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I am really suprised how awesome are your builds just for 300 bucks :)

Ill try soemthing myself. Try to include gpu, if possible

 

YAY ! found super secret hidden gtx 650 xD bugger wanted to hide between r7 240 and gtx 630 haah

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CPU:  Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($65.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:  MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  ($70.00 @ Newegg)
Case:  Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.25 @ Newegg)
Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $299.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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i guess new no over head of open gl and windows removing directx overhead bottleneck, it will exend the life of the cpu

i just had to incorporate gpu, because i wanted to be gaming rig, and luckily the msi 650 had around 30$ rebate or whatever and voila :)

 

to put performance into a perspective, it has 384 cuda cores (stream processors, more powerful than GCN cores )

7770 is a little better and overclocks better than gtx 650, but gtx 650 similar or a little better than 7750

well, depends on a game

 

Btw, even with faster ram in dual channel 5800k(~100$ apu) that has 384 stream processors ( GCN ), is still much slower than 7750 with 512 stream processors.

Not to mention clock speeds.

The performance of the new 170$ amd APU 7850k is similar to 7750. at least on paper. 512 stream proc each

So apus are not good p/p for gaming :) and are overpriced for gaming, even on low end. this build proves that.

if you could compare high end apu(5800k) to gpu, then it would  be under 6670

 

multithread performance of g3220 just a little bit slower than 740 from amd at similar price point, but since motherboard is much cheaper and newer, and then g3220 has better single thread performance and consumes less power, so i went with it. its also 8$ cheaper.

 

the msi mobo is pretty amazing, it has solid caps. its much cheaper because it only has vga and DVi. no hdmi. :P but you use gpu anyway so thats completelly not important, its important that its cheaper.

 

the case looks really stupid, and it only has exhaust fan. but you know, it has enough vents and space and it was on rebate.

 

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Welcome to Week 37 of the LTT Build-Off! The rules and guidelines can be found here.

Thank you to @dragoon20005 for suggesting this challenge.

This week the challenge is to build a dirt-cheap PC. It doesn't need to max out games, edit video, or anything really intensive. 
Budget: $300
Peripherals: No
Monitor: No
Submissions: March 22nd through 24th
Voting: March 25th through 27th

 

Sorry for putting this up late. I have a lot of homework and I've been working on building a PC of my own (first time :))

[spoiler=My Current PC]AMD FX-8320 @ 4.2 Ghz | Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk II | Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 | 8GB Adata XPG V2 Silver 1600 Mhz RAM | Gigabyte 3X Windforce GTX 770 4GB @ 1.27 Ghz/7.25 Ghz | Rosewill Hive 550W Bronze PSU | Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 | Samsung Evo 250 GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD | ASUS VS239H-P | Razer Deathadder 2013 | Partlist

 

LTT Build-Off Thread: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/35226-the-ltt-build-off-thread-no-building-required/

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It'd be nice to have some purpose listed for the system though.

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Here's a dual core pentium build with a nice SSD, I know PCP shows an error but it's fine as the CPU is on the list of supported CPU's with the original bios version so no bios update is necessary(http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H61MV-ITX/?cat=CPU)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Pentium G2020 2.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($59.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:  ASRock H61MV-ITX Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Sport 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($41.95 @ Amazon)
Storage:  Intel 530 Series 180GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($104.29 @ Amazon)
Case:  Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK Mini ITX Tower Case w/250W Power Supply  ($42.24 @ Newegg)
Total: $298.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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It'd be nice to have some purpose listed for the system though.

I think the idea is just to build a nice PC within the budget, you can't game on $300 so I would say that this would be a general usage PC.

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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CPU: AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($89.99 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($43.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.95 @ Amazon)

Case: Xion XON-720P_WT MicroATX Slim Case w/300W Power Supply ($33.98 @ Newegg)

Total: $294.89

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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Went for am A8 over an A10 so I could get faster ram

@ you can easily game on 300$, maybe not at ultra 1080p

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I went for more storage, thinking I would mostly use this as a more mobile movie watcher type PC.

