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I want to get a new computer.
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My budget is 500-550 dollars.

I don't need to run games on super awesome/high/etc... I just want a steady stable framerate on medium/default settings.

What should I get?
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#2

buying or building?

Thanks.
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#3

Either one.
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#4

you aint going far

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#5

Try look around for some special offers in hardware store papers and all, you might get lucky.

You can usualy buy a good net/work computer with good processor power, memory and all but a lacking video card(usualy integrated) with that budget that is easy to fill in with the video card later.
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Hell-met Wrote:you aint going far

What if I were to go up to 700-750 ?
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http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Intel_Cor...nfigurator Ibuypower can have good deals at time. I would swap out the ati card unless you like melting video cards. But this is about your price range.

I was a commando you know.
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MSI 890GXM-G65 - $130 -$20 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813130269

Thermaltake LANBOX Lite VF6000BWS Black SECC Japanese steel Gaming Cube Computer Case - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6811133044

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz - $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6819103727

4GB of DDR3 ranges in the $100-120 area

OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V $70 -$10 promo code - $15 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817341022

So for around $600 you will have a pretty beefy system with some cash back in rebates. Just add your choice of hard drive and cd drive. I didn't list a video card because the mainboard comes with on-board video. Just use that until you can save for a proper card.

I actually just built this setup and love the case. It is about the size of a toaster oven. I wasn't sure the amount of room I would have had for a video card until the system was built so I was forced to use the onboard video until I could measure and order a proper card. If you can get a video card under 9" you can keep the hard drive cage. Otherwise you need to remove the hard drive cage for a lot more room. But, with the hard drive cage removed you will only have room for 1 hard drive(in the lolfloppy drive mount).

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#9

Micro ATX is such a massive pain in the ass.

/sarcasm
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OmegaZero_Alpha Wrote:Micro ATX is such a massive pain in the ass.

Yeah. But quite nice for lan parties.

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