i'm typing this on my ipod right now so excuse any spelling mistakes. basically my motherboard got fucked, the cmos battery ended up getting loose somehow (it was a prebuilt that i upgraded).
i don't want my dad buying me another prebuilt, so i'll need myself a build to present to him
(he thinks prebuilts are cheaper). the only parts i have that i would remotely consider salvaging are my gpu (radeon 4550) and my ram (4gb ddr2). i don't need any peripherals, monitor or os
thanks.
[editline]22nd November 2010[/editline]
oh, and it'll be primarily used for gaming. i play games like black ops and the such
$500 is not bad. I can get you a better GPU and you'll probably have to upgrade the memory to make your machine a bit more future-proof.
Also show him [url=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1028195-Building-a-PC-It-s-like-Lego-Blocks-Not-Rocket-Science.]my thread[/url] if he thinks they're cheaper.
I'm about to play a game of ArmA 2, but I'll make up a build after that.
take your time, i'm about to go to sleep haha
Okay, so I fell asleep after ArmA but I've put together a computer that'll run games pretty well for a while.
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[*][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103871]AMD Athlon II X4 640 3.0GHz Quad-core CPU[/url]
[*][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130295]MSI 880GM-E41 AM3 Micro-ATX AMD Motherboard[/url]
[*][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145251]Corsair XMS3 4GB(2x2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory[/url]
[*][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858]Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 1GB Graphics Card[/url]
[*][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016]OCZ ModXStream Pro 500w ATX Modular Power Supply[/url]
[*][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181]Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive[/url]
[*][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204]ASUS DVD Burner[/url]
[*][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147109]Rosewill R23-P-BK ATX Mid-Tower Case[/url]
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Total Price: $533.92 USD[/b]
I'm not sure if you can reuse your hard drive or CD drive, but if so, you could knock $70 off that and get a better CPU.
Cheaper motherboard:[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130288[/url]
Better case:[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147023[/url]
Better GPU:[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125334[/url]
1TB HDD on sale for same price as 500GB: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&cm_re=SPINPOINT_F3-_-22-152-185-_-Product[/url]
Under budget with rebates and you get a free game
that HDD link leads to the blackbone
yeah, it does. i could use a tb lol
Fix'd
i don't have access to a computer right now, with finley's parts what does the total come to without rebates?
$483.93 with a total of $35 of mail-in rebates
hey, OP here. my dad agreed to let me build it myself, but i havent ordered any parts yet. could i replace any parts in my current build with parts that are on sale for black friday? thanks.
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