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Whats the Price of it all. that should leave room for future upgrades such as faster memory and larger capacity (Warning Win 7 Home Premium supports 16GB Max) Faster CPU when u deem you need it and plus video cards etc. the video card is obviously faster than my bros machine.

Course if it met your budget then thats what matters n good on ya dude

 

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Good starter combo- with the case and PSU you chose you can always upgrade the board, CPU, and video cards to match your needs.

That board supports a lot of CPU's, including FX 8-core and Phenom II 6-core and may even support the new Piledriver chips coming out later this year.

and it's within your budget.... mostly :toast:

The only add-on to consider would be a better CPU cooler but you don't need one ATM. Set aside at least $40-50 for a decent cooler and when you're ready you can start a thread looking for recommendations on one.
 

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Im bored ill throw my hat in and do a build on newegg
 

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Whats the Price of it all. that should leave room for future upgrades such as faster memory and larger capacity (Warning Win 7 Home Premium supports 16GB Max) Faster CPU when u deem you need it and plus video cards etc. the video card is obviously faster than my bros machine.

Course if it met your budget then thats what matters n good on ya dude

I think it adds up to around 650ish
 

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A x3 rana is a bit on the slow side
 

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Isn't it good for the price range, though?

It's a good price but a bit of a sacrifice to stay within budget. It will still do fine for daily tasks- office, web, etc... the 6850 will make up the difference for gaming and such.

and based on what you've been using, this will feel like a Corvette :laugh:
 

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Total Cost: $550 with OS included
 

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It's a good price but a bit of a sacrifice to stay within budget. It will still do fine for daily tasks- office, web, etc... the 6850 will make up the difference for gaming and such.

and based on what you've been using, this will feel like a Corvette :laugh:

the issue is that while the Athlon II's are good for everyday usage without a L3 Cache they CHOKE under muli threaded load while I don't Like the FX chips my self it is better then what he had picked out
 

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It's a good price but a bit of a sacrifice to stay within budget. It will still do fine for daily tasks- office, web, etc... the 6850 will make up the difference for gaming and such.

and based on what you've been using, this will feel like a Corvette :laugh:

say I did opt for the AMD fx-4100?
 

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Total Cost: $550 with OS included

No upgrade path on socket FM1 :rolleyes:

@Cordero- FX-4100 will add that cost to your build and will give you a little boost over an X3 Rana
 

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yea well he said what wait $400 before OS, im off by $50 almost everyone else in the thread is off by $100-200

if he wants a better rig improve the budget, a shit budget means a shit rig pretty simple yes? lol

then again 17 inch screen = what 1024x768 res? so yea OOO upgrade blah blah, with a screen thats so out of date its hilarious to begin with.

the rig i put in above pretty much fits his budget has everything he needs and a 6670 will run BF3 on all low settings at 720p paired with the APU onboard it actually works fairly well,

I remember highway kicking everyones ass no issue on a stock APU in Bad Company 2 lol the rig outlined above fits the budget and does whats needed, unless hes willing to upgrade the screen, and push his budget to $750-850 for PC Monitor and OS hes not gonna get very far.
 

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yea well he said what wait $400 before OS, im off by $50 almost everyone else in the thread is off by $100-200

if he wants a better rig improve the budget, a shit budget means a shit rig pretty simple yes? lol

then again 17 inch screen = what 1024x768 res? so yea OOO upgrade blah blah, with a screen thats so out of date its hilarious to begin with.

Smh.
Anyways, throughout this process I've said *multiple* times I'd go up to 600, and then to 700, soooo. :slap:

And yeah, I decided to just use my screen from my old pc, it works well and looks nice so not like i'm complaining. :rockout:
 

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Dude!

You can get better deals buying from local TPU' members if you dont mind used parts :pimp:

I know As for myself I sell top notch stuff for a good price

I don't trust buying from people. e.e

Anyways I linked a friend of mine who's somewhat of an expert so he can look over it and see if he can get me lower prices since he has to order parts for his shop soon anyways.
 

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Dude!

You can get better deals buying from local TPU' members if you dont mind used parts :pimp:

I know As for myself I sell top notch stuff for a good price

man has a vaild point :S
 

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Oh really but you trust others opinions about your purchasing?

@Norton

Just speculation: never know fm2 piledriver based apu may be backward compatible via bios update :toast:
 

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when you settle on a final budget ill do a better build, but on a 17 inch screen, and a $400 budget theres not much room to work with, what i linked above is about the best its gonna get,
$700 = $100 for OS = $100 for a monitor so thats $500 for parts alone, just $100 more then where you started, $750-800 gives enough room for a PC thats actually useful
 

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when you settle on a final budget ill do a better build, but on a 17 inch screen, and a $400 budget theres not much room to work with, what i linked above is about the best its gonna get,
$700 = $100 for OS = $100 for a monitor so thats $500 for parts alone, just $100 more then where you started, $750-800 gives enough room for a PC thats actually useful

a monitor is the least of my worries, which is why i'm using mine. :laugh:
 

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Oh really but you trust others opinions about your purchasing?

@Norton

Just speculation: never know fm2 piledriver based apu may be backward compatible via bios update :toast:

All of the stuff I've been reading says no- but who really knows :rolleyes:
 

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Oh really but you trust others opinions about your purchasing?

@Norton

Just speculation: never know fm2 piledriver based apu may be backward compatible via bios update :toast:

Multiple people giving me different opinions and discussing the options available, yes, somewhat. They are only opinions, after all.
 
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