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bengal85

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I am looking to build a new comp for my personal use and I want to keep with in a 400 dollar budget.

I am not a gamer I just use it for school and online stuff

If not what would be more reasonable?
 
bengal85 said:
I am looking to build a new comp for my personal use and I want to keep with in a 400 dollar budget.

I am not a gamer I just use it for school and online stuff

If not what would be more reasonable?
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Yeah, $500 would be more reasonable... but it depends what it needs to include, if it doesnt need an OS or monitor than $400 would be plenty for your uses... if you need os, $500ish, and maybe ~$600 with monitor and os.
 
bengal85 said:
Yeah I most likly would have a monitor for it and I have an XP disk already that I can use
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Ok, so i would look at something like this:

Case, Coolermaster Elite 360 ($34.99) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119195

Cpu, Phenom II X3 710: ($119.99) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103648

Motherboard, Asus M4A78 Plus: ($79.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131381

Memory, OCZ SLI 4gb (2x2GB) DDR2 800Mhz: ($38.99) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227269

Power Supply, OCZ 500W StealthXstream Power Supply :($59.99, $49.99 After Rebate) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341012

Hard Drive, 7200.12 Seagate Barracuda 500gb: ($59.99) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

GPU, Galaxy 9500GT: ($49.99, $34.99 After Rebates):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162019

Total Price before rebates-----------------------$443.93
Total Price after rebates-------------------------$418.93

Didnt understand if you needed a monitor or not? So if you need a monitor, great ones for the price:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009127
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254005

Also, since many of these items have free shipping(the case especially since shipping on that is like $20) you will save $30-35 on shipping;)
 
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bomberboysk said:
Ok, so i would look at something like this:

Case, Coolermaster Elite 360 ($34.99) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119195

Cpu, Phenom II X3 710: ($119.99) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103648

Motherboard, Asus M4A78 Plus: ($79.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131381

Memory, OCZ SLI 4gb (2x2GB) DDR2 800Mhz: ($38.99) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227269

Power Supply, OCZ 500W StealthXstream Power Supply :($59.99, $49.99 After Rebate) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341012

Hard Drive, 7200.12 Seagate Barracuda 500gb: ($59.99) Free Shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

GPU, Galaxy 9500GT: ($49.99, $34.99 After Rebates):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162019

Total Price before rebates-----------------------$443.93
Total Price after rebates-------------------------$418.93

Didnt understand if you needed a monitor or not? So if you need a monitor, great ones for the price:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009127
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254005
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+1
However, since he said he just use it for school works and stuffing web, I suggest get onboard VGA with 780G chipset, saving $30
 
Here's a basic system for you.

Items marked with "***" I've personally bought and used and they work perfectly.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz ($58.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300

Foxconn M61PMV GeForce 6100 Motherboard ($49.99) ***
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186155

OCZ Fatal1ty Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) ($44.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227364

EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB ($69.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130395

APEVIA 500W ATX Power Supply ($39.99) ***
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817148027

Western Digital 640GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive ($69.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

Rosewill ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ($29.99) ***
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147110

Sony Optiarc Black 22X DVD Burner ($24.99) ***
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118022

Total: $388.92

If you need a copy of Windows let me know, and I can shave some cost off the Hard Drive, Graphics card, and RAM since you don't need it for gaming.
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Here's a basic system for you.

Items marked with "***" I've personally bought and used and they work perfectly.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz ($58.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300

Foxconn M61PMV GeForce 6100 Motherboard ($49.99) ***
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186155

OCZ Fatal1ty Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) ($44.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227364

EVGA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB ($69.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130395

APEVIA 500W ATX Power Supply ($39.99) ***
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817148027

Western Digital 640GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive ($69.99)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218

Rosewill ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ($29.99) ***
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147110

Sony Optiarc Black 22X DVD Burner ($24.99) ***
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118022

Total: $388.92

If you need a copy of Windows let me know, and I can shave some cost off the Hard Drive, Graphics card, and RAM since you don't need it for gaming.
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Not really a need for a 9500gt 1gb version, and why would you go with a mobo with such an older chipset?
 
bomberboysk said:
Not really a need for a 9500gt 1gb version, and why would you go with a mobo with such an older chipset?
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Staying in the budget dude. That chipset works great. I just built my kids
a pc based on the same specs.

Why do you need to pick apart my build? For what he needs, this will do
everything and more, plus it's within his budget.
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Staying in the budget dude. That chipset works great. I just built my kids
a pc based on the same specs.

Why do you need to pick apart my build? For what he needs, this will do
everything and more, plus it's within his budget.
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Just sayin, a 6100 is kinda an older chipset that wont support newer cpu's if the op wants to upgrade... As the amd chipsets will support any newer cpu's for at least a few revisions(eg- my friend has a 680g $50 budget mobo and with the latest bios update for it, they could put a Phenom II AM3 socket into it)
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Funny how you didn't chose that board for your contribution here.
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I chose a better amd 770 board that would better fulfull the requirements of the op, and besides, its an older gigabyte board that isnt sold anymore... Not trying to start an argument here, just sayin what i feel would work best for the op;)

Edit: it was a gigabyte board, not a foxconn, and its not sold anymore, but you can see it here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128056
 
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Bodaggit23 said:
You'd be able to run Photoshop on the build I put together.

If you need an OS, let me know. I'll tweak the build a bit to fit it into the budget.
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Nope its gonna be a linux system no OS needed


Any one else have any opinios or hints for me
 
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