Rebuild comp plus helping friends build.

[jgaffney86]

Hello Everyone! I'm new to the community and I'm looking foreword to meeting everyone here! I have basically two questions here. One is a rebuild of my current setup and the other is a budget rig recommendation.

For my rebuild, here is what I have picked out....

Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837

GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130909

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116782

Ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345

Here is what I have right now and I want to use in this newer build.

-Seagate 500 gig hard drive
-Asus DVD CD Burner
-NZXT Crafted Gaming Armor Nemesis elite edition
-Sunbeam Nuuo Series Power Supply 550 watts

Okay so there is my layout for this rebuild. I basicly want to keep using my HDD, case, PS, and my burner. Is this possible? I know they have a little bit faster HDD out like 6.0gb/s but I dont think im going to really care that much. Basicly want I want is to keep it as cheap as possible to upgrade. I plan on just surfing streaming and occasionally gaming. I want to run planet side 2, guild wars 2 and starcraft 2. then I'd be happy.

For question 2.

I have a friend who is on a pretty tight budget. He said about 500-600 bucks is his max. We wants to build a gaming rig. What would you guys recomend at that level of a budget for that?

Thank you guys very much!

 

[burritobob]

Yes you can keep using your HDD (you should wipe it first) PS and burner.

Here is the friend build recommendation:

CPU: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock B75 PRO3-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($77.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Microcenter)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.97 @ Outlet PC)
Other: EVGA 02G-P4-3658-KR GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST SuperClocked ($179.99)
Total: $560.45
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

 

[jgaffney86]

Okay great! Thank you very much. One thing I wanted to mention in my build was i wanted to be able to upgrade in the future. Does the mother board I have there a good one to last me some time? Feel free to recommend other parts to me also. I felt the GPU I picked was a good bang for the bug according to the toms articles.

 

[burritobob]

That is definitely a lasting motherboard,it will keep chugging for years to come and features SLI or CFx support. It's a great board for the money and you really cannot go wrong with it.

650ti boost should be a fairly nice card with it performing at the level of a 7850. I bet the two will bounce up and down who is better or not but yeah I see nothing wrong with going for that card.