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Also, I'm going to microcenter this saturday. I'm going to be building another rig for $300 for watching videos/web browsing/ light f2p mmo's. I already got the psu and case. ivybridge i3 and cheap mobo with a 6770, 8gb ram, 120gb ssd? Should be under 300. ssd = 90 ram = 40 i3 = 100 mobo = 70 Computer Build December 17, 2010
Intel i7 950 @ 4.1 GHZ l Antec 900 Case l Western Digital 1TB 7200 rpm 64 mb cache Hard Drive lSamsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 rpm 32 mb cachel 2x 1TB Seagate 7200rpm 32mb Cache Raid 0 l 2TB 5900 RPM Seagate Hard Drive l Asus Sabertooth x58 l 24 GB G.Skill 1733 DDR3 (6x4GB) l Corsair 750 PSU l Cooler Master Hyper 212 l Sapphire Radeon 6950 2gb (unlocked to 6970 and oced) |
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http://www.microcenter.com/produc..._Processor Then find a cheap AM3 motherboard from newegg or ebay. A lot cheaper than the i3 setup. |
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btw the best DDR3 memory right now is the Samsung Low profile low voltage memory.
