Guys
I was looking to buy a new PC for gaming and got the following over the Black Friday shopping time, please rate the full build on the following 2 scales, and tell me whether I could have spent the money more wisely.
1) Value for money - 1 to 10
2)Performance - 1 - 10
Here are the stuff I got
Processor - Core I5 - for $149.99 at the local Micro Center
Mobo - Gigabyte P55 -UD2 for $105.00 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128405
RAM - 4 Gig DDR3 1333 for $ 69.00 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231275
PSU - Corsair 450W for $55.00 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003
VGA - Asus 8800GT carried over from my older machine
HDD - Western Digital 640GB Black for $50 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319
Monitor - Acer 22' for $120 on Tigerdirect http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4516440&SRCCODE=WEBLET03SHIP&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03SHIP-_-03ship
Case+mouse+keyboard - $50
Total cost = $600
Do let me know how you would rate it on both Value For Money and Performance
I was looking to buy a new PC for gaming and got the following over the Black Friday shopping time, please rate the full build on the following 2 scales, and tell me whether I could have spent the money more wisely.
1) Value for money - 1 to 10
2)Performance - 1 - 10
Here are the stuff I got
Processor - Core I5 - for $149.99 at the local Micro Center
Mobo - Gigabyte P55 -UD2 for $105.00 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128405
RAM - 4 Gig DDR3 1333 for $ 69.00 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231275
PSU - Corsair 450W for $55.00 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139003
VGA - Asus 8800GT carried over from my older machine
HDD - Western Digital 640GB Black for $50 on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319
Monitor - Acer 22' for $120 on Tigerdirect http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4516440&SRCCODE=WEBLET03SHIP&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-WEBLET03SHIP-_-03ship
Case+mouse+keyboard - $50
Total cost = $600
Do let me know how you would rate it on both Value For Money and Performance