Can I make a build this cheap

Lanther

Lanther

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Was looking at Fry's earlier today and they had an Acer machine for $529 with the following specs

Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q8300 2.50GHz
8GB DDR2 800MHz
1TB SATA Drive
16x DVDRW
NVIDIA GeForce GT220 1GB Dedicated Video Memory

I played around some on Newegg and haven't been able to put together a build to match the price. How do you think this system would be for gaming?
 
Cams

Cams

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Alot of times it is hard to beat OEMs if you dont already have an OS or maybe some other parts like an HDD. I am not very good at the builds though so I cant help you there. I am sure somebody will be able to get abuild together for you.

BTW if you were willing to sacrifise your current build in your sig hen ou could pull it off.
 
Drenlin

Drenlin

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You can build a good one for that, though the specs will be a bit different. Can't link from my phone but an amd phenom II or athlon II quad, 4GB DDR3 ram, and a radeon hd4xxx of some sort should do it.

You won't use 8gb of ddr2...
 
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Bodaggit23

Bodaggit23

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Hard to build anything decent with $500 including Windows, but you'll need to add a graphics card to that build anyway to game, so might as well build one.
 
Drenlin

Drenlin

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...I'm eating my words. The cheapest quad rig I can get one on newegg using current parts is like $600 with windows. I could probably drop that down to 550-ish with a smaller hard drive and a cheaper case, but still....
 
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diduknowthat

diduknowthat

formerly liuliuboy
It'll do poorly for gaming if you don't upgrade that graphics card. If you decide to upgrade the graphics card you'll also have to upgrade the power supply as the stock one will surely struggle to power any high end cards.
 
joh06937

joh06937

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yeah, you will almost NEVER use 8 gb of ram. the gtx 220 is a joke (in my opinion). the hard drive is good and the processor should be ok, but you could do a lot better. why does microsoft have to screw us over for the os's? i doubt it really costs that much the reproduce...
 
joh06937

joh06937

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Bodaggit23 said:
$587.91 before rebates
$567.91 before rebates

AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz $56.99

GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 $74.99
($64.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate)

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 $52.99

XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W $35.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB $54.99

XFX HD 5750 1GB $139.99

LITE-ON Black CD/DVD Burner $26.99

COOLER MASTER Elite RC-310 $39.99
($29.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate)

Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit $104.99
Click to expand...

looks good. nice job.
 
Drenlin

Drenlin

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Bodaggit23 said:
$587.91 before rebates
$567.91 before rebates

AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz $56.99

GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 $74.99
($64.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate)

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR2 1066 $52.99

XCLIO GOODPOWER 500W $35.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB $54.99

XFX HD 5750 1GB $139.99

LITE-ON Black CD/DVD Burner $26.99

COOLER MASTER Elite RC-310 $39.99
($29.99 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate)

Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit $104.99
Click to expand...

Nice job! Not a quad, but the GPU definitely makes up for it.

Maybe swap to a newer platform? $8 more, but it's faster and more upgradable:

Mobo (MSI 760GM-E51)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130254

RAM (Kingston 2GB DDR 1333)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134788
 
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