I chose a mechanical drive over an SSD because at this budget I'm less worried about the speed of the drive and more about how much I can store on it.

Went with an older generation CPU, since for movie watching the really cheap graphics card could handle most basic stuff as far as movies go and the processor is fine for basic web browsing

I guess I could put more bang in there by keeping the RAM down to 2 GB, but I didn't feel it was necessary as it fit into the budget fairly well, and if you still want more value, rip out one stick and use it as NINJA THROWING STARS! Hiya!

So yeah, that's my contribution.

 


 
Motherboard:  Intel DQ45EK Mini ITX LGA775 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory:  Team Elite 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2-667 Memory  ($52.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage:  Toshiba  2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  PowerColor Radeon HD 5450 512MB Video Card  ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $298.89
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-22 21:55 EDT-0400)

 

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My build is GPU focused, After all, the best price to performance in gaming is GPU bound.

 

The CPU sucks? Sure, but it will run whatever game you throw at. 4gb ram? Will make games work without issue, just don't open anything but the game on your sessions. You have to pick the games downloaded carefully, but it's ok, Steam can hold the ones not installed for you. The PSU could potentially explode, however the system puts a very small load that, it's unlikely for it to blow up. However the GPU is as good as it can get for such a low pricepoint. My system can game on 1080p!

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3eGFH
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3eGFH/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3eGFH/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon X2 340 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($42.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($30.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 320GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($36.89 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 1GB Video Card ($118.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Diablotek CPA-0170 ATX Mid Tower Case w/400W Power Supply ($29.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $296.83
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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This could be a media center/Steam Machine or just a typical office workstation.  Its small form factor means that is saves space and can be placed anywhere. 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
 
CPU:  AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($102.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard:  MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($57.78 @ Newegg) 
Memory:  Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage:  Seagate Pipeline HD 250GB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($31.70 @ Amazon) 
Case:  Xion XON-720P_BK MicroATX Slim Case w/300W Power Supply  ($34.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $297.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-24 16:49 EDT-0400)

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CPU:  AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($42.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:  Toshiba Product Series:DT01ACA 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.99 @ Amazon)
Case:  Gigabyte GZ-P5HB5C (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $295.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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while this build is dirt cheap, it has room for a few more upgrades down the road as the mobo is a FM2+ board which accepts A10-7850K

 

add more storage as the 500GB can fill up quickly with games,video and music.

 

and possible swap to a better casing and PSU if you want to add a beefy GPU in this system

 

I still stick in a 8GB kit as you all know Windows 7 and 8 eat like 2-3 GB of RAM and the onboard GPU needs at least 512MB but you can also set up to 2GB of memory for video RAM so you got 4 GB extra for applications and tabs. And 1866MHz works best for the A8 series APU. If it was the A10 I would have gone for the 2133 or 2400MHz RAMS but those will cost more

 

I just don't trust PSU that come with the casing just coz my bad experience with PSU blowing up and bad power efficiency.

 

if the budget allows like extra 100 dollars more I might swap the CPU to the Athlon X4 750k and stick that GT650 that is on sale and get 1TB instead and get a nicer looking casing like Cooler Master N200

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CPU:  AMD A10-6790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard:  Asus A55BM-E Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg) 


Case:  Rosewill REDBONE ATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $298.93

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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The A10-6790k is able to run some games on low/med with 30 FPS, sadly couldn´t get some cheap 1866 RAM (would have been $15 more expensive so you would only get 500GB of storage or a 60GB SSD) therefore I could get a 1TB HDD. The Rosewill case looks pretty nice for $30 ($15 off) and has a little bit of cable management. Basicly you would be able to game a bit with this build, and maybe record a little bit.

My favorite taste of the alphabet is yellow. 

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It'd be nice to have some purpose listed for the system though.

Sorry about that, you might be able to tell I was rushing to put it up. The purpose is for a general (office) machine, no gaming needed. More functionality is always better, but if you can't squeeze in anything decent graphics-wise, it doesn't matter.

