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What is the best gaming pc you could possibly build right now...

BudAshes

BudAshes

Lifer
for 650 bucks. Leaving out monitor mouse and keyboard. I'm curious how much the low end computers have advanced in the last year and half since i built my computer.



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ATOT Moderator ElFenix
 
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Wrong forum.

Probably something along the lines of AMD 945 or 955, 4890 or 5770, 4gb. Something like that, I'm not totally familiar with US pricing.
 
Heller said:
who still games on the pc?
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There are currently 2,084,829 steam users on right now, so at least that many.

But really, take your trolling out of the PC Gaming forum and go elsewhere.

[edit]: Haha I'm an idiot. Thought I was in PC Gaming. Oh well 😛
 
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Well, after wading through all that OT nonsense, I would have to say that I like Sp12's build. Maybe sub in the Phenom II X2 555 if you absolutely must stay under 650.
 
Why do people like to leave out important information from the thread topic? Is there a reason you don't want to tell us your budget until we click your thread? It's like topics that are just one word - what is a thread titled "Core i7" about? Temps? Speed? Price? Availability? Overclocking?
 
So, to actually to respond to the topic here's what I came up with:

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 635
Motherboard: MSI 870-G45
RAM: 4GB Crucial DDR3 1333
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB
DVD Burner: Lite On 24X DVD+/-RW
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD4850
PSU: Seasonic 500 watt
Case: Antec 300 Illusion
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Total Cost: $682.91

Newegg Wishlist Link: https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=11134274
I'm sure if you shop around a bit (I did all shopping on newegg) you could get it below or at $650. Overall its not a bad build and quite upgradeable. True it may not be super high end but it should be able to play the majority of the titles out there just fine.
 
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nsafreak said:
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 635
Motherboard: MSI 870-G45
RAM: 4GB Crucial DDR3 1333
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB
DVD Burner: Lite On 24X DVD+/-RW
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD4850
PSU: Seasonic 500 watt
Case: Antec 300 Illusion
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Total Cost: $682.91
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I'd go with a Dell Inspiron 570 with an Athlon II x3 435 and a 5770 for $600.
 
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I'd go with a Dell Inspiron 570 with an Athlon II x3 435 and a 5770 for $600.
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Sure, the Inspiron has a nice price but it has a few things working against it:

1) Less cores. You're not going to be able to even attempt to unlock the 4th core with the locked down BIOS on a Dell.
2) Less reliable PSU. There's no way the PSUs that Dell uses nowadays are as reliable as a Corsair/Seasonic PSU
3) More of a pain to do something like a motherboard swap.
4) The 5770 is actually a little bit less powerful than a 4850. It may support DX11 but let's be honest in stating that it'll be a bit before we see a significant number of games using DX11 to great affect.
5) Slower hard drive. Dell tends to use Seagate drives nowadays which don't compare well against the Samsung F3.
 
nsafreak said:
Sure, the Inspiron has a nice price but it has a few things working against it:

1) Less cores. You're not going to be able to even attempt to unlock the 4th core with the locked down BIOS on a Dell.
2) Less reliable PSU. There's no way the PSUs that Dell uses nowadays are as reliable as a Corsair/Seasonic PSU
3) More of a pain to do something like a motherboard swap.
4) The 5770 is actually a little bit less powerful than a 4850. It may support DX11 but let's be honest in stating that it'll be a bit before we see a significant number of games using DX11 to great affect.
5) Slower hard drive. Dell tends to use Seagate drives nowadays which don't compare well against the Samsung F3.
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I agree with you on general principles, but the bolded is just plain wrong. Check out Anandtech's 5770 review. The 5770 beat the 4850 in every single test.
 
