$600 Budget for New Computer

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Mister Man

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Old computer's busted, bla bla, yeah, that's over with. With that gone, I need to buy a new computer. I'm gonna be reusing the monitor that came with my old one so all I need is the...CPU is it? I need fairly decent sound and graphics. I play a few computer games, but as long as it looks fairly good, I'm not complaining. Honestly, I only really use it for YouTube, music, and chatting with friends. My uncle does a bit of business on it (eBay and such), so any of those Office programs would be useful, but not necessary. That's pretty much it.

Thanks.
 
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

COOLER MASTER ELITE 335
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371006

OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016

Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 Model PVS24G6400LLK - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220293

LITE-ON 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model iHAS322-08 - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106286

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288


If you going for gaming - Get E5300 with ATI 4830 and GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L

Non gaming - Get AMD Phenom II X4 920 + ASUS M3A78-EM or GIGABYTE GA-73PVM-S2H + Q8300
 
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By the way - Office mentioned - you can get OpenOffice.org which is free and 100% compatible with MS Office. You know, you don't have to look for copy of MS one or do something wrong with it to make it work then.
AMD 9950 is for $148 on Newegg, and there is a coupon for another $5
I have got it with free ASUS 780G mobo on one day, combos at newegg are great way to save money. ALways look for combos like CPU/mobo if you build a new PC. For $600 budget I would get one of those - E7300 or E8400 with nice Intel P45 from Gigabyte (with grey heatsink for $99 - it's same as UD3R), or maybe AMD 9950 or 920 with cheaper 780G board. ANd ATI 4830 is a great card for the price ($80-90). Lately a lot of EVGA 9800GTX/+ could be ffound for like $120 after discounts and rebates.
Other parts - any $50 case with reputable name and rating, find one with free shipping, spend that $20 bill on something else. 500Gb HDDs are cheap, $20 for DVD, Vista HP OEM for $100. Also Rosewill 500-600W PSU would be great considering under $50 price and not bad quality with PCI-e cord. I also like those HEC 585W PSUs that I have used around 40 times and never failed me, even with GTX 260, even though they don't even have PCI-e cables ($25 for the PSU)
 
Thanks for all the help, but my uncle is kind of wanting to just get one from Best Buy or something, warranties and all that, so if those kind of suggestions could be made, that would really be appreciated.
 
Mister Man said:
Thanks for all the help, but my uncle is kind of wanting to just get one from Best Buy or something, warranties and all that, so if those kind of suggestions could be made, that would really be appreciated.
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Well, to be honest, you'd be getting a much better deal building it yourself, plus if something tears up, Newegg is always really good about returning things.
 
Mister Man said:
I see. How difficult would putting a computer together be?
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To be honest, it's not all too difficult.

The hardest part for me was connecting power from the motherboard to the case (so you can press the power button and the machine boots up) that's the only tricky part for me.

When I first built my own computer, I did it alone, without any help, and obviously the thing works, I'm on it now :)

Plus the guys around here are really good at giving help if you run into any problems.
 
Shocky said:
To be honest, it's not all too difficult.

The hardest part for me was connecting power from the motherboard to the case (so you can press the power button and the machine boots up) that's the only tricky part for me.

When I first built my own computer, I did it alone, without any help, and obviously the thing works, I'm on it now :)

Plus the guys around here are really good at giving help if you run into any problems.
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What tools do you need and how exactly do all these parts fit together to form a computer?

And if anyone has anything to say about the PC daisymtc posted, that would be helpful as well.
 
Mister Man said:
What tools do you need and how exactly do all these parts fit together to form a computer?

And if anyone has anything to say about the PC daisymtc posted, that would be helpful as well.
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Im a bit paranoid with new builds so I use an anti-static mat with the wrist connector connected to a grounded source. usually into my outlet.

But thats just I do on brand new stuff. Older stuff ill have sitting on my bed while im sitting there with sucks on, scooting across the carpet to grab stuff from my desk. haha.

Building a computer is really easy. On some builds I need no tools at all. Everything has its slot and will slide into place. PCI cards into their pci slots, ram into their ram slots, drives and their drive bays. And for about 80% of a computer, the part is only going to go in one way. So if you are paying attention with what you are doing, it will be very easy.

If you do need tools, youll probably only need a screwdriver or two to connect cd drives, harddrive, maybe the cooler for your processor, fans if you want to add extras, and any cards.

But yeah, very simple.
 
Jerrick said:
Im a bit paranoid with new builds so I use an anti-static mat with the wrist connector connected to a grounded source. usually into my outlet.

But thats just I do on brand new stuff. Older stuff ill have sitting on my bed while im sitting there with sucks on, scooting across the carpet to grab stuff from my desk. haha.

Building a computer is really easy. On some builds I need no tools at all. Everything has its slot and will slide into place. PCI cards into their pci slots, ram into their ram slots, drives and their drive bays. And for about 80% of a computer, the part is only going to go in one way. So if you are paying attention with what you are doing, it will be very easy.

If you do need tools, youll probably only need a screwdriver or two to connect cd drives, harddrive, maybe the cooler for your processor, fans if you want to add extras, and any cards.

But yeah, very simple.
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Hmm, sounds easier than I thought. So the majority of it is just plugging and screwing things in? But with buying all these separate parts and cases, is there some kind of...I guess instructional booklet to help with what goes where?
 
Alright, building one is a no go. So, still looking for a decent computer for $600. Gaming is not a big concern, music is still rather important, but I can always upgrade those components later on, right?
 
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