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bambooz1e

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I don't want to know anything about hardware at the moment because I am not even close to the amount of money but, would I be able to build a half decent gaming rig for about $800 Australian dollars. Would I be able to run the latest games at a half decent setting at over 40fps at all times? Also for $800 would it be good enough for the latest games for like a year?
My budget can only just go over $800 because that price dose not include keyboard and things like that which Ill worry about later.
Thanks :)
also here is one Australian website that you can use to get idea of prices if you want. http://www.techbuy.com.au/
 
No. I think I'll be getting the mouse and keyboard for birthday. I will just use a headset till I buy speakers. I'll need to buy a monitor and I need to get windows 7 64bit.
 
My suggestion

Ok, it was a bit hard because in australia it is really expensive:P
but here is my suggestion for you and i hope other computerforum members like it too:)

CoolerMaster RC-334U Midi-Tower Case - NO PSU, Black $50.60

Intel Core i3 2100 Dual Core CPU $130.5

Western Digital 500GB IntelliPower SATA-III 6Gbps HDD w. 64MB Cache (WD5000AZRX) Caviar Green $96.35

Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D2V (Rev 2.0) Motherboard
LGA1155, H61, 2xDDR3-1333, 1xPCI-Ex16 v2.0, 4xSATA-II, 1xGigLAN, 8Chl-HD, 2xUSB3.0, VGA, DVI, mATX $70.20

Palit GeForce GTX550Ti - 1GB GDDR5 - (950MHz, 4300MHz)
192-bit, VGA, DVI, HDMI, PCI-Ex16 v2.0, Fansink $135.35

Antec 450W Basiq Series - ATX 12V v2.3, EPS 12V, 120mm Fan
4x SATA, 1x PCI-E 6-Pin $58.20

G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC3-10600 1333MHz DDR3 RAM - 9-9-9-24 $29.50

LiteOn IHAS124 DVD-RW Drive - SATA, OEM $32.45

HP LE2002xm LCD Monitor - Black 20"LED, Widescreen, 1600x900, 1000;1, 250cd/m2, VGA, DVI, Speakers $171.25

CoolerMaster Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler - Intel LGA1155, 92mm Fan, 800-2800rpm, 15.7-54.8CFM, 17-35dBA $30.40

TOTAL: $804.65
 
Thanks this seems pretty good, I wont have the money for a while so when I do ill use this to get me started. The only thing I would probably change at the moment is get a case with a side window :P. Also I don't need to worry about the monitor so that takes quite a bit of money off so I would buy an 8gb ram.
Thanks :)
 
With 800 dollars I would definatly go with Max's build! But if you can effort a little more, I'd say buy the i5-2500k processor, that one is great for overclocking and stuff. But if you aren't gonna overclock the cpu, I guess you could go with the boxed cooler? Please other computerforum members correct me if I'm talking bullshit

EDIT: I just saw the i5-2500k is 253 dollars at that techbuy site so nvm :P
 
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Perdite said:
With 800 dollars I would definatly go with Max's build! But if you can effort a little more, I'd say buy the i5-2500k processor, that one is great for overclocking and stuff. But if you aren't gonna overclock the cpu, I guess you could go with the boxed cooler? Please other computerforum members correct me if I'm talking bullshit
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hahah take a look at the site he linked:P the 2500k is freaking expensive in australia:P
 
maxxielol123 said:
Ok, it was a bit hard because in australia it is really expensive:P
but here is my suggestion for you and i hope other computerforum members like it too:)

CoolerMaster RC-334U Midi-Tower Case - NO PSU, Black $50.60

Intel Core i3 2100 Dual Core CPU $130.5

Western Digital 500GB IntelliPower SATA-III 6Gbps HDD w. 64MB Cache (WD5000AZRX) Caviar Green $96.35

Gigabyte GA-H61MA-D2V (Rev 2.0) Motherboard
LGA1155, H61, 2xDDR3-1333, 1xPCI-Ex16 v2.0, 4xSATA-II, 1xGigLAN, 8Chl-HD, 2xUSB3.0, VGA, DVI, mATX $70.20

