Approximate Purchase Date: whenever, sometime soon would be cool but i havent even totally decided if it is worth it yet.
Budget Range: 300-350$ (there is a reason i am even bothering with this price range)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: light gaming, not much until i save more money after build, as i have almost no PC games right now. so mostly regular tasks for quite a while. (not much need for crazy high end parts)
Parts Not Required: monitor, mouse, keyboard, hard drive maybe, OS maybe, case, extra fans, cd drive, lots of older parts i have been itching to use. The hard drive has windows xp pro, but its an old IDE/ATA/PATA and only 20 gb, same one i use on my current garbage desktop, they are duplicates basicly, i may buy larger hard drive later on. same situation with OS, im okay with XP, i have used it since i was a kid, and DX9 is what most games ported fom xbox are made for anyway. also i dont think i will need more than 4 gb of ddr3 yet.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, i like all my parts from the same place.
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: well, brands arent as much of a specialty for me, mainly anything that is usually reliable. I already picked some parts, this is an UPGRADING BUILD so some of the parts are lower end performance wise.
Overclocking: Maybe only in the future, the mobo i picked out is kind of needed, as i am using older parts, which need IDE interfaces for bothe hard drive and optical drive, but it supports core unlocking for AMD and overclocking.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe only if i ever upgrade the motherboard, which is unlikely unless i also upgrade hdd, cd, and os at the same time..
Monitor Resolution: with current monitor, 720p, 4:3 17" lcd. might upgrade in the future.
Additional Comments: okay, here is my thoughts for this, and current build specs. i have the case (-60$) the hdd and os (-200$?) the optical drive (-20$)
some spare fans (-10-30$?) so that just leaves power supply, CPU, mobo, GPU, RAM.
CPU- AMD Athlon II x3 (prob unlock to phenomII x4) 80$
Mobo- ASRock 880GM-LE FX AM3+ AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard 60$
PSU- either Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail 60$ or hec X-Power Pro 650 650W Continuous @ 40°C ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply
RAM- Gskill Ripjaws 4gb 2x2gb 1333 30-40$
GPU- N/A im going to use the integrated GPU for a while, it i sbetter than intel, and as i said i will not do much gaming at first, my grandmothers AMD 64 desktop could play the only game i play a lot (minecraft) about 2-3 times as good as my laptop. but when i do upgrade it will be most likely a Zotac GTX 550Ti, i know the power supplies are more watts than i need, but i might eventually add the 550ti, another data hard drive, more ram (if i upgrade OS), and possible a better phenom II, but im not sure yet anyhow. i am NOT expecting ultra settings, i dont mind lower ones, the xbox360 which i use often i think only plays at medium settings, and it is a small monitor i will be using, i might even use my 15" 4:3 lcd. if there is something really wrong or similar to what i have but better in some way, i would love to hear your opinion, but dont troll me abotu how much better an i7 or some crap would be, i already know, my budget isnt going to budge much. thanks.
Budget Range: 300-350$ (there is a reason i am even bothering with this price range)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: light gaming, not much until i save more money after build, as i have almost no PC games right now. so mostly regular tasks for quite a while. (not much need for crazy high end parts)
Parts Not Required: monitor, mouse, keyboard, hard drive maybe, OS maybe, case, extra fans, cd drive, lots of older parts i have been itching to use. The hard drive has windows xp pro, but its an old IDE/ATA/PATA and only 20 gb, same one i use on my current garbage desktop, they are duplicates basicly, i may buy larger hard drive later on. same situation with OS, im okay with XP, i have used it since i was a kid, and DX9 is what most games ported fom xbox are made for anyway. also i dont think i will need more than 4 gb of ddr3 yet.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, i like all my parts from the same place.
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: well, brands arent as much of a specialty for me, mainly anything that is usually reliable. I already picked some parts, this is an UPGRADING BUILD so some of the parts are lower end performance wise.
Overclocking: Maybe only in the future, the mobo i picked out is kind of needed, as i am using older parts, which need IDE interfaces for bothe hard drive and optical drive, but it supports core unlocking for AMD and overclocking.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe only if i ever upgrade the motherboard, which is unlikely unless i also upgrade hdd, cd, and os at the same time..
Monitor Resolution: with current monitor, 720p, 4:3 17" lcd. might upgrade in the future.
Additional Comments: okay, here is my thoughts for this, and current build specs. i have the case (-60$) the hdd and os (-200$?) the optical drive (-20$)
some spare fans (-10-30$?) so that just leaves power supply, CPU, mobo, GPU, RAM.
CPU- AMD Athlon II x3 (prob unlock to phenomII x4) 80$
Mobo- ASRock 880GM-LE FX AM3+ AMD 880G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard 60$
PSU- either Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified, Single 12V Rail 60$ or hec X-Power Pro 650 650W Continuous @ 40°C ATX 12V v2.2 / EPS 12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply
RAM- Gskill Ripjaws 4gb 2x2gb 1333 30-40$
GPU- N/A im going to use the integrated GPU for a while, it i sbetter than intel, and as i said i will not do much gaming at first, my grandmothers AMD 64 desktop could play the only game i play a lot (minecraft) about 2-3 times as good as my laptop. but when i do upgrade it will be most likely a Zotac GTX 550Ti, i know the power supplies are more watts than i need, but i might eventually add the 550ti, another data hard drive, more ram (if i upgrade OS), and possible a better phenom II, but im not sure yet anyhow. i am NOT expecting ultra settings, i dont mind lower ones, the xbox360 which i use often i think only plays at medium settings, and it is a small monitor i will be using, i might even use my 15" 4:3 lcd. if there is something really wrong or similar to what i have but better in some way, i would love to hear your opinion, but dont troll me abotu how much better an i7 or some crap would be, i already know, my budget isnt going to budge much. thanks.