$500 build

[brulesmegood]

After revising I realized it may be better to try a $500 build rather than a $1000 build.

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 2-3 weeks

BUDGET RANGE: $500-550 Before Rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, School, Music, Watching Movies

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Speakers

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg.com

COUNTRY: America

PARTS PREFERENCES: Prefer mid tower case

OVERCLOCKING: Possibly in future, still dont know how yet

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Yes - In the future when I get a 2nd card

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1200

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Hoping that i will be able to play Crysis

90+Ram- Patriot Extreme Performance Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model PGS24G6400ELK $90

Cpu- AMD Athlon II X3 440 Rana 3.0GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Triple-Core Desktop Processor ADX440WFGIBOX $75

motherboard- GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $80

Graphics Card- EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $135

Power Supply- Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 Modular Active PFC Power Supply $60

Case- Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $60

Total
$500 (-rebates)

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Not bad, might want to look at this card instead of the 9800

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858

Also, the other thing I see is the memory and motherboard, noticing you are using ddr2, with a new build, you probably want to be using ddr3, unless you just have ddr2 leftover. Other thing, if you want to sli, looks like you've got an AMD board there, usually you need a board that supports whichever you want, the board you have only has one slot anyway.

Have you seen this combo?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.436269

Gives you an ASUS board supporting ddr3

Here's memory cheaper, for ddr3. Although other guys will probably what memory is better than I will.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231253

 

[brulesmegood]

Thanks for the quick response, but do you think i will be able to play crysis? if so what settings?(with your recommended products)

 

[leyshadow]

high very high, maybe on a lower resolution thought, you might be able to high that resolution, actually the 5770 is a good card, i think you can high it

 

[banthracis]

Optical
$19
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

GPU
5770 $155 w/ $10 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858

Case
CM Elite $40 w/ $10 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119203

RAM
G Skill Ripjaw 1600 cas 7 $95 w/ Promo code
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231303

MOBO/CPU
Athlon II x3 and GA 785 $133
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.436340

PSU/HD
OCZ 550w Fatal1ty and F3 500gb $105 w/ $15 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.441361

$512 after rebates

You can get it under $500, but I prefer to use high quality components. But, swapping the GPU to the power color 5770 saves $30 alone.

Depending on resolution Crysis will at least be playable.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5770,2446-7.html

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

You should be able to play crysis, I would honestly not be able to tell you how well. But from what I've read, the 5770 is supposed to perform a little better than the card you picked out. As far as the motherboard and memory, you may not necessarily see a big performance boost from those things, but I would go ddr3 unless you have ddr2 laying around as eventually ddr2 will get older and harder to get. One thing you notice, now you can still get the old ddr 1 memory, but look how much more it is than ddr2 or ddr3. Gives you more options for future upgrades in my opinion.

 

[brulesmegood]

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