Bounce788

Kind of a work in progress but I will post updates when it is complete.

Been working on This budget gaming rig for a little wile and thought I would post on here.

Thanks for the heads up I'll probly do that!

Not sure if this thread is still a thing but if anyone is interested, I have managed to get this puppy up and running!!! After running Cenebench and the cpu-z stress test, I never saw my temps rise above 65c! Although it will run older games @ 1080p (F.E.A.R @ 55c and lower) quite easily might I add (Average 150fps, max settings, with odd dips now and then). I would definitely recommend using a rig like this with a 720p monitor. I tried running the newest Guilty Gear Xrd @ 1080p and it was indeed playable, that being said, you can forget about watching the opening cinematic ... As for the psu, I haven't had much time to really see if it is capable of handling all of the extra goodies but it didn't seem to be running any hotter than it usually would

Its a work in progress but it's supporting a core 2 quad Q9650 ($35.35 used on ebay), 8gb ddr2 ($21.33 new on ebay) , an msi gt 1030 oc ($82.75 used on ebay). Thats a tad under $140.00. For extras I have a BD rom drive, the wire wrap and of course the paint. I added a little 60mm fan on the heat sink mount to add a little push/pull to the combination. I have a 12x12 piece of green plexiglass I plan on gluing to the panel on which I will mount a 120mm fan to shoot air out of the enclosure. I've also ordered a WD caviar green 2tb HDD, once It arrives I will install a fresh version of Win 7 ultimate and run some stability tests. According to the cooler master psu calculator at 90% TDP it should draw a maximum of 275 watts with all of the peripherals, but lets be honest it will probably never have to work at 90% at least for long periods (The most I will be doing is gaming). I will keep you informed once my HDD arrives.

I hate to toot my own horn here but I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to brag about my new build.