcases.com/Cases/kitty.htm