[spoiler=My Current PC]AMD FX-8320 @ 4.2 Ghz | Xigmatek Dark Knight Night Hawk II | Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 | 8GB Adata XPG V2 Silver 1600 Mhz RAM | Gigabyte 3X Windforce GTX 770 4GB @ 1.27 Ghz/7.25 Ghz | Rosewill Hive 550W Bronze PSU | Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 | Samsung Evo 250 GB SSD | Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD | ASUS VS239H-P | Razer Deathadder 2013 | Partlist

 

LTT Build-Off Thread: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/35226-the-ltt-build-off-thread-no-building-required/

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CPU:  AMD A6-6400K 3.9GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($57.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 


Storage:  Crucial M500 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($69.99 @ Amazon) 

Case:  Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 


Total: $297.94

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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CPU:  AMD A8-6600K 3.9GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-F2A75M-HD2 Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg) 



Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center) 

Total: $290.94

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 10:11 EDT-0400)

 

Only thing i'd change is the ram just because it is red and it would not match the black build, but getting a better ram would mean it went over the budget.

Main PC:

ASUS F1A55-M LX, AMD A6-3500, (2x2)gb Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600mhz, Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200rpm, 
 Corsair CX430M, Cooler Master Elite 343, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

Netbook:

Lenovo Ideapad S10-2, Intel Atom N280, (1x1)gb DDR2 667mhz, WD Scorpio Blue 250gb 5400rpm, Zorin OS 9 Lite
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I am really suprised how awesome are your builds just for 300 bucks :)

Ill try soemthing myself. Try to include gpu, if possible

 

YAY ! found super secret hidden gtx 650 xD bugger wanted to hide between r7 240 and gtx 630 haah

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($65.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard:  MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($38.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg)
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  ($70.00 @ Newegg)
Case:  Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.25 @ Newegg)
Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $299.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 12:08 EDT-0400)

 

i guess new no over head of open gl and windows removing directx overhead bottleneck, it will exend the life of the cpu

i just had to incorporate gpu, because i wanted to be gaming rig, and luckily the msi 650 had around 30$ rebate or whatever and voila :)

 

to put performance into a perspective, it has 384 cuda cores (stream processors, more powerful than GCN cores )

7770 is a little better and overclocks better than gtx 650, but gtx 650 similar or a little better than 7750

well, depends on a game

 

Btw, even with faster ram in dual channel 5800k(~100$ apu) that has 384 stream processors ( GCN ), is still much slower than 7750 with 512 stream processors.

Not to mention clock speeds.

The performance of the new 170$ amd APU 7850k is similar to 7750. at least on paper. 512 stream proc each

So apus are not good p/p for gaming :) and are overpriced for gaming, even on low end. this build proves that.

if you could compare high end apu(5800k) to gpu, then it would  be under 6670

 

multithread performance of g3220 just a little bit slower than 740 from amd at similar price point, but since motherboard is much cheaper and newer, and then g3220 has better single thread performance and consumes less power, so i went with it. its also 8$ cheaper.

 

the msi mobo is pretty amazing, it has solid caps. its much cheaper because it only has vga and DVi. no hdmi. :P but you use gpu anyway so thats completelly not important, its important that its cheaper.

 

the case looks really stupid, and it only has exhaust fan. but you know, it has enough vents and space and it was on rebate.

 

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This was fun to do :P definitely doing this every week
 
 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory:  Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($63.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card:  ECS GeForce GT 620 1GB Video Card  ($30.98 @ Newegg) 
Case:  Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($34.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $299.42
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 12:18 EDT-0400)
 
Attempt #2, the first one that is crossed out is not my entry.
 
