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creepa   10-28-2009 at 02:10:12 AM

Hi im in college now looking to a build a small gaming pc for wow, youtube,etc. i was going for a 500 dollar budget for
components including shipping(not necessary but would be nice) i have a monitor mouse speakers and keyboard all i
need is the pc. thanks! :)

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Bronze Home Brew badge jbakerlent   10-28-2009 at 06:24:07 AM

See the links in my sig, if you fill out the build advice form, it will be easier to help you out.

Maybe something like this though

AMD Phenom II X2 545 Callisto 3.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103694

GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128392

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820227478

ASUS EAH5750/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] f3%20500gb

CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] k=550%20vx

Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
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SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA
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IronRyan21   10-28-2009 at 09:02:55 AM

Looks good, I would go with more cores for the CPU tho. I would either do:

AMD Athlon II X3 435 2.9GHz

AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz

------------------------------ AMD 9950 Phenom OC @ 3.0 Ghz | Asus
M3A79-T Deluxe MoBo | ATI HD4850 512MB | Corsair XMS 4GB DDR 800 | Antec Neopower 650 | Antec 300 Case | WD Black 500 GB HDD | Windows 7 Pro
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dirtmountain   10-28-2009 at 10:10:19 AM

Nice build by jbakerlent, but perhaps this Antec case/PSU combo. Antec VSK2000/Antec Earthwatts 500w $105 with free shipping on the case. Not as good cooling and the Corsair is out of stock.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.265959

 

Benchmarks for WoW.
CPU- The 545 would be close to the PhenomII x2 550 BE
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid [...] /Practice/

 

A tri core or quad core would be a help if you're running a lot of add ons

 



Message edited by dirtmountain on 10-28-2009 at 10:11:24 AM
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