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szadeklord   05-21-2009 at 04:57:12 AM

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE:July

BUDGET RANGE: 500 $ or less

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: games, internet, word processing

PARTS NOT REQUIRED:keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com
or tigerdirect.com depending on quality/price

PARTS PREFERENCES: NONE

OVERCLOCKING: maybee later on

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: later on yes

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1600 x 1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: under 500 $ for everything and i need it to be capable of running far cry 2 thanks

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Bronze Home Brew badge Proximon   05-21-2009 at 05:16:48 AM
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You'll have to settle for medium type settings at that resolution to start.

I'll see what I can do...
CPU and MB combo
CPU cooler for overclocking
RAM
Case and PSU combo
Video card
Hard drive
DVD drive

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Bronze Home Brew badge Why_Me   05-21-2009 at 05:59:25 AM
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Proximon wrote :

You'll have to settle for medium type settings at that resolution to start.

I'll see what I can do...
CPU and MB combo
CPU cooler for overclocking
RAM
Case and PSU combo
Video card
Hard drive
DVD drive




Nice build. :)

I might switch the mobo and cpu combo to this one here though

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.190816 Combo Discount: -$10.00 Combo Price: $112.98
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E5200 - Retail

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Bronze Home Brew badge Why_Me   05-21-2009 at 06:17:05 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.193752 Combo Discount: -$20.00 Combo Price: $94.94
Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Antec Basiq BP500U 500W Continuous Power ATX12V Version 2.01 Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.190816 Combo Discount: -$10.00 Combo Price: $112.98
GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E5200 - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 4&Tpk=CCTF $39.99 ($29.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate) Free Shipping*
Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120 mm Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler W/TX-2 - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130468 $129.99 ($119.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate) Free Shipping*
EVGA 512-P3-1150-TR GeForce GTS 250 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Free Cryostasis game w/ registration at manufacturer website

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231122 $47.99 Free Shipping*
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136074 $54.99 Free Shipping*
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6827151171 $24.99 Free Shipping*
SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD Burner - OEM

Total: $505.83 | $485.83 w/mail in rebates

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us [...] ID=mscomsc <---64 bit version of Windows 7


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