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Drekavac
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Here's the link to the build pictures: http://imgur.com/a/eizmt

 

Part List 

CPU: AMD Athlon x4 760k

Cooler: CM Hyper 212 Evo

MB: Asus F2A85-M Pro 

Memory: Kingston Black 1600 8gb

Video Card: XFX R7 260X

SSD: Samsung 840 500gb (carried over from my laptop that died)  

PSU: Corsair CX500M 

Case: NZXT 210 Elite

 

To the point: Tight budget, about $525, but it does the job. 

 

The cooler didn't quite fit so I cut a hole in the side panel and used a bit of fuel line around the edges. It's not the prettiest solution but it was fun and I didn't want to wait for return shipping. For the SSD I just used some scotch all weather plastic fastener strips to stick it to the back of the 5.25 cage, It works great and doesn't leave any residue. 

At the moment. I'm using a 90 day evaluation copy of windows 8.1 enterprise.. I don't hate it, but I'll probably go back to windows 7 once I actually buy an os.

 

 

Backstory: This is my second build. My first was quite a bit beefier, 2600k and a 6970 with 8gb of 1600, but I was in the military at the time and having to move around a lot I ended up selling it and picking up an Asus G72. The laptop served me well for some years but died last year.. Needed a laptop for school though so I picked up an ultrabook and proceeded to be annoyed for months staring at my unplayable steam library.. so yea I wanted to put something together that would at least get me back to being capable of playing some games while also trying to save money for a wedding and a down payment for a house. 

 

Overall it's not going to win any beauty contests or inspire much jealousy but I had a lot of fun putting it together

 

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That's actually a really nice budget build. Nice job. :D

 

EDIT: I'm jealous of it. Look in my sig, and you'll know why. And Vengeance isn't even my main rig.

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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That's actually a really nice budget build. Nice job. :D

 

EDIT: I'm jealous of it. Look in my sig, and you'll know why. And Vengeance isn't even my main rig.

Haha thanks man

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