Budget Build Help

I am selling my desktop to a friend for 700$. I am going to need to rebuild. Im gonna need a whole entire computer. I need it to be about 700$ with shipping. I game a good bit. My monitor will be a 22'' 1680x1050. Im open to do AMD or Intel. Same way with Nvidia or ATI. Please help .

 

AMD/ATI will fit your price the best... go for Phenom II & Radeon 5770/5890...

you'll have to get a cheaper case, because you should also get a good power supply and motherboard. Newegg is the place to be.

Antec 300 $60

Asus M4A77 Mobo $79

Corsair 550W $80

G Skill 4GB Ram $105

Phenom II 940 $150

Caviar Blue 300GB Hdd $48

Radeon 4850 $124

=$648+ shipping (est $25 to NY)

minus video card is 525 plus shipping (550)
you can get a 4850 for 125, but im not seeing a 5850 for less than 300 -
so you'll be closer to 900 at the end than 700

 

Do you think I could maybe stretch for a 5850 system?

 

Heres a combo Newegg has listed. Might be a good base to start with. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.319352

 

A nice combo. But I cant afford it. I wont be able to get a GPU.

 

Buy my 965BE AM3 is the way to go for gaming Athlon X4 if you are on tight budget. Im tired of looking at these parts on my desk (if you couldn't tell).

 

$523 after rebates, not bad.

 

id say intel dual core or AMD x3 720 terms of GPU in your price range 5770

something like

Case generic $50
DVD drive generic $20
CPU cooler: Xiggy s1283 $35
CPU x3 720BE $120 oem
mobo Asus M4A79XTD evo $110
gpu 5770 $170
PSU corsair 550vx $80
HDD pick something $60
Ram pick something $100 4gigs
OS : win 7 64bit $100

not really in your budget but a good base line to work with

 

I have the OS covered.

 

well then that means the above is pretty damn close to what you need

the above is roughly $745 without shipping get a antec PSU and look at some combo deals and mail in rebates and your good to go

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022

OCZ psu 550 watt mail in rebate = $44 for it half the price of the corsair means $710 roughly


and it seems the 720 has dropped to $109 so thats $11 less so $699 haha hells yea im on a roll woot


Coolermaster Hyper 212+ $29.99 brings us in at $694

His 5770 is $162 so $8 less again so $686 im pretty sure you can get it all to fit good luck Charper

 

yeah, forgot cd drive in mine. I actually don't use one my bad...

 

id go with the fa1ality or w/e PSU to save another $40 and get a the tricore with aftermarket cooling id also go with the ANtec 300 illusion as it comes with 5 fans 3 120s and 2 140mms for about $5 less

 

Tweaking atm...

 

Im thinking maybe a downgrade to like a 4850 so I can get a better proc/mobo then upgrade gpu later.

 

telling you man get the Antec 300 illusion has 5 fans and its $60 that gives you $30 leeway because that CPU is an OEM meaning your gonna need a heatsink and fan

 

Ok. Good idea. What do you think about the 4850 downgrade?

EDIT: The Illusion has 15$ shipping which is only 10$ cheaper than the scout....

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...129066&cm_re=ANTEC_300-_-11-129-066-_-Product that case

id keep the current GPU as it will overclock to 4890 speeds meaning DX11 + low power requirments

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ..._fatal1ty_power_supply-_-17-341-022-_-Product

that PSU has a huge rebate meaning more savings

 

The rebates mean nothing to me. I dont usually bother with them.. And the thermaltake is a better psu.

 

well suit yourself but decent psu for $44 is better then $70 also allows you to keep the better GPU

trying to get biggest bang for buck here

 

See lemme explain better. No matter what the rebate is, the problem is I wont have the money to buy the thing. So when I spend that type of money if I have a better option I want to take that.

 

ah now THAT makes more sense in that case let me see what i can find

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...re=phenom_ii_processor-_-19-103-674-_-Product

I can get that if I downgrade to 4850 temporarily.

EDIT: In my last posting of my cart I didnt include a heatsink so I will have to downgrade to 4850 to get that AMD proc with the stock heatsink.

 

yea do that then and get the $99 sapphire 4850 (512mb) since your resolution is 1680x1050 the 512mb should be alright till you can upgrade to something better later

 

My thoughts exactly.