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| 1114630 | 2010-06-29 23:56:00 | Hey guys, building a PC on a tight budget (upto $700.00) So far I have the following: AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.9Ghz Processor Kingston DDR2-800 RAM (1x2GB) Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2 Motherboard Thermaltake Xaser V 8000A E-ATX case Seagate Barracuda 500GB HDD (16MB cache, 7200rpm) Silverstone Strider Essential 400W PSU (pretty sure it has modular cabeling) The total for this I've worked out to be about $630.00 Notes: Already have a monitor Already have a dvd burner already have a GS8400 1GB GPU Can anyone have a look, see if they could possibly do it for cheaper? Or suggest any upgrades/faults with what I have so far.. Cheers heaps |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1114631 | 2010-06-30 00:15:00 | What about an OS if using wndows ? | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1114632 | 2010-06-30 00:19:00 | Can get XP Pro from course :) | GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1114633 | 2010-06-30 00:20:00 | save money? cheaper case. i always like a 2nd hdd for backup incase of a physical failure or something else bad. but depends on the client .... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1114634 | 2010-06-30 00:41:00 | A very good budget PC build. Is there any reason you need that case though? I personally think it looks crap! :p Something like this (pbtech.co.nz) is more than adequate, but if you want something that looks a bit flasher i'd recommend almost anything over the thermaltake, examples here (www.computerlounge.co.nz) and here (www.computerlounge.co.nz). |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1114635 | 2010-06-30 00:58:00 | already have a GS8400 1GB GPU Or suggest any upgrades/faults with what I have so far.. This is not a gaming PC then? If not that's fine. If it is well.......... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1114636 | 2010-06-30 01:04:00 | Semi gaming tbh The only game I actually play religiously is World of Warcraft which in no way is a graphical hungary game... @Nomad The case looks awesome man :P it's only an extra $30 compared to the one I was going to get...I have a small mind...flashing lights excite me lmao |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1114637 | 2010-06-30 01:11:00 | :lol: Each to their own with the case. WoW isn't too intensive on the graphics...but even with that card things aren't going to be super smooth. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1114638 | 2010-06-30 01:13:00 | True, my computer at the moment however has an ATI Radeon 128mb GPU and an AMD sempron 1.6Ghz CPU and WoW still works fine |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1114639 | 2010-06-30 01:14:00 | ... it'll be playable though. ;) | wratterus (105) | ||
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