Tax-refund gamer PC?? I'll build it myself!

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Steve8867

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Hi Guys, I'll be getting about $700 USD! from our Tax refund.

My old rig burned out last year T.T

What can I accomplish with $700 ?

A Gamers PC is what I seek, I need a case/power supply/ motherboard/ processor/ Ram/ Vid-card.

The Monitor/ Keyboard/ mouse/ Windows7, and a newish RW DVD lightscribe I have from my old rig.

Did I forget anything?

I am buying from a store like Newegg and building it myself.
 
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mnewsham

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Steve8867 said:
Hi Guys, I'll be getting about $700 USD! from our Tax refund.

My old rig burned out last year T.T

What can I accomplish with $700 ?

A Gamers PC is what I seek, I need a case/power supply/ motherboard/ processor/ Ram/ Vid-card.

The Monitor/ Keyboard/ mouse, I have from my old rig.

Did I forget anything?

I am buying from a store like Newegg and building it myself.
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Do you have a copy of windows?
 
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Steve8867

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I always thought the replies were meant to be posted INTO the thread.

Thank you for de-railing my quest for help.

And yes, I have Win7 Ultimate.

Shopping with $USD$ from Newegg or Newegg like site.
 
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tynopik

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Code: 
342 i5-2500K + GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.575883

 35 Rosewill Blackbone case
    http://www.chiefvalue.com/product-_-productdetails.cv_-_linkid--110&item--CE00157596010060

 60 Samsung F3 1TB
    http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Spinpoint-Cache-Desktop-HD103SJ/dp/B001U3S5S0/

 40 2x2GB DDR3 1333 Mushkin
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146748

 41 Antec NEO ECO 520C
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

153 MSI R6850
    http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch_v3.asp?scriteria=AA99342

671

do you need a dvd too?
 
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Steve8867

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1: I've had bad rebate experiences in the past.......

2: I DO have a RW-DVD drive (I hope when the Power supply burned out it didn't go with it :p )

3: More ideas are welcome, it will be a while before the tax refund arrives.
 
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tynopik

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Steve8867 said:
3: More ideas are welcome, it will be a while before the tax refund arrives.
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well then there's no real point in doing a detailed build at this point, deals come and go and will undoubtedly be different by the time you're ready to order
 
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mfenn

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Steve8867 said:
Thank you for de-railing my quest for help.
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WTH? We are just asking you to follow procedure here. The answers (and questions) should be posted into the thread that you create.

Anyway, tynopik's build is good (man, I've been saying that a lot recently! :) ). Anomaly's would be decent as well, but it has the utterly horrendous GTX 460 SE as a GPU.
 
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Steve8867

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mfenn said:
WTH? We are just asking you to follow procedure here. The answers (and questions) should be posted into the thread that you create.

Anyway, tynopik's build is good (man, I've been saying that a lot recently! :) ). Anomaly's would be decent as well, but it has the utterly horrendous GTX 460 SE as a GPU.
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THAT was directed at the Platinum member who said answers should be sent to the sticky instead of the thread.

YOU were correct in setting things right, I wonder how many noobish questions have been in Limbo thanks to Mr. Stickyhole.
 
GullyFoyle

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Steve8867 said:
THAT was directed at the Platinum member who said answers should be sent to the sticky instead of the thread.

YOU were correct in setting things right, I wonder how many noobish questions have been in Limbo thanks to Mr. Stickyhole.
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GullyFoyle said:
Plase post answers to ALL the questions in the post stickied at the top of this forum.
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OK, here is a correction:

Please post answers to ALL the questions FROM the post stickied at the top of this forum.

No good deed goes unpunished, eh douchebag?

PS. Are you ever going to come up with the answers to the rest of the questions?
 
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Steve8867

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One: is there a way to prevent a specific Forum member from posting in your thread?

Two: You won't believe what I've done now, out of pure desperation I used a Dremel to Mod this Slimline PC case so I could FIT an old Geforce 6200 PCI video card in it.

I was hoping I would see SOME small improvement in performance....

The onboard chip was a Geforce 6150 LE (or some such), this was just a chip and not a card.
But regardless of my efforts I think performance has dropped off.

So far all i do on this weak machine is play Minecraft and Secondlife!
And before you ask, yes I installed the video driver for a Geforce 6200 card.


That tax refund is so far away...


Anyway thanks in advance for any "constructive", "helpful", "useful" input.
 
BoomerD

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Really what?

You've had some good suggestions already.

If you need more info...you need to participate with more questions/information.
 
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Steve8867

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Well my $700 (not one cent more) PC project is ready to begin!

I think I will go one of two ways, 1) CyberPower PC's.

2) New Egg (build bit by bit).

Time to get my rig back!
 
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ok, basically follow everyone's advice and build one of the rigs designed in this thread. They are all good. DO NOT get the pieces of the build at separate times though. Get it all at once, so you can make sure everything works.
 
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Here's a build, you could leave it at stock for now and at a cheap cooler later if you wish to OC:

Corsair CX430 $44.99 with $20 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139017

Rosewill R101-P-BK 120mm Fan MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case $29.99 free shipping promo EMCKGGJ38
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811147112

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3R 1TB 7200 RPM $99.99 -$30.00 promo HARDOCPX33XD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152238

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) $44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231425

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-D3-B3 Motherboard $114.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128487

Intel Core i5-2500K $224.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072

GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5870 + Shogun 2 Combo $209.99 - $30 rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.620409

Total: $778.93 -$30.00 (HARDOCPX33XD) -$9.99 (EMCKGGJ38)+ $20.09 (shipping) =
$760.03, $700.03 after rebates, with $39.99 Shogun 2 game coupon.


If you choose not to OC:

Intel Core i5-2400 $189.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115074

ASRock H67M (B3) $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157233

Total: $695.03 - $50 rebate, with $39.99 Shogun 2 game coupon.


I know you said you didn't like rebates and not a cent under $700, but this is pretty close, I'm pretty sure you can sell the game coupon for $5 :p
 
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Steve8867

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I hope it will be the gaming-est rig I can build for no more than $700.


I have a gamers soul.........(right here on my desk in a jar covered in glyphs, runes and no it ain't for sale).
 
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