Was asked to build for a friend who knows nothing about pcs's
Multitasking/General purpose pc with some very lite gaming.
Purchase date: ASAP
Budget range: 750$ Canadian
System usage:
Multitasking/watching movies and occasionally some Rts gaming
Parts not needed:Keyboard Mouse and OS
Website for parts: newegg.ca or canada computers or any other reliable canadian website.
Parts preferred:
DVD burner:any burner will do
CPU: AMD for value
Motherboard: AM3 socket only I personally prefer asus but im open to suggestions , I would prefer an Atx board but it doesn't have to be.
Video card: Doesn't really matter once it is able to play his RTS games. Warcraft 3 Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 when it is released. Was looking at the 5670.
RAM: 4GB DDR3
HD: 500-750 Gigs the machine will only have 1 HD to start of with so it has to be fast. 7200 rpm 32-64mb of cache and 5 year warranty preferred.
Quality Power supply that will last through an upgrade or two on the computer. I guess anything around 400-500 watts from a reputably company (corsair , Seasonic )
Case: was looking at the Antec 300
Power supply:This is the real problem , with this tight budget its hard to get a decent 80+ certified PSU
Not overclocking:
No SLI or Crossfire
This is what i came up with.
At first I was going to order from new egg but best direct has free shipping on orders over 500$ so unless i can get a cheaper price im going with them .
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/228231/M4A87TDUSB3/ASUS/
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/214535/ST31000528AS/Seagate/ $59.79
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/185669/TW3X4G1333C9/CORSAIR/ $73.22
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/155716/THREE%20HUNDRED/ANTEC/ $56.60
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/222067/IHAS124-04/Liteon/ $17.69
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/214351/OCZ550FTY/OCZ%20Technology/ $64.37
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/230269/AX4850%20512MD3-HV3%20/PowerColor/ $79.31
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/230251/ADX635WFGMBOX/AMD/ $102.79
For a grand total of $575.97. Any suggestions on a decent LCD 22 inch that will keep me under or very close to my budget of $750 ?
I found this but it brings me a bit over the top and I dont know how good Philips screens are
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824133040CVF
Thank you in Advance.
Multitasking/General purpose pc with some very lite gaming.
Purchase date: ASAP
Budget range: 750$ Canadian
System usage:
Multitasking/watching movies and occasionally some Rts gaming
Parts not needed:Keyboard Mouse and OS
Website for parts: newegg.ca or canada computers or any other reliable canadian website.
Parts preferred:
DVD burner:any burner will do
CPU: AMD for value
Motherboard: AM3 socket only I personally prefer asus but im open to suggestions , I would prefer an Atx board but it doesn't have to be.
Video card: Doesn't really matter once it is able to play his RTS games. Warcraft 3 Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 when it is released. Was looking at the 5670.
RAM: 4GB DDR3
HD: 500-750 Gigs the machine will only have 1 HD to start of with so it has to be fast. 7200 rpm 32-64mb of cache and 5 year warranty preferred.
Quality Power supply that will last through an upgrade or two on the computer. I guess anything around 400-500 watts from a reputably company (corsair , Seasonic )
Case: was looking at the Antec 300
Power supply:This is the real problem , with this tight budget its hard to get a decent 80+ certified PSU
Not overclocking:
No SLI or Crossfire
This is what i came up with.
At first I was going to order from new egg but best direct has free shipping on orders over 500$ so unless i can get a cheaper price im going with them .
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/228231/M4A87TDUSB3/ASUS/
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/214535/ST31000528AS/Seagate/ $59.79
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/185669/TW3X4G1333C9/CORSAIR/ $73.22
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/155716/THREE%20HUNDRED/ANTEC/ $56.60
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/222067/IHAS124-04/Liteon/ $17.69
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/214351/OCZ550FTY/OCZ%20Technology/ $64.37
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/230269/AX4850%20512MD3-HV3%20/PowerColor/ $79.31
http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/230251/ADX635WFGMBOX/AMD/ $102.79
For a grand total of $575.97. Any suggestions on a decent LCD 22 inch that will keep me under or very close to my budget of $750 ?
I found this but it brings me a bit over the top and I dont know how good Philips screens are
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824133040CVF
Thank you in Advance.