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$500 Gaming Pc Buget Amd

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Approximate Purchase Date: ((March 1st end of April for Video card upgrade))

 

Budget Range: (e.g.: 400-500) Free shipping is a Most on most parts are deals you cant past up

 


System Usage from Most to Least Important: (gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies Star wars Wow Mw3 Might play Flight simulator later on)

 

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS) Sata HD 250g Western Digital WD SCORPIO interface sata RPM5400 firmware This is from my laptop, Also I'm using
My Desktop 300g Hdrive for Storage With window 7 64 bit home premiume
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: newegg.com.)

 

Country: (e.g.: USA)

 

Parts Preferences: by brand or type (e.g.: I would like to use an AMD CPU & With Asus Mobo with my HP 2159 monitor)
Overclocking: Maybe To unlock My Cpu to 1060T 6 core from Quad core

 

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe Near Feture Dont mater Just need some thing to put to gether before summer so This one Don't die on me

 

Monitor Resolution: ( 1920x1080,)

 

Additional Comments:

 

Here is what I have so Far as a put to gether Subtotal:$424.94+ shipping which is not much since most parts are Free shipping.

 

Case: this is Temp Just to get me Started Then Ill upgrade to a Full tower case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811121096

 


Mobo- Micro ATX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131728

 


Video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121435
Not going get this tell All my parts are at my house I have a GTX 220 1g ddr3 To hold me off it still perfomes pretty good for what I do just my CPU I have now Is bottle necking my Frame rate.

 


CPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103995
I here you can OC it and unlock the 6 core making it a 1060T black edition I dont need a High end CPU as i just pvp-and Quest on my Games I play I don't live stream.
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PSU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817152028 I pick this because of the Reviews and Ratings it has and its a Modular, has Dual 12V output
which is a + factor from my old Shitty 275 wat psu That sucks on cooling.

 


Ram-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277 29.99 Cheap looks good Enough for my needs also DDR3 With Free shiping Cant beat that..

 


I have a 250g interface sata 5400 RPM WD SCROPIO from my old 2009 laptop Going use that as a Sata drive for Storage Then I have my 300g HD from my main computer
With Windows 7 I'm using now..

 


I plan on Up dating the Case AI later this summer when they Go down in price for Labor day special


Message edited by joec_10 on 01-19-2012 at 09:39:26 PM
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i5 2400 $190
Antec ECO 620w $60
Cooler Master Elite 430 $55
Kingston HyperX 8gb(2x4gb) 1333 $40
ASRock H61M/U3S3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s $70
SAPPHIRE 100314-3L Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 $165
LG 22X Super-Multi DVD Burner 22X $18

Total: $598

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i3 2100 $125
SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 $150
Cooler Master Elite 430 $55
Kingston HyperX 8gb(2x4gb) 1333 $40
ASRock H61M/U3S3 LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s $70
Antec ECO 620w $60

Total: $500

Sorry didnt look at budget.

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I'm looking into a AMD system I was wonder what I have link will run the 3 games I play

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For gaming, i3 2100 is better. You wont have trouble playing those games.

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aye but with the 960t in a mobo for 89 the EXTREME3 I can unlock the 6 core Easy if its not DOA!! lol

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