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Cheapest Gaming PC? $476 Shipped

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Heres a quick build i put together for people with low budget. Tell me what u think or if there are any compatibility issues u see? Yes the psu is a pos.

 

ASRock N68C-S UCC AM3/AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $45
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157204

 

Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 $160 and $140 with mail in rebate also free dirt3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814131378[/url]

 

AMD Phenom II X4 830 Deneb 2.8GHz Socket AM3 $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103993[/url]

 

8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 $34
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820576006[/url]

 

PSU 550w $25
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817162020[/url]

 

Case $35 Free shipping, 10$ mail in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811208042[/url]

 

HDD Seagate 1TB 7200rpm
http://store.memorylabs.net/stoemwhla10t.html

 

Total Price:$476 shipped
Could probably drop 100 of the price by using a used 4850/70 off ebay.


Message edited by blobber on 01-07-2012 at 06:35:29 AM
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Don't crap out on the PSU. A bad PSU will likely mess up your other parts, which are pretty valuable.

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fixed... also was thinking about adding a hyper 212+ for some overclocking

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Something like this might work well for you.

AMD A8-3870K Unlocked Llano 3.0GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D AD3870WNGXBOX $144.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819106001

ASUS F1A75-M FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 813131768R

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT $34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231424

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147153

CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $39.99 ($29.99 after MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139026

Edit: Missing hard drive, optical drive, and OS. I'm assuming you have that covered...

Total: $335

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Message edited by hpdeskjet on 01-07-2012 at 06:50:08 AM
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Something like this might work well for you.

AMD A8-3870K Unlocked Llano 3.0GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D AD3870WNGXBOX $144.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819106001

ASUS F1A75-M FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 813131768R

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT $34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231424

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147153

CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $39.99 ($29.99 after MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139026

Edit: Missing hard drive, optical drive, and OS. I'm assuming you have that covered...

Total: $335




This isnt for me. I just wanted to put together a cheap budget build that could play most new games on medium or even high.

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Sorry I must've missed that part in the beginning about you building it for other people. I don't know what the third party's budget is, but this build would likely handle most new games pretty well.

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hpdeskjet wrote :

Something like this might work well for you.

 

AMD A8-3870K Unlocked Llano 3.0GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D AD3870WNGXBOX $144.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819106001

 

ASUS F1A75-M FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 813131768R

 

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT $34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231424

 

Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811147153

 

CORSAIR Builder Series CX430 V2 (CMPSU-430CXV2) 430W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply $39.99 ($29.99 after MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139026

 

Edit: Missing hard drive, optical drive, and OS. I'm assuming you have that covered...

 

Total: $335

 

I would recommend getting a HAF 912 for the case if you have an extra $20 that is. It gives plenty of space for airflow and upgrades. I have the challenger and it gives me very little space for a hyper 212 evo and a Radeon 6870

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] =haf%20912 $10 MIR! As much as the challenger, but with much more space.


Message edited by jarell420 on 01-07-2012 at 07:20:21 AM
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I personally like the challenger. I used it for my work, for a budget video editing system and it fit a refurbished NVIDIA PNY GTX 470 along with a Firewire PCI card okay. I also loved the way the hard drive mounts where setup but honestly, if I had the extra cash in the budget for my works build I probably would have went with the Cooler Master case as well.


Message edited by ComputerNovice on 01-08-2012 at 12:25:11 AM
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