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Budget build for my brother and I

Toilet Sock
By Toilet Sock
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Cpu: Core I3 3220

Gpu: Hd 7750

Ram: Corsair Veangence 4gb 1600

Hdd: Seagate Barracuda 500gb

Psu: Evga 500w

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000

Mobo: Gigabyte H61m-DS2H

Os: Windows 7 Home premium

 

I am buying 2 of each part so all of it comes out to roughly $1200 with shipping just looking for some feedback on the build thank you in advance.

 

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Looks decent, but yeah, why are you buying two of each part? You could build a great PC for $1200.

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For 2 builds so me and my brother can play together he lives at my dads.

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try and get 8GB of ram.  

Also why not an APU?

 

For a budget PC, I might also suggest going for the AMD side. It would be a great choice for the price to performance ratio of a low-cost PC.

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why get an apu when i can get just the gpu and the cpu and going intel gives me more upgradeability instead of getting an fm2 board and have to get an fm2 cpu or get a new motherboard and a new cpu.

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im thinking i might go for that build on pcpartpicker

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do you order off that site or do you have to order from all the other places?

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why get an apu when i can get just the gpu and the cpu and going intel gives me more upgradeability instead of getting an fm2 board and have to get an fm2 cpu or get a new motherboard and a new cpu.

 

What do you mean by upgradability? Either way, you will have to get a new motherboard and CPU when you upgrade. 

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do you order off that site or do you have to order from all the other places?

 

You order from the other places, but it links you to all of the places. Also, it has price matching, so you can decide where you want to buy the certain component from. 

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CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Microcenter) 
Motherboard:  ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX  AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  Asus Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $592.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 21:17 EDT-0400)

 

 

I did not list the RAM as 8GB of Crucial DDR3-1600 comes free with the motherboard as a limited offer. This will give you a quality power supply, one of the best bang for the buck graphics cards with 2GB of GDDR5, great looking case, 1tb of storage, 8 cores, and a motherboard that will allow you to overclock it well over 4 ghz. If you spend another $30-50, you can get yourself a nice liquid cooler for the CPU.

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I forgot about the OS, but you don't have to buy 2 of those as long as you get the full version which is about $170. How about this: 

 

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-4300 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($109.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard:  ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX  AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card  ($154.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $514.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 21:37 EDT-0400)
 
 
RAM comes with the motherboard. You buy two of each build totaling $1029.88, get Windows 7 Home Premium Full for $169.95 reaching a grand total of $1199.83.
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I live in Canada though so that makes ordering from the us a bit complicated also we dont really have that good of a deal so i cant get above a fx 4100 for the price to match the one with the 8320.

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i can still afford to get the 7850 with the 4100 though

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How about this....

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.00 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX  AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.75 @ Vuugo) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card  ($134.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $537.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 22:11 EDT-0400)

 

 

....with this ($115.42):http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Microsoft-Windows-7-Home-Premium-Full-32-64-Bit-SP1-Version-CD-and-COA-Brand-NEW-/171042426034?

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How about this....

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.00 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX  AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.75 @ Vuugo) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card  ($134.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $537.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 22:11 EDT-0400)

 

 

....with this ($115.42):http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Microsoft-Windows-7-Home-Premium-Full-32-64-Bit-SP1-Version-CD-and-COA-Brand-NEW-/171042426034?

This is a great build for the price.

Stuff I have I like: Moto G - Superlux HD681 Evo - Monoprice 9927

90% of what I say is sarcasm.

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How about this....

 

 
CPU:  AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($119.00 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G43 ATX  AM3+ Motherboard  ($74.75 @ Vuugo) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.99 @ Memory Express) 
Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card  ($134.99 @ Canada Computers) 
Total: $537.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-24 22:11 EDT-0400)

 

 

....with this ($115.42):http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Microsoft-Windows-7-Home-Premium-Full-32-64-Bit-SP1-Version-CD-and-COA-Brand-NEW-/171042426034?

 

that's a really nice rig even for that price.

Workstation: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Sephius/saved/YQ3H99
Gaming Rig: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Sephius/saved/vhdJ7P        .

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If you stretch your budget to ~$1300 you could go with a better power supply (those eBay Windows 7 Home Premiums are for single installs only I think):

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.00 @ Vuugo)

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($74.75 @ Vuugo)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Memory Express)

Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Memory Express)

Case: BitFenix Merc Alpha (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX)

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($47.99 @ NCIX)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.99 @ NCIX)

Total: $650.68

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-25 12:46 EDT-0400)

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8320 is 144.99 @ newegg using promo code: EMCXPVR23

Specs: Core I7-2600K @ 4.5GHz @ 1.35V, 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance Black 1600MHz CL9, Cooler Master Evo 212, MSI Z77 Mpower Motherboard, Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 Vapor-X @ 1000/1400, Cooler Master HAF 932 Blue Edition w/ 3 Cougar Hydraulic Bearing 120MM fans (2 up top 1 in the bottom) replaced side panel with a window, and rear fan with a Cougar Hydraulic Bearing 140MM, Cooler Master GX 650 80+ Bronze PSU, Samsung DVD-RW, Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD, Seagate 750GB SATA III 7200RPM

 

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This scrapes the budget a bit but here you go: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1awks

If you could go with a single retail Windows 7 for cheaper, it'd be cheaper though.

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