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#1 hoodoomoovoo

Member since 2006 • 187 Posts

I was bored today and configured two build using parts from newegg, how are they (i ddin't buy them... yet...)

Parts Price Description of Parts
Motherboard $98.88 Gigabyte ATX Intel
CPU $169.99 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33Ghz
Ram $87.99 8gb (4x2gb) 240pin DDR2 800mhz
Graphics Card $164.99 Radeon HD 4870 512mb 256-bit
CD Drive $21.99 Sony Optiarc Black 22x DVD/CD
Hard Disk Drive $49.99 320gb 7200rpm 8mb Cache
Power Supply $20.99 Sunbeam 580W ATX
Case $41.99 Tornado ATX-238WR Black
Monitor $119.9 ASUS 19" 1680x1050
Keyboard 3 in 1 $17.99 Keyboard w/Mouse & Speakers
Mouse $0 N/A

Total: $794.79

Total Only PC: $656.81

A more "budget one"

Parts (Cheaper) Price Description of Parts
Motherboard $98.88 Gigabyte ATX Intel
CPU $119.99 Core 2 Duo E7400 2.8Ghz
Ram $87.99 8gb (4x2gb) 240pin DDR2 800mhz
Graphics Card $144.99 GeForce 9800 GTX 512mb 256-bit
CD Drive $21.99 Sony Optiarc Black 22x DVD/CD
Hard Disk Drive $39.99 160gb 7200rpm 8mb Cache
PowerSupply $20.99 Sunbeam 580W ATX
Case $24.99 Rosewill ATX Mid Tower
Monitor $119.99 ASUS 19" 1680x1050
Keyboard 3 in 1 $17.99 Keyboard w/Mouse & Speakers
Mouse $0 N/A

Total: $697.79

Total PC Only: $559.81

So how good are these (for the price)?

15 years ago

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#2 X360PS3AMD05

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Things i see wrong with the 1st one If it's a budget build get a dual core, that's a crappy quad anyway, E54/7400. 4GB is fine SATA DVD drive just to be sure HDD you might as well get 16 or 32mb cache and a larger one. The only cheap PSUs i would recommend are Sparkle or FSP 2. If the difference is really $20 to jump to a GTX260/hd4870 then there's no reason to back down to a 9800. For both, if you really want a budget build you'll get a $50 mATX board with on-board graphics and then upgrade your video card later. If you downgrade to 4GB you can probably get a 20'' monitor on both builds.

15 years ago

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#3 Daytona_178

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8GB RAM,,,WTF?

15 years ago

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#4 hoodoomoovoo

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i like me ram...

15 years ago

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#5 Sporknife

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Why. Whats even the point. Hell, new games take up a gig or two at the most. System takes up 250mb-750mb, and i can see having 1.25 gigs for leeway and browser stuff and such, but why would you need 4 more gigs than that.

15 years ago

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#6 kjghs

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your spending too much on ram and too low on psu

15 years ago

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#7 kaitanuvax

Member since 2007 • 3814 Posts

On the first build, replace with:

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $74.99

Memory: G.SKILL PI Black 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-4GBPI-B - Retail

$49.99

PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS500 500W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Retaill $74.99

Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 920 2.8GHz Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor Model HDX920XCGIBOX - Retail $189.99

Use promotion code "MMCHVGA" on your 4870, and save 10% on it.

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