New Egg computer SuperCombo advice

Hyper-Threaded

Hyper-Threaded

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.752633

Hi I was wondering about this combo deal from new egg. Its only $356 and I was thinking about buying it for moderate gaming and general web surfing. What dou you guys think about it before I waste my money, and do you think I could play some newer games with the settings turned down? Like MW2, and other FPS. And whats a good budget GPU for it? Thanks.
 
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you might be able to play mw3, but not BF3, and you'd also need to buy windows, which is another 100 bucks, and if you wanted to get a better graphics card later, the power supply in that case sucks.
 
jonnyp11 said:
you might be able to play mw3, but not BF3, and you'd also need to buy windows, which is another 100 bucks, and if you wanted to get a better graphics card later, the power supply in that case sucks.
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Yea thanks, would a 500 or 600 watt power supply do ok? Yea windows 7 is expensive and Ive tried Ubuntu 11.04 and I dont much care for it.
 
Hyper-Threaded said:
Yea thanks, would a 500 or 600 watt power supply do ok? Yea windows 7 is expensive and Ive tried Ubuntu 11.04 and I dont much care for it.
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it's not so much the wattage as the brand, there is a small group of trusted companies for power supplies, the others are known to blow more often and faster, and that can fry other parts in the process.
 
jonnyp11 said:
it's not so much the wattage as the brand, there is a small group of trusted companies for power supplies, the others are known to blow more often and faster, and that can fry other parts in the process.
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Ok I gottcha, thanks for the help, I gotta convince my mom to let me pull $500 out off the bank... This is gonna be a pain haha
 
From what I saw of that combo deal, you can actually do better hand-picking components yourself. (from Newegg)

Just for giggles, a few days ago I made up a tower-only APU build for like $315. That included a good-quality lower-wattage psu.

With that combo deal you save ~$35 on list price, but you also pay extra for crap you don't need or want and it includes a couple poor-quality parts. Cherry-picking your own is going to be better, both in quality and price.
 
Mishkin said:
From what I saw of that combo deal, you can actually do better hand-picking components yourself. (from Newegg)

Just for giggles, a few days ago I made up a tower-only APU build for like $315. That included a good-quality lower-wattage psu.

With that combo deal you save ~$35 on list price, but you also pay extra for crap you don't need or want and it includes a couple poor-quality parts. Cherry-picking your own is going to be better, both in quality and price.
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Ok, Im just checking and deciding, it will probably me another month till I order some parts. I really need a better computer, Im using an old school computer I bought for $5 (Good deal straight from the IT guy) with a hyperthreaded 2.8ghz p4, 1.5gb ram, 2 40gig harddrives, nvidia gf6200 GPU, xp pro. I got all the parts for free the whole thing costed $5.
 
Hyper-Threaded said:
Ok, Im just checking and deciding, it will probably me another month till I order some parts. I really need a better computer, Im using an old school computer I bought for $5 (Good deal straight from the IT guy) with a hyperthreaded 2.8ghz p4, 1.5gb ram, 2 40gig harddrives, nvidia gf6200 GPU, xp pro. I got all the parts for free the whole thing costed $5.
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Sounds good. In another month, the build or equivalent build should be a little cheaper. At the very least, there's a solid chance HDDs will be slightly cheaper than they are now, and the current price of HDDs make up a huge chunk of budgets around the $300-400 range. As a matter of fact, I would maybe look into finding a cheaper second-hand HDD. That would give you a little more breathing room and/or leeway to spend more on the other parts. Going the refurbished route (say from Newegg) would be an option too.
 
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