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The $600 Build Challenge

Charlie Clarke
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I need a new PC, so I decided to put it to you guys to help me design a $550 Mini-ITX Gaming PC!

 

IMPORTANT RULES

 

1) You must use this website to find parts because it is Australian and I live in Australia (bummer right)

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/?gclid=CjwKEAjw6Z2pBRCmvaXq6d7FjUoSJAAc5LriDvofI-GBaM4RMcMsn8yIU6lh3RKUPjbzFnEB9FK6RhoC21Tw_wcB 

 

2) The build must be in AUD and be no more than $600

 

3) You must use either the Bitfenix Prodigy, or the Raijintek Metis as the case

 

4) No operating system or drives are required

 

5) The PSU must be 500w and be from a good brand such as silverstone

 

6) This is what I have managed to build with that budget so far

 

Intel Pentium Anniversary Edition G3258 - $95.00ea
ASRock H81M-ITX Motherboard - $95.00ea
Raijintek Metis Mini ITX Case Red - $69.00ea
Silverstone Strider Essential ST50F-ES230 500W Power Supply - $59.00ea
main_page=product_info&products_id=17199] G.Skill Sniper F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR2 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 - $109.00ea
Sapphire Radeon R7 260X 2GB - $159.00ea
Total: $586.00
 
GOOD LUCK!

OLD-SCHOOL - Intel Pentium 4 SL6WF with HYPERTHREADING! - ACER 651M03-6L Mobo - Saphire R9600 PRO 256mb AGP Card - 2gb DDR - 40gb IDE HDD - 430w PSU

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The only thing you could MAYBE do is pick a little less expensive memory.  I think I saw some for $95.00.  Then put a little more of your budget into your GPU.  Unfortunately you are quite restricted with a $600 budget in Australia. 

Project Insomnia

CPU: Intel i5 4670K @ 4.6 GHz.   CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken x40   Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6   Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8Gb.   Graphics Card: EVGA SC Geforce GTX 780 Ti   Power Supply: EVGA G2 850W   Case: NZXT H440

 

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I spent ages looking for parts (600 AUD is not alot  :P )

 

 PC Case Gear - Shared Shopping Cart
Total: $600.00 - @pccasegear.com 11/04/2015
 
 
This will need a upgrade as 2 GB of VRAM on a GPU will cause issues in the coming years.
Australia is pretty hardware restricted.

CPU: Intel i7-4790K @ 4.7GHz --- RAM: Lenovo 1600MHz 16GB --- MOBO: Gigabyte Z97-G7 --- GPU: EVGA GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0+--- PSU: Corsair CX600 --- Case: Corsair Air 540 --- Cooler: NZXT Kraken X61 --- OS: Windows 8.1 --- Monitor: 24" AOC G2460P + Dell 19" --- Mouse: Logitech MX Perfromance --- Keyboard: Corsair K70 (Cherry MX Brown) --- Audio: Sennheiser HD558


Don't buy a GTX 980, it's overpriced! Buy 2 GTX 970s or 2 R9 290s intstead (the R9 290s would even be cheaper)

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I spent ages looking for parts (600 AUD is not alot  :P )

 

 PC Case Gear - Shared Shopping Cart
Total: $600.00 - @pccasegear.com 11/04/2015
 
 
http://www.pccasegear.com/sc/BHt
 
This will need a upgrade as 2 GB of VRAM on a GPU will cause issues in the coming years.
Australia is pretty hardware restricted.

 

Nice one, the mobo is actaully not Mini itx, also the 260x has 2gb of vram so is it better than  a 750ti?

OLD-SCHOOL - Intel Pentium 4 SL6WF with HYPERTHREADING! - ACER 651M03-6L Mobo - Saphire R9600 PRO 256mb AGP Card - 2gb DDR - 40gb IDE HDD - 430w PSU

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