Under $500 build

[rasaki]

Already did a $1200 build now iam looking to upgrade my old computer for my girlfriend. what i would like to do is keep the hd and windows. been looking at amds apu's since their cheap and will do what she needs to do surfing,mmorpgs. games aion, gw2 , FF realm re born also gonna get a hd 7850 tax season so the video card is not a must atm if i get a decent on board.
also would like to be able to upgrade it down the road.

budget - 500$
dont need - OS , HDD , cd rom (500gb with vista)
Need- Cpu ,Psu ,mobo, small to mid case , 4gb ram (apu would work too the AMD A10 5800K seems nice for the price)
would be nice - good bios on the mobo to overclock and see temps. heat sink , decent airflow case , pink or purple led or case.

open to any brand builds but its just a low-mid gaming pc for now.

 

[o1die]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811322060 $25 shipped after promo code
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026 $35 after rebate shipped
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157335 $62 shipped
http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Nov-0-2012/giftdeals13/te/index-landing.html?nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL111312TE&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL111312TE-_-EMC-111312-Index-_-E0-_-PromWord 3470 cpu $185 with promo code; you have to register with newegg to get the promo code to work
Same newegg gift link: Patriot extreme master limited 8 gb 1600 ram $28.69 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969 $95 shipped after rebate

Total: approximately $431 after promo codes and rebates

 

[o1die]

Newegg has a pink apevia x-plorer2 case for $75 shipped if you must have it. The link is broken, but you can find it easily on their website. It's actually pretty good, with bottom mount for the power supply.

 

[rasaki]

the mobo you linked doesnt support a amd chip .


what i came up with.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280 $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144258 $ 60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157334 $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094 $68
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314 $40.00

now i ask if this will run ok on vista , and i could use some ideas on psu and mobo, and a heat sink that will work for the cpu.

 

[o1die]

The board you linked should work fine with the original bios file (you won't have to flash the bios for the cpu to post); the stock amd heatsink will also work if you don't overclock. The corsair 430w ps I linked is also adequate for a low budget build. Vista works on most any board, but you may have to format the drive and reinstall it; you'll just have to try booting up and see if it will reconfigure the device drivers for the board change.

 

[Pingypoker]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=28907448

Without the HDD it will only be $300. It's small, sleek, and it can run modern games on higher settings. Plus you can upgrade it in the future by Crossfiring the Radeon 6850.