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If you were given $3500 to build a PC, what would be the specs?

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Just curious

CPU AMD FX-6300 Motherboard MSI 970A-G43 RAM G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2x4GB) GPU PNY GTX 660 Case NZXT Source 210 Elite (White) Storage1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue PSU Corsair 500W Display(s)AOC and Viewsonic Cooling Enermax ETS-T40-TB Keyboard CM Storm Quick Fire Rapid with Blue Switches Dollar Store Mouse Sound Dollar Store Speaker

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I could probably do quite a bit with 3500. 

Done. With a bit of cash left for a snickers bar or something


PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LRHVLk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LRHVLk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($324.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Extreme 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME9 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($236.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($339.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($399.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($102.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 980 4GB STRIX Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake Chaser A71 ATX Full Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($57.27 @ TigerDirect)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Full (32/64-bit) ($525.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $3452.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-31 09:31 EDT-0400

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Build a pc for 1,5k and spend the rest of it on useless things.

Current rig: CPU: AMD FX-8120  Cooling: Corsair H100i  Mobo: ASRock 970 Extreme 3  RAM: 8GB 1333Mhz  GPU: MSI GTX 660Ti Power Edition  Case: Fractal Design Define R4  Storage: 2TB Seagate HDD + 128GB Crucial SSD  PSU: be quiet! 730W bronze

 

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My CPU would be a QX9775. Mmmm, gotta love me some Core 2 Quad chips.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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i7 5960X, ASUS X99, 32GB DDR4, 2x GTX980, 850W 80+ Platinum PSU, Corsair 900D, Dark Rock Pro3

 

800x600 CRT monitor... 3 of them in surround...

 

Remaining balance goes to audio...

 

Imma get myself some of these

http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina31.htm

 

and these http://www.cdrking.com/?mod=products&type=view&sid=19052&main=34

 

(completely not serious here... Might go for an i5-based system with 10TB+ storage, triple 1080p monitor setup, and repair my component system by replacing the caps with newer audio-grade caps)

Mutsuki:

CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6pNJNG

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6pNJNG/by_merchant/

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5930K 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($566.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 106.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($122.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: EVGA Classified EATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($364.99 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($610.25 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($374.24 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($569.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (2-Way SLI)  ($569.99 @ Amazon) 

Case: NZXT Phantom 630 (Gunmetal) ATX Full Tower Case  ($157.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($184.99 @ Best Buy) 

Total: $3522.40

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-31 09:23 EDT-0400

wow, thats a lot of bees!

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I would go x99 no doubt. As im an student in programming, i would love to have an x99 build. Problem is.... money

"I fart in your general direction" -The Frenchmen

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We have these threads everyday...

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Is that CPU sluggish? I was thinking.

Nope. Honestly, I don't like anything past the Core 2 Quad and the Core 2 Extreme. 

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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I would buy 4xSamsung SSD 850PRO 1TB SSD and run raid 10 as a upgrade to my current system!!

 

 

and donate rest of the money to fight ebola.

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CPU- Phenom ii x4 965

Motherboard- MSi 990fxa-GD65

RAM- 4GB Corsair ValueRam

Storage- Seagate 500GB 5400rpm drive

GPU- GTX 295 1.7GB DDR3

Case- NZXT Source 210 elite

PSU- Diablotek 250watt

Total- $3500

I'm that guy with the GPD Win.

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CPU- Phenom ii x4 965

Motherboard- MSi 990fxa-GD65

RAM- 4GB Corsair ValueRam

Storage- Seagate 500GB 5400rpm drive

GPU- GTX 295 1.7GB DDR3

Case- NZXT Source 210 elite

PSU- Diablotek 250watt

Total- $3500

#throwbackbaby I like your style...

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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