nsafreak said:
1) Less cores. You're not going to be able to even attempt to unlock the 4th core with the locked down BIOS on a Dell.
2) Less reliable PSU. There's no way the PSUs that Dell uses nowadays are as reliable as a Corsair/Seasonic PSU
3) More of a pain to do something like a motherboard swap.
4) The 5770 is actually a little bit less powerful than a 4850. It may support DX11 but let's be honest in stating that it'll be a bit before we see a significant number of games using DX11 to great affect.
5) Slower hard drive. Dell tends to use Seagate drives nowadays which don't compare well against the Samsung F3.
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1. So?
2. Ha! Let me guess, you've built one system in your life and now consider yourself an expert on computers. Aftermarket PSU's come DOA all the time.
3. Nobody swaps motherboards.
4. The 5770 trades blows with the 4870, not the 4850. Get your numbers straight.
5. The F3 is fast, but any current gen 7200RPM hard drive is going to be within a few percent because the performance gains hard drives have seen over the last few years have been almost exclusively due to an increase in areal density. See Caviar Black 750 vs 640. (or was it 500? Meh I forget)

If you want storage performance, throw in an X25-V. That'll bring it to $17 more than yours with the faster video card.

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I agree with you on general principles, but the bolded is just plain wrong. Check out Anandtech's 5770 review. The 5770 beat the 4850 in every single test.
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And drivers for the 5770 have improved a bit since then.

No, you're an idiot. Leave the personal attacks at home.

-ViRGE

Fixed, but the implication is still there. I can't help that: It logically follows whenever anyone disagrees with me.

-DominionSeraph
 
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DominionSeraph said:
1. So?
2. Ha! Let me guess, you've built one system in your life and now consider yourself an expert on computers. Aftermarket PSU's come DOA all the time.
3. Nobody swaps motherboards.
4. The 5770 trades blows with the 4870, not the 4850. Get your numbers straight.
5. You're an idiot.
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1) So? The more cores the better. No reason not to have more cores if its within budget.
2) Uh, no I've been building systems for a number of years. Starting with a 486. True, any part can come DOA. However very few Corsair or SeaSonic PSUs tend to come DOA.
3) Uh, I do as do many other home builders. I find it nice to be able to re-use a case when there's really no reason to upgrade it. Especially if you start off with a decent case. I know of plenty of folks that have upgraded the internals on their Lian Li & Antec cases multiple times over a period of years and have kept the case.
4) I've already been corrected on this and stand corrected. Just forgot which previous gen card it traded blows with.
5. Do you really want me to bring out the benchmarks that show Seagate consistently getting smoked by the Samsung F3?
 
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nsafreak said:
1) So? The more cores the better. No reason not to have more cores if its within budget.
2) Uh, no I've been building systems for a number of years. Starting with a 486. True, any part can come DOA. However very few Corsair or SeaSonic PSUs tend to come DOA.
3) Uh, I do as do many other home builders. I find it nice to be able to re-use a case when there's really no reason to upgrade it. Especially if you start off with a decent case. I know of plenty of folks that have upgraded the internals on their Lian Li & Antec cases multiple times over a period of years and have kept the case.
4) I've already been corrected on this and stand corrected. Just forgot which previous gen card it traded blows with.
5. Do you really want me to bring out the benchmarks that show Seagate consistently getting smoked by the Samsung F3?
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1. No, more than 2 cores is largely meaningless in gaming. It makes a difference in encoding, but he specified gaming. And you're spending $80 more just to get that fourth core.
2. And VERY few Dells come DOA.
3. Some of us sell or repurpose our old PCs instead of throwing the components in a drawer. My first rig is still ticking away 10 years later as a company's accounting PC. 12/7/364. Still running my copy of Win98.

5. What, gonna post some STR?
 
DominionSeraph said:
1. No, more than 2 cores is largely meaningless in gaming. It makes a difference in encoding, but he specified gaming. And you're spending $80 more just to get that fourth core.
2. And VERY few Dells come DOA.
3. Some of us sell or repurpose our old PCs instead of throwing the components in a drawer. My first rig is still ticking away 10 years later as a company's accounting PC. 12/7/364. Still running my copy of Win98.

5. What, gonna post some STR?
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1) Actually it does make a difference in gaming. See Battlefield Bad Company 2 and other upcoming titles. Games are starting to take advantage of quad core systems.

3) Different strokes for different folks I suppose. Nothing wrong with either really.
 
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