Palit GeForce GTX550Ti - 1GB GDDR5 - (950MHz, 4300MHz)
192-bit, VGA, DVI, HDMI, PCI-Ex16 v2.0, Fansink $135.35

Antec 450W Basiq Series - ATX 12V v2.3, EPS 12V, 120mm Fan
4x SATA, 1x PCI-E 6-Pin $58.20

G.Skill 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC3-10600 1333MHz DDR3 RAM - 9-9-9-24 $29.50

LiteOn IHAS124 DVD-RW Drive - SATA, OEM $32.45

HP LE2002xm LCD Monitor - Black 20"LED, Widescreen, 1600x900, 1000;1, 250cd/m2, VGA, DVI, Speakers $171.25

CoolerMaster Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler - Intel LGA1155, 92mm Fan, 800-2800rpm, 15.7-54.8CFM, 17-35dBA $30.40

TOTAL: $804.65
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Just a couple of things.

1 - The Radeon 6850 is faster than a GTX 550 Ti and sometimes cheaper too, I'd get that instead. If you must have a 550 Ti, then Palit is not the brand to buy one from. Having owned a Palit card in the past I van tell you they are horrible. I'd recommend EVGA, ASUS or MSI for NVIDIA.

2 - Not sure about the H61 motherboard, try to spend a bit more on the board and get an H67 or P67 board if you can - P67 would be good. :)

3 - You may want a beefier PSU for a 550 Ti or a 6850, I'd go for a Corsair CX 500 or CX 600. Both are good units and better than that Antec, not to say the Antec is bad though. 500W should be enough for a 550 Ti or 6850, 450W may be pushing it a bit.

Other than that everything else looks good! You may want a 1TB HDD if you can spend the extra and get twice the space.
 
CoolerMaster Elite 431 Plus Midi-Tower Case - NO PSU, Black
1xUSB3.0, 2xUSB2.0, 1xAudio, Side Window, ATX
$71.50

LiteOn IHAS124 DVD-RW Drive - SATA, OEM
24x DVD±RW, 12x DVD±RW DL, Black
$32.45

Intel DP67BAB3 Motherboard - Retail
LGA1155, P67 (B3 Stepping), 4xDDR3-1333, 1xPCI-Ex16 v2.0, 2xSATA-III, 3xSATA-II, 1xeSATA-II, RAID, 1xGigLAN, 8Chl-HD, USB3.0, ATX
$123.20

Intel Core i3 2100 Dual Core CPU (3.1GHz, 850-1100MHz GPU) - LGA1155, 1333MHz, 5.0 GT/s DMI, HTT, 3MB Cache, 32nm, 65W $138.60
Western Digital 500GB IntelliPower SATA-III 6Gbps HDD w. 64MB Cache (WD5000AZRX) Caviar Green $96.35

Gigabyte Radeon HD 6850 - 1GB GDDR5 - (820MHz, 4200MHz)
256-bit, 2xDVI, DisplayPort, HDMI, PCI-Ex16 v2.1, Fansink - Overclocked Edition
$182.15

Corsair 500W Builder Series CX500 v2.0 PSU - ATX 12V v2.3, EPS 12V, 120mm Fan, 80 PLUS Certified
5xSATA, 2xPCI-E
$77.15

G.Skill 8GB (2 x 4GB) PC3-10666 1333MHz DDR3 RAM - 9-9-9-24 $55.05
CoolerMaster Hyper TX3 CPU Cooler - Intel LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA775, AMD AM3, AM2, 940, 939, 754, 92mm Fan, 800-2800rpm, 15.7-54.8CFM, 17-35dBA $30.40

What do you think of this? I changed a few things and want 2x4gb of ram.
I will still buy a monitor, mouse and keyboard separately.
 
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bambooz1e said:
What do you think of this? I changed a few things and want 2x4gb of ram.
I will still buy a monitor, mouse and keyboard separately.
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Yep it all looks fine to me! :)
 
$660 budget comp build!
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