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I want to get a new computer. - Adder - May 25, 2010
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?
I want to get a new computer. - Butane - May 25, 2010
buying or building?
I want to get a new computer. - Adder - May 25, 2010
Either one.
I want to get a new computer. - Hell-met - May 25, 2010
you aint going far
I want to get a new computer. - ThatHege - May 25, 2010
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.
I want to get a new computer. - Adder - May 25, 2010
Hell-met Wrote:you aint going far
What if I were to go up to 700-750 ?
I want to get a new computer. - Snarf - May 25, 2010
http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Intel_Core_2_DDR3_Configurator 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 want to get a new computer. - jwstohr - May 26, 2010
MSI 890GXM-G65 - $130 -$20 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130269
Thermaltake LANBOX Lite VF6000BWS Black SECC Japanese steel Gaming Cube Computer Case - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133044
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz - $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
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.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022
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).
I want to get a new computer. - OmegaZero_Alpha - May 26, 2010
Micro ATX is such a massive pain in the ass.
I want to get a new computer. - jwstohr - May 26, 2010
OmegaZero_Alpha Wrote:Micro ATX is such a massive pain in the ass.
Yeah. But quite nice for lan parties.