Asking for a bit of help looking for a good desktop. Price has to be around $500, absolute budget is $580 (this is all US Dollars), and it will be fore 3D modelling, and some games, the most graphically intense being Just Cause 2. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I don't need an audio system, OS, monitor, keyboard, or mouse.
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Also, if worst comes to worst, I can salvage the memory from my old desktop.
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And the hard drive.
No peripherals at all?
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[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218]Hard Drive[/url]
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016]Power Supply[/url]
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122]RAM[/url]
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157115&cm_re=asrock-_-13-157-115-_-Product]Motherboard[/url]
[url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125236]GPU[/url]
I don't know much about CPUs, so I didn't include one. Someone else will have to suggest that as I wouldn't want to recommend you a shitty one.
Without a CPU this comes to $364.95, giving you $135.05 to work with for a CPU, which is probably not enough.
If you can really spend that extra $80, I'd say you can get yourself a quality CPU.
Keep in mind this is before tax for your region and shipping.
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Fuck, I forgot a case. Sorry. I'd recommend one but I bought my case and it broke within a year. Sorry about being so half-assed, but I hope I gave you SOMEthing to work with.
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1044285-400-AMD-AM3-build-(just-purchased)?p=27117116&viewfull=1#post27117116[/url]
This build has fucking awesome bang for the buck. and better yet ships for $3 at Newegg (a lot of free shipping items.)
It's $406 total, without GPU, so that leaves $100-180 for a GPU going with your budget. I'd say go for a GeForce 460, which is around..$160-180? If you need to bring the price down a bit more, you can go for a Radeon 5770 or 5750 which run closer to $110-$140 ish.
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[QUOTE=zeebiedeebie;27117816]..case..broke[/QUOTE]
How the fuck do you break a case after a year, it should be mostly stable after initial build.
It was just a shitty case and I moved that year. The thing couldn't handle a few bumps in the van. :P
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EEvilMuffin, if you're going to go with a build probably do his. He seems to know more than I do about this.
I just put a good amount of research into getting fucking awesome stuff for a really good price, since I was going to buy a new PC (bought it about 2 hours ago actually.) I lucked out too, getting REALLY good deals on shipping. I almost got a $55 Cooler Master case, but it was $20 to ship. This case was slightly better, for only $5 more with free shipping =).
I wanted to avoid BOTTOM range stuff ($60 CPU, $30 RAM, $40-60 MOBO, etc) and at least get something decent for myself, but I really need to buy 4 new tires soon so I couldn't spend much over $400 at all.
I'm totally satisfied with what I just purchased!
This is what I came up with. $515, or $475 w/ rebates
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Links:
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151192[/url]
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233[/url]
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073[/url]
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130249R[/url]
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161338[/url]
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.582146[/url]
Or on the contrary, you can get this, $555, or $515 w/ rebates
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well how about this: [url]https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=13081491[/url]
I'm salvaging the 1.5T HDD from my old one, and the 2 gb of RAM
I don't like the PSU, but the rest of the build seems fine
the 4650 is lacking, but since you're not planning on playing much games on it, it shouldn't be a problem
Well what would be a better card for around the same price?
Sorry if I wasn't clear - I was just trying to say that a 4650 will struggle to run Just Cause 2, not that there's a better card for the price
wait actually there is something better for the price
this one: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150450&cm_re=4670-_-14-150-450-_-Product[/url]
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also if you have ddr2 RAM then your mobo won't support it
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Also I personally think that this is better value for your money
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If you need DDR3 RAM get this
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396[/url]
Where's the harddrive? Or does he have one?
[QUOTE=Kirad;27144845]Where's the harddrive? Or does he have one?[/QUOTE]
yeah, he said he had a 1.5 TB HDD
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