Building a computer

[aidanklenk]

hello, i need to build a computer that is reaaaaally cheap that i can upgrade later.
it needs to be at least dual core
i need it for work, for now, but i will be making it a more powerful computer, so it just needs the ability to be upgraded later.
i have a budget of 300 or less, because it's not going to be for gaming right away.
i have windows 7 already for it, so that's not an issue.
other then the OS, i have absolutely nothing for it yet.

 

[aidanklenk]

oh, and i have a monitor already.

 

[wiinippongamer]

CPU+GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819106002
MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157277
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061
MEMORY: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231422
CASE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103045
MOUSE+KEYBOARD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823664006


TOTAL ~$305

Decent for gaming as-is if you don't need to have all the graphical effects enabled, can be much improved with a simple gpu upgrade and OCing the CPU a bit. If I had to include a monitor it'd be nowhere near as good and you'd need alot more than simply adding a dedicated card.

EDIT: you got me on that one, you should be golden with the parts I listed then.

 

[aidanklenk]

Thank you! I didn't see a power supply in there, any good choices?

 

[wiinippongamer]

I did give a link to a power supply, must have missed it : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256061

It's a pretty good one too, and should power even the best single cards out there just fine (7970 has 500w as minimum spec) for when you want to upgrade.

 

[aidanklenk]

oops! sorry! thought PSU meant something else!
i have 4gb of ddr2 ram, would i be able to throw that in there? or will i have to purchase the ddr3 for that mobo?

 

[aidanklenk]

i'm trying to save as much money as i can right now, but i plan on making a lot of upgrades later on.

 

[wiinippongamer]

NP

Nope that mobo is ddr3 only, You could also get less than 8gb but due to the little price difference there is it wouldn't make much sense, RAM is pretty cheap these days.

 

[aidanklenk]

oh, okay, thanks! and i have a keyboard and mouse, is there anything special about those two that mine cant do? or can i just keep the ones i have?
sorry about the million questions. i haven't built a computer before, so i thought now would be the best time, instead of spending 500 plus on a prebuilt.

 

[wiinippongamer]

An alternative would be going with a cheap AM2+ mobo and a quad core athlon which is about the same performance wise but with a much lesser GPU on the AM2+ mobo, you wouldn't be able to play any games before upgrading, and also being an older tech about to be phased out it'd naturally loose some upgradeability.


Scrape that, just checked and it'd cost pretty much the same with significantly worse performance

 

[wiinippongamer]

oh, okay, thanks! and i have a keyboard and mouse, is there anything special about those two that mine cant do? or can i just keep the ones i have?
sorry about the million questions. i haven't built a computer before, so i thought now would be the best time, instead of spending 500 plus on a prebuilt.

The ones that you have now should be fine, I just listed those because I thought you had nothing but the OS.

 

[aidanklenk]

sorry, i didn't even think to include those, forgot they were even part of a computer. haha.
i actually love the build you showed me! i'm looking on the classifieds to see if i can get them any cheaper right now! thank you very much!

 

[wiinippongamer]

You're welcome.