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Weekly PC Gaming / Component discussion thread
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:06 pm
So, i just happened to stumble upon this glorious site
LINK
Using that as a baseline to build a "budget" gaming PC for some customers with maximum value on minimum dollars, im leaning with the following:
GFX: EVGA GeForce 650 for $100 after mir
LINK
CPU: $109 AMD-FX3100 3.3 ghz upto 3.9 ghz
LINK
Mobo: Asus Socket am3+ $60
LINK
Mobo only supports 8 gb max.. meh, but 8 gb of 1866 mhz though which should be enough id think?
Subtotal for 3 components
$280
Can move up to a 2 GB 650 for about $60 more if the customer wants
Thoughts? Can anyone do better for under $300 for all 3? this looks good to me. Probably would only need a 550w PSU? Run of the mill case, no SSD, 1 TB HDD, ghetto optical drive
Im not against intel or Radeons but like AMD for budget builds and prefer evga geforces over radeons from personal experience but thats limited
LINK
Using that as a baseline to build a "budget" gaming PC for some customers with maximum value on minimum dollars, im leaning with the following:
GFX: EVGA GeForce 650 for $100 after mir
LINK
CPU: $109 AMD-FX3100 3.3 ghz upto 3.9 ghz
LINK
Mobo: Asus Socket am3+ $60
LINK
Mobo only supports 8 gb max.. meh, but 8 gb of 1866 mhz though which should be enough id think?
Subtotal for 3 components
$280
Can move up to a 2 GB 650 for about $60 more if the customer wants
Thoughts? Can anyone do better for under $300 for all 3? this looks good to me. Probably would only need a 550w PSU? Run of the mill case, no SSD, 1 TB HDD, ghetto optical drive
Im not against intel or Radeons but like AMD for budget builds and prefer evga geforces over radeons from personal experience but thats limited
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Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:23 pm to jefforize
You forgot....
ETA: You just found Tom's?
ETA: You just found Tom's?
This post was edited on 2/19/13 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:27 pm to jefforize
quote:
Can anyone do better for under $300 for all 3?
yes
Posted on 2/19/13 at 12:45 pm to jefforize
quote:
ghetto optical drive
oh and you don't need that.
Posted on 2/20/13 at 1:13 pm to jefforize
Should I overclock my rig?
i3570k @ 3.5Ghz
7950
Right now I am running all of my games on ultra. Is there any reason that I should overclock?
i3570k @ 3.5Ghz
7950
Right now I am running all of my games on ultra. Is there any reason that I should overclock?
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