Help on building a PC with a tight budget!

Ocean Spray said:
For the power supply, can I switch to http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0301547

over

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...na&AID=10446076&PID=4169961&SID=17l3ls1wc16i5
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Yes.

Ocean Spray said:
Switching RAM to http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0347304

from

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

Good move or not?
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Not really. Stick with RipJaws, or go for Corsair Vengeance. That RipJaws RAM runs at 1600MHz whereas the XMS3 RAM runs at 1333MHz, go for 1600MHz.
 
Bit less than a 6870? Try for a 6850 if it's still within budget, should be for 600.
 
I'm not going to be playing intense games. I just want one that can run SC2/Skyrim on better than average settings. Future games probably isn't a huge issue as I would probably graduate from college by that time. Anyways, I'm most likely going to be botting with RuneScape bots so I don't think a great graphic card is really needed for RuneScape.
 
Basically I'm going to bot a lot in RuneScape and I'm just wondering if a video card can affect the amount of bots I run in RuneScape. From my understanding, RuneScape can run in virtually almost all video cards because I had a very old computer that ran RuneScape really well in low settings. I'll be running around 10 RuneScape clients on low settings and I'm just wondering if it matters what video card I'm using. I'll occasionally play other games such as SC2 so which video card will allow me to play SC2 in high settings(idc about future games as I'll probably graduate by then) and is cheap/compatible with an LGA 1155 mobo.

Btw, these are the specs to the computer I am referring to. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5150/en/sm/specs1.htm

2x512GB RAM
and everything else is just about the same. The video card as you can see is Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (GMA950).

Would that video card affect the amount of RuneScape bots I can run? I don't mind purchasing a video card but just one that can run Sc2 comfortably and is cheap. I don't want to purchase a very high end video card that is suited for the next 4 years.
 
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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=353599&CatId=7212

Going with this on my MoBo. Does this have 4 memory slots? Meaning can I add 4 sticks of RAM into it or is that a no-no?

Current build is

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354589

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=353599&CatId=7212

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0301547

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

http://www.microcenter.com/single_p..._source=RatingsAndReviews&utm_content=Default

8GB ram, i5 2500k, Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 Intel Z68 1155 Motherboard , 600W PSU. Is this all compatible? I reckon the video card/hard drive won't affect much of the compatibility. Can I add another 8GB of Ram or is that too much for this build? Also, do I need additional fans?

Also, lets just say I do decide to overclock. Do you think I need to add some fans/coolers? If that's the case, should I instead switch to i5 2400? It'd be $40 less and would save me around $70. And if I do overclock with the additional cooler that is needed when I overclock, would it fit the case comfortably?
 
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To answer your questions.

Yes it's all compatible, yes you can add another 8GB if you like to get 16GB but it's probably a waste of money, if you're gonna upgrade your RAM, wait a bit before you do it - it's getting cheaper all the time.

No you don't need additional fans, the case comes with a few.

For overclocking you definitely want the 2500K as it is is multiplier unlocked and hence overclocking is easy. You can't really overclock a 2400 as it is not multiplier unlocked. Only the 'K' chips are multiplier unlocked. The additional cooler will fit in the case fine.
 
Got it. Now about the video card, would it by any chance affect the amount of gaming clients I can have on? Runescape doesn't require much of any videocard when set to minimum so I was wonderin if I really needed an high end radeon hd 6870 because it ran fine fine with a Dell videocard that I bought 7 years ago. Is there a cheap videocard that can run starcraft2 and is cheap? I won't be playing any crazy games that they are releasing in then future so at the moment, any that can run starcraft2 comfortably is enough.
 
spirit said:
Depends how cheap you want. You can get something like this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=602046&CatId=7005 or this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=458908&CatId=7005 I wouldn't go any lower than that though just in case in the future you decide you want to play other games and then you find your GPU is too slow.
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You've been a huge help and I decided to go for 5570 card. Just checked the benchmarks and I got a good deal on one.
 
Ocean Spray said:
Basically I'm going to bot a lot in RuneScape and I'm just wondering if a video card can affect the amount of bots I run in RuneScape. From my understanding, RuneScape can run in virtually almost all video cards because I had a very old computer that ran RuneScape really well in low settings. I'll be running around 10 RuneScape clients on low settings and I'm just wondering if it matters what video card I'm using. I'll occasionally play other games such as SC2 so which video card will allow me to play SC2 in high settings(idc about future games as I'll probably graduate by then) and is cheap/compatible with an LGA 1155 mobo.

Btw, these are the specs to the computer I am referring to. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim5150/en/sm/specs1.htm

2x512GB RAM
and everything else is just about the same. The video card as you can see is Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (GMA950).

Would that video card affect the amount of RuneScape bots I can run? I don't mind purchasing a video card but just one that can run Sc2 comfortably and is cheap. I don't want to purchase a very high end video card that is suited for the next 4 years.
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Anything that runs more than one instance of an application will be CPU-intensive, but since bot clients in RS are low requirement, no, it won't make a difference.
 
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