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20th May 2009, 15:26
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| Hello! I'm new to assembling PCs so I thought I should ask you guys to critique my build. I won't really be using this this machine for anything taxing, other than gaming. I'm trying to stay on a pretty strict budget (under $500)... Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz 3 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 95W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...enom%202%20720 $140 Memory: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...words=&=0&=100 $59 Motherboard: ASRock A780GMH/128M AM2+/AM3 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157154 $72 Hard Drive: HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.B HDT721025SLA380 (0A38006) 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145250 $50 Optical Drive: SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 22X DVD±R DVD Burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151175 $23 PSU: Rosewill Stallion Series RD450-2-SB 450W ATX V2.2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182075 $40 Graphics Card: GIGABYTE GV-N98TOC-512I GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125270 $80 Case: salvaged from old desktop Total: $464 Thanks in advance! |
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20th May 2009, 16:38
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| Better idea is a 7750+, 640WD, 400CX, 4770/4850. MA770-UD3 maybe if you're not hitting the budget maximum.
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