Approximate Purchase Date: January 2011
Budget Range: $750 (P32,790)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming > Watching Movies > Internet Surfing > Music > Paper Works (I know
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Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts:
PCX or
PCHub
Country of Origin: Philippines
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU/4GB RAM/GTX 460 GPU
Overclocking: Maybe (future)
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe (future)
Monitor Resolution: 1280x800 or higher
Additional Comments: I've made a thread a month ago and gkay09 helped me alot. Though, at this point I have more info about the parts that was recommended and the one's I want to get. I decided to make a new thread since with the prev one, I've already chosen the best answer which I think nobody will bother to check.
Note: I've converted the price to dollar so it'll be easier to compute for the total price later. (1 USD = 43.72 PHP)
So, here are the parts I've already chosen:
CPU:
AMD Athlon II X3 440 3.0ghz 3x512kb 78.69 USD
-The recommended CPU for a gamer.
RAM:
4gb ddr3-1333 G.Skill RipJaws (F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH) CL7 (7-7-21) 75.49 USD
-Cheapest gaming RAM I could get here in our country.
GPU:
Inno3d GTX 460 1GB/256bit DDR5 OC 191.23 USD
-Hard to resist because of the Rare Recommendation of this site.
HDD:
500gb Seagate⢠7200.12 16mb 42.32 USD
-Price of 320gb and 500gb is almost the same. So I decided to grab the 500gb.
Case:
Antec 300 70.91 USD
-I want to invest for the tower so I chose this.
Optical:
Asus 24B1ST 24x Sata 22.87 USD
Total:
481.57
And now, I have roughly $268. I can stretch it to $300 (P13,114.99) to spend for a Mobo, Psu & Monitor. Is Heatsink a necessity? Any other parts I need to get?
Suggestions/modifications are welcome. It would be also a great help if you can include an explanation.
Please choose here:
MOBO
PSU
Monitor
Monitor: I prefer 20" LCD for my Monitor but could go lower. I was convinced to get this because of some gaming threads here that says 20" is good.
Mobo: gkay09 picked Asus M4A88T-M AMD 880G/DDR3/A/V/GBLAN and another picked Asrock 880GM-LE AMD 880G ddr3 but I'm still confused. I really don't have any idea what to pick here. Maybe just the best cheap Mobo is good for now. Maybe.
PSU: I was told it should be 500w. I'm just confused if I need to get a Modular or non modular? Also, what does 80+ mean?
I want to stay realistic, so please slap me hard if I'm not. Also, If I need to add more to get these parts, please let me know.
Sorry for the long post. Thanks Tomshardware!