Budget Build

[steveTX]

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Some auto racing gaming, not as mush as I used to do. I'm now getting into audio recording of my guitar so desire good processing speed.

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread ~$700

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. USA, I've used Newegg before and plan on getting everything from them.

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc. I've used AMD and nVidia with good success, but I'm open.

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are. Current system is embarrassingly old . I have a good monitor, that's about it.

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads. I reviewed this thread and am using many of page 4 items: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2132894

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. Not planning on overclocking.

8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with. Been using 1080, but we'll see what the new system can do.
9. WHEN do you plan to build it? Ready to go once I finalize my choices.

Following is what I'm looking at. I chose this mobo as I need firewire for audio recording. (This firewire chipset is approved for my recording interface). Does this combination look OK? Think the power supply's adequate?
$ 100 CPU AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...et%20AM3%2095W


$ 79 mobo GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3 AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128451

http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3458#sp


$ 50 RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231277


$ 60 Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129042


$ 40 Power Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W Continuous power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371033


$ 35 Keyboard Kensington Pro Fit Black 104 Normal Keys USB or PS/2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16823155038


$ 190 GPU EVGA 01G-P3-1380-KR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) SSC+ 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9%20SSC%2b%201


$ 65 Hard Drive SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185


$ 100 OS Windows 7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16832116754


$ 17 DVD ASUS Black 24X DVD+R ….. CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-204-_-Product




$ 736


Thanks, in advance.
Steve

 

[mfenn]

The PSU is probably a bit weak for an overclock GTX 460 (not that I'd recommend paying that much of a premium for an overclocked card in the first place). You also don't need DDR3 1600.

I'd swap out the memory, GPU, and PSU for these:

• Mushkin DDR3 1333 4GB $38
• Antec Neo Eco 520W $39 AR Apromo
• GTX 460 $155 AR

 

[tynopik]

if you can find some way to squeeze the i5 in there, you really should

look at this to see why:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/188?vs=288

(btw that's the slightly faster X4 645)

chopping other parts, this is as cheap as i could get it without going to an ITX board

298 i5-2500+BOXDH67BL
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.575898
 39 Mushkin 2x2GB DDR3 1333
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146748
 60 Samsung Spinpoint 1TB
    http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Spinpoint-Cache-Desktop-HD103SJ/dp/B001U3S5S0/
 17 ASUS DVD Burner
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
163 Galaxy 460 1GB
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162055
 41 Antec NEO 520C
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030
100 win 7	
 35 keyboard	
 35 Rosewill Blackbone
    http://www.chiefvalue.com/product-_-productdetails.cv_-_linkid--110&item--CE00157596010060

788 with shipping after rebates

you also get Civilization V and Just Cause 2 with that