Budget of $500

[squish8294]

Title says it all. Was thinking of this CPU/Mobo

Already have RAM kit. Kingston HyperX BLUE 8GB

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1963472&csid=_61

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1239961&csid=_61

was also thinking of this tower.

Also thinking of AMD 7770 HD card. probably MSI

Thoughts?

 

[tiny voices]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($123.79 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock B75M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($62.55 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($73.49 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1GB Video Card ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $462.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-24 19:55 EST-0500)

Do this for sure

 

[squish8294]

I'm lookin to build a gaming computer. have RAM/HDD. my bad for not elaborating that in the first post. GTX 260 any good for gfx or no? (For starcraft 2 and the like)

 

[tiny voices]

That GPU is super old. Like 3 or 4 years. Get something new.

 

[squish8294]

That's what I was thinking. What would your suggestion be for a budget gaming build - Already have RAM/HDD/Monitor.

 

[tiny voices]

What is your budget?

 

[squish8294]

I'd say max of $500. Was really eyeing that 6core AMD processor from earlier. Thoughts? Reasons why it should/should not be what processor, etc? Primarily wanna be able to run SC2 Heart of the Swarm @ ultra with around at least 45-60 FPS

 

[tiny voices]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 880GM-LE FX Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: GeIL EVO Veloce Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.14 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 1GB Video Card ($114.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $487.05
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-25 20:06 EST-0500)

For $500 you aren't playing on ultra. This will play at medium/ maybe some high settings

 

[squish8294]

Take into account that a laptop running win7 HP AMD Athlon II X4 645 with an AMD HD 4650 ran it WoL at High. Also, Already have memory and harddrive. where would you recommend I go up at, or would you say save the money? I've got Kingston HyperX Blue - an 8 GB kit, and a SeaGate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid Drive.

 

[tiny voices]

Better GPU. Always.

 

[squish8294]

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c01887287

 

[squish8294]

That would run SC2 WoL @ High with 50 FPS

 

[tiny voices]

No chance. Maybe on low, probably not.

 

[squish8294]

Flick. I just browsed around and saw that the 7770 is not the icing on the cake I thought it'd be. What would you recommend in place of it, from the build you posted earlier, nixing the ram and the HDD as I already have that taken care of.

 

[tiny voices]

An hd 7850 or a gtx 660. whichever you can afford.

 

[squish8294]

I see a 7870 for 210. Would you gun for it?
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/his-video-card-h787q2g2m

 

[tiny voices]

I have a 7870 and I love it.

 

[squish8294]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/G1md Swapped out the MoBo for something a little more along the lines of my preferences - the board you suggested didn't have 4 slots for ram - Didn't wanna be bottlenecked on that count, Thoughts?

 

[tiny voices]

You don't need 4 slots. Most people only have 2 sticks of RAM. Its standard. That is a decent motherboard you have chosen though.

Looks good to me.

 

[squish8294]

How to select best answer?

 

[tiny voices]

Just slick the select as best answer button.

 

[squish8294]

That's just it. I don't see it.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Try it now.

 

[squish8294]

Yes, I see it. Thank you.

 

[squish8294]

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