 

 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($47.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  ($70.00 @ Newegg) 
Case:  Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $295.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 12:39 EDT-0400)
 
My entry
 
 
 
CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard:  ECS A75F2-A2(1.0) ATX FM2 Motherboard  ($40.66 @ Newegg) 
Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  ($70.00 @ Newegg) 
Case:  Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case  ($24.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $298.50
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 14:56 EDT-0400)
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CPU:  AMD Athlon II X3 450 3.2GHz Triple-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $295.44

 

that cpu made me cry :( and you have 5 dollar to spare + you can fit it 4 core inside :D

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CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($42.99 @ Newegg)

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg)

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($36.49 @ Amazon)

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  ($70.00 @ Newegg)

Case:  Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.25 @ Newegg)

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $298.69

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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i think that kind of build would be faster than my own build just a little because a bit more cpu power if game usues 4 cores properly (current and future games) and it can be also overclocked

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that cpu made me cry :( and you have 5 dollar to spare + you can fit it 4 core inside :D

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CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($42.99 @ Newegg)

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg)

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($36.49 @ Amazon)

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  ($70.00 @ Newegg)

Case:  Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.25 @ Newegg)

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $298.69

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 13:23 EDT-0400)

i think that kind of build would be faster than my own build just a little because a bit more cpu power if game usues 4 cores properly (current and future games) and it can be also overclocked

 

that cpu made me cry :( and you have 5 dollar to spare + you can fit it 4 core inside :D

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I'm confused on what you're trying to say D: I'll try to make room for a quad core if thats what you're sayin

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($42.99 @ Newegg)

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg)

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($36.49 @ Amazon)

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  ($70.00 @ Newegg)

Case:  Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.25 @ Newegg)

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $298.69

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 13:23 EDT-0400)

i think that kind of build would be faster than my own build just a little because a bit more cpu power if game usues 4 cores properly (current and future games) and it can be also overclocked

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I'm confused on what you're trying to say D: I'll try to make room for a quad core if thats what you're sayin

you put 3 core cpu, but 4 core is only cuple bucks more expensive :D and that 4 core ( 740 ) is even better than mine 3220 and can be overclocked

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CPU:  AMD A6-3500 2.1GHz Triple-Core Processor  ($59.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard:  ASRock A55M-VS Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard  ($49.96 @ OutletPC) 

Memory:  Mushkin Blackline 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg) 



Total: $299.16

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 14:58 EDT-0400)

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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CPU:  AMD A6-3500 2.1GHz Triple-Core Processor  ($59.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard:  ASRock A55M-VS Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard  ($49.96 @ OutletPC) 
Memory:  Corsair Vengeance 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $300.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 14:53 EDT-0400)

 

You're 16 cents over the markup, yes it is that strict :P

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that cpu made me cry :( and you have 5 dollar to spare + you can fit it 4 core inside :D

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  AMD Athlon X4 740 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($74.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard:  ASRock FM2A55M-VG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($42.99 @ Newegg)

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($30.99 @ Newegg)

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($36.49 @ Amazon)

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card  ($70.00 @ Newegg)

Case:  Raidmax ATX-249B (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($23.25 @ Newegg)

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($19.99 @ Micro Center)

Total: $298.69

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 13:23 EDT-0400)

i think that kind of build would be faster than my own build just a little because a bit more cpu power if game usues 4 cores properly (current and future games) and it can be also overclocked

Changed it and the mobo. Think that's gonna be my final entry :D

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You're 16 cents over the markup, yes it is that strict :P

Happy now?

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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CPU:  AMD A6-3500 2.1GHz Triple-Core Processor  ($59.98 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard:  ASRock A55M-VS Micro ATX FM1 Motherboard  ($49.96 @ OutletPC) 
Memory:  Mushkin Blackline 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($43.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $299.16
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-23 14:58 EDT-0400)
 
Happy now?

 

I was just saving you from being disqualified you don't have to be mad at me.

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I was just saving you from being disqualified you don't have to be mad at me.

Who said i was mad, i wass just asking if you were happy.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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Changed it and the mobo. Think that's gonna be my final entry :D

WOW, ECS mobos have all solid capacitors and its even heatsinked 3+2 phases! B) kewl, i allways ignore ECS lmao

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