$600 dollar gaming computer (with monitor and keyboard/mouse)

luke904

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athlon 2 245
asus 9600 GSO
asrock k10N78
WD Blue 320 gig
GeIL Black Dragon 2GB ddr2 800
xp home 32 bit

monitor and keyboard/mouse came to $122


im building it for a friend, if you have any suggestions let me know


does the 9600 need power? (from the PSU)

an intel alternative would be welcome if it is cheaper/faster


thanks

 
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The HD 4650 = 9600GSO and HD 4670 and under need no PCIe connectors from PSU ^^
 

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luke904

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i know it would not be a very exciting computing but he knows that

thats a nice build batuchka but he hates vista for a good reason, and your leaving out keyboard/mouse and shipping. he might want to upgrade to a more powerful card so 370 watt isnt really enough. i tried to convince him into w7 but he wants XP


the monitor is the one that batuchka is using in his build (max res=1280X1024)

2 gigs of ram would be plenty as long as its win xp. i had 2 gigs for awhile and went to 4 and noticed no performance gain


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7750 @3.2 (best stable) @3.0 usually
xfx 4850 1 gig
4 gigs hyperx @1066
triple boot windows 7/windows xp x64/ubuntu 9.04... on one 320 gig HD

 
Then have him get windows 7 professional and use the XP mode that is built in, i am using it on the RC, it is a free standing version of XP running in a window on 7. I prefer XP to vista for the resource usage, but 7 beats XP on that count and runs smoother than either. It only costs $20 more for vista premium with a free upgrade to 7 instead of XP home.

He needs to pick out a keyboard and mouse he likes because if im trying to fit them into a budget build i select the cheapest POS keyboard/mouse i can find to have them covered but you wont want to use them.
 

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mouse and keyboard is logitech ex100 (wireless mouse and keyboard) for $23

i did not know W7 had an XP mode, where do you find it?

he didnt want W7 because of the fact that it expires in like july.
 
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx

It recently got moved from beta to RC. It will only be available with windows 7 professional and above for free.

Vista is now significantly better than it first started, and many of the compatibility issues have been resolved, i would try to talk him into vista with the windows 7 upgrade coupon, i havent encountered any compatibility issues yet, and i play lots of older games as this new system is only 3 weeks old and i havent had time to go get newer games for it. Anything i had running under windows XP SP3 has worked fine on windows 7.
 

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i have problems with windows 7... especially getting about 20% less FPS in crysis than win XP. you say its faster than vista (which i agree) and so i assume vista would be worse. not to mention the interface is really f***** up (in my opinion) lets not get into a vista argument though. he doesnt want vista, he might go with W7 simply because it would save him ~$100 and that would go towards a phenom 550/4 gig/ and a better GPU


ty for the link. i have windows 7 RC installed, do i need to download xp mode?
 

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LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM $28
Rosewill R102-P-BK 120mm Fan MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $30
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive - OEM $60
Acer H213H bmid Black 21.5" 5ms HDMI Full HD 1080P Widescreen 16:9 LCD Monitor $160
ECS N9800GTE-512MX-F GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card $90
hec Orion XPOWER585 585W ATX12V 2.01 Power Supply - Retail $24
LITE-ON SK-1788/BS 2-Tone PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard - Retail $7
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR3 1600 Dual Channel Memory Model BL2KIT12864BA1608 $49
ASRock P55M Pro LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $100
Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80605I5750 $200
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Total $748

Prices at newegg.com 10-6-09
 


What does this $750 build that uses some sub-par parts (especially that POS PSU) have to do with a thread that's 2 months old and was wanting a $600 build?
 

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You can't build a descent gaming system for $600 including monitor, unless you want a small monitor and older architecture.

Besides, why do you care??
 
No one likes people digging up old posts, especially when they don't even apply to the original question. I was just pointing out the fact that your post was meaningless. There's no need to dig up old posts. There are plenty of new build posts every day. Suggesting a PSU that will likely blow up and take out other components isn't really helping.