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Micro ATX Gaming/School Work Builld

T_Yamamoto

T_Yamamoto

Lifer
1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

Gaming, school work, etc

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

Under 1000 dollars, INCLUDE EVERYTHING

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

The good ol' US of A

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.

INTEL AND NVIDIA FTW! (Im asian, so anything made in asia is good too)

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

Um...i would keep this crappy pc so I can just have it...having two is better than one am i not right?

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.

DERP!

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

OC....nope, sorry, dads a computer engineer and well..yeah

8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.

Montior...i need one.

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?

In a couple of month

OTHERNOTES: MICRO ATX WITH GTX 560 PLEASE 😀
 
Main thing I would change about that list is the PSU. The BP550 is fine, but you can do a better for $55. For example, the HCG 520W is $50 AP.
 
I won't go into specifics, but he's what I would do given your basic usage:

Intel H61 mobo $90 or less (no overclocking means you need nothing "better").
Core i5-2500 $210
4GB DDR3 RAM, $35
600W PSU, reliable, etc. $80
DVD-RW $20
Keyboard and Mouse, generic, cheap, $15
1TB HDD, $90
Case, nice, but simple, $50
GTX 560 $190
($780 so far...)

Do you need and OS? OEM Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit, $100.

This leaves you $120 or $220 to spend on a monitor. Get the best 1920x1200 you can, or a 1900x1080 if you can't afford one of those.
 
T_Yamamoto said:
so i dont have a crapload of cables
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My experience has been that you need nearly all of the cables that come on most PSU's anyway. The last few times I've built computers for people I've only removed one cable from a modular PSU, each time it was a cable that held molex 8981 connecters, for some reason they love to give you lots of 8981 connecters when nothing really uses them anymore.
 
T_Yamamoto said:
so i dont have a crapload of cables
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So you'd rather have a crapload of cables outside the PC where you will have to either look at them all the time or not have them when you need them? Permanently attached cables can be nicely tucked away inside the case and are always there when you need it.
 
happinessism said:
i doubt you need 600W with the build you got going there
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Probably true, but if you suggest a 500W PSU for such a system, someone will jump down your throat talking about how important a good PSU is for system stability and how you should never run plan to run a system that, at load, will be more than x% of the PSU's rating, where x% is whatever number conveniently means that builder needs a 600W+ PSU. Since there are a lot of good 600W PSUs under $100, I've just decided that it's not even worth having the discussion with the PSU Nazis and I recommend a PSU that's 600W and ~$80 while making sure to say that is should be a reliable, well regarded part.
 
philosofool said:
Probably true, but if you suggest a 500W PSU for such a system, someone will jump down your throat talking about how important a good PSU is for system stability and how you should never run plan to run a system that, at load, will be more than x% of the PSU's rating, where x% is whatever number conveniently means that builder needs a 600W+ PSU. Since there are a lot of good 600W PSUs under $100, I've just decided that it's not even worth having the discussion with the PSU Nazis and I recommend a PSU that's 600W and ~$80 while making sure to say that is should be a reliable, well regarded part.
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Haven't seen any people like that in GH recently to be honest. Maybe you are thinking about another forum? We're usually the ones telling people not to buy a ridiculous PSU.
 
mfenn said:
Haven't seen any people like that in GH recently to be honest. Maybe you are thinking about another forum? We're usually the ones telling people not to buy a ridiculous PSU.
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This is to the credit of GH. This experience mostly comes from other forums, like video game forums with post like "Will My System Run This Game." I post "You need a new video card, and your inexpensive Gateway may need a new PSU to meet the video card demands. Go 500W+" and then someone freaks out on me.
 
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