dioriod

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Jan 13, 2013
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: Approximate Purchase Date: A month

 Budget Range: $600 after shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming

Are you buying a monitor:  No  

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) : newegg

Location: Hartford CT

 Parts Preferences: anything with good performance

 Overclocking: maybe
 

EzioAs

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($179.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $604.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-14 11:18 EST-0500)
 

EzioAs

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Anyway, this is probably the cheapest you can get.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G860 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($171.97 @ Newegg)
Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX12V Power Supply ($42.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $629.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-14 13:17 EST-0500)

If you really want to hit $600 budget, the best way is to replace the HD7850 with a GTX650ti
 

bigtalon

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Dec 29, 2012
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NewEgg is preferred but not only ?

How about this:

CPU: Intel Core i3-2120 Dual-Core Processor 3.3 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623I32120 ($109.99 @ Amazon.com)
Motherboard: Gigabyte LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX DDR3 1600 Motherboards GA-B75M-D3H ($74.99 @ Amazon.com)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB kit (2GBx2) DDR3-1333 1.5V 240-Pin UDIMM BLS2CP2G3D1339DS1S00 ($21.99 @ Amazon.com)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 7200 500 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s 16 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST500DM002 ($59.99 @ Amazon.com)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1024MB GDDR5 128bit, Dual Dual-Link DVI, Mini HDMI, Graphics Card (01G-P4-3650-KR) Graphics Cards 01G-P4-3650-KR ($159.99 @ Amazon.com)
Case + 500w PSU: XION XON160P Meshed Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with 500 Watt Power Supply - Retail XON-160P (Black) ($58.00 @ Amazon.com)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM ($99.99 @ NewEgg)
Total: $585.23


This one has the i3 Processor, the Motherboard can hold upto 32gb of Ram @ 1600 mhz, The Motherboard also fits 2 video cards, so later you can crossfire if you wish. I tried to make it where you can still have room to upgrade later, but can still game at a good rate now. Hope this build helps