Cheap gaming build <600$

stowe196

Honorable
Feb 21, 2012
6
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10,510
Approximate Purchase Date: Within a few days

Budget Range: under 600$ CAD after rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming=surfing>movies

Parts Not Required: keyboard mouse speakers monitor and power supply (antec 650w), could possibly reuse gpu as well (geforce GTS 250)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: ncix.ca but could use other sites that offer shipping within canada

Country: Canada

Parts Preferences:

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920/1080

Additional Comments: Would mostly be playing diablo 3 when it releases, for the moment some WoW and heroes of newerth. A lot of browsing and movie watching.
Don't really need a large HDD as i have an external that i use to store all music/videos etc
Really like these cases Fractal Core 3000
Bitfenix Shinobi

 

QuietPC

Distinguished
Feb 10, 2012
400
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18,860
Drop the Psu from this build and you get to $660 before rebates:



Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm ...
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ASRock Z68M/USB3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

ASRock Z68M/USB3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
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SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
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Item #:N82E16814102908
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XFX Core Edition PRO550W (P1-550S-XXB9) 550W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply

XFX Core Edition PRO550W (P1-550S-XXB9) 550W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified ...
Model #:p1-550S-XXB9
Item #:N82E16817207013
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Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32120

Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32120
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Item #:N82E16819115077
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G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBXL

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Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

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