Budget Gamer (Under 550 USD)

RandomSunchips · Mar 20, 2008

So I have a friend who wants to upgrade his old comp into something more in line with the times. He only needs the motherboard, proccessor, GPU, RAM, power supply, and hard drive. And of course, it will be OCed.

So far I have the following (most from newegg):

Processor:
Intel e4500
$120
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16819115031

UPDATE: Going with e2160
$70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116036

CPU HSF:
Arctic Freezer Pro 7mm
$27
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134

Motherboard:
Split between DFI Blood Iron or the cheaper GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
$90-$120
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16813136038
~~http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059~~

Ram:
Firestix DDR2 800
$54
http://www.directron.com/fsx800d2ck2g.html

Secondary Choice:
Transcend Axeram DDR2 800
$50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208329

GPU:
XFX 8800GS 384mb
$110 AR
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16814150275

or

Palit 9600GT
$140 AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814261002

Power Supply:
ePOWER ZU-550W ATX12V Version 2.0 / EPS12V 550W Power Supply
$57
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16817101021

UPDATE: Going with the Corsair VX 550W $65
http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-vx-550w-atx-power-supply/q/loc/101/205852646.html

Hard Drive:
WD SE 160GB SATA Hard Drive
$49
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16822136075

Total: $521 before shipping

Should I change anything?

Thanks, Chippy. <--That's me BTW XD

PS: I have a weird spacing fetish. Sorry. :/

JrRacinFan · Mar 20, 2008

OMG! The BloodIron is back in stock!!! Get it man before it gets sold out again, especially if you plan on overclocking!

Oh also, these were just referred to me, but they are now OoS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208329

nguyenpeter76 · Mar 20, 2008

go with antec earthwatts or corsair power supply instead. you want the power supply to be a good brand. buy.com tends to have corsair's at way cheaper prices than newegg

overall looks pretty good to me. what cpu cooler is your friend going to use to overclock? here's a suggestion. drop down to e2160, it will oc to 3.0ghz on the slightest cpu cooler such as the ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler or even stock cooler in some cases depending on your luck and case cooling. with the money saved get a 9600gt which can be found in the $150 range.

DM7000 · Mar 21, 2008

It looks amazing chippy. Thanks so much

JrRacinFan · Mar 21, 2008

Ouch, the aXeram is now deactivated. Knew I should have bought it when they were still golden.

Go with your first choice chippy.

ShadowFold · Mar 21, 2008

Go with the bloodiron I had some bad experiences with the DS3L...

PaulieG · Mar 21, 2008

Blood Iron is sweet for a budget board. If you'd like some confirmed Micron D9's, just like the chips in the AxeRam, try Buffalo Firestix. They are on sale, and cheaper than the Transcends:

http://www.directron.com/fsx800d2ck2g.html

FlipIt · Mar 21, 2008

Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Dual-Core 2,0GHz, Socket AM2, 1MB Tray- $63
GigaByte G-Power II Pro- $50
K9N SLI-2F s.AM2 nVidia570SLI- $100
DDR2 800 1024MB PC6400 Hynix / Transcend / Samsung original- $28
DDR2 800 1024MB PC6400 Hynix / Transcend / Samsung original- $28
GeForce 8600GT 256Mb DDR-3 (128bit) DVI, Tvout- $107
160 Gb Seagate Barracuda, 7200 rpm, 8 Mbyte cache, SATA II-300, NCQ- $60
NEC AD-5200A (R+20x/-20x, +R9 12x -R DL 12x, RW+8x/-6x)- $30
Case ATX ASUS TA-55, Black/Silver, Audio/4xUSB2.0/1394/Fan w/o PSU- $37
PSU ATX 550W Chieftec GPS-550AB-A- $85

Rurouni Strife · Mar 21, 2008

Get the 9600GT instead of the GS. 512, no crippled memory interface, good performer.

Processor	e8400 @ 3.6gHz cooled w/ Xigmatek HDT 1283
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty P35 DK
Cooling	Xigmatek 1283, 3 120mm Antec Tricools, 2 92mms, 1 250mm
Memory	2x2GB Mushkin DDR2 800 (5-5-5-15 2.025v)
Video Card(s)	Evga gtx 260 (192 shaders)
Storage	WD 640
Display(s)	17" LCD at 1280*1024
Case	Thermaltake Armor
Audio Device(s)	Intergrated
Power Supply	Corsair TX650

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

System Name	XPS 420
Processor	q6600 2.4GHz
Motherboard	Dell - Chipset:Intel® X38 (Bearlake) only one pci x16 slot...gay
Memory	3GB @ 667 MHz
Video Card(s)	ATI HD 2400 PRO 128mb (will upgrade later)
Storage	320GB
Display(s)	Samsung 22inches Model 220wm (1680x1050)
Case	XPS 420
Power Supply	Dell's Underrated 375w PSU
Software	Vista Home Premium 32-bit

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

System Name	The ShadowFold Draconis (Ordering soon)
Processor	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870
Cooling	Stock
Memory	Kingston ValueRAM 4GB DDR3-1333
Video Card(s)	XFX ATi Radeon HD 5850 1gb
Storage	Western Digital 640gb
Display(s)	Acer 21.5" 5ms Full HD 1920x1080P
Case	Antec Nine-Hundred
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Creative "Fatal1ty" Headset
Power Supply	Antec Earthwatts 650w
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Benchmark Scores	-❶-❸-❸-❼-

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Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 Windsor @ 2.81 (Artic Cooling Freezer 64)
Motherboard	ECS Black 780G
Cooling	4 case fans, AC 64 Pro on Proc.
Memory	2 GB Kingston Ram
Video Card(s)	Diamond Radeon 3850 stock (OC 740/930)
Storage	250 GB Segate SATA 2, 160 Samsung
Display(s)	BenQ T705 17", SynchMaster 19"
Case	generic
Audio Device(s)	Something that makes sounds...by IDT
Power Supply	550W Corsair
Software	XP Pro
Benchmark Scores	13000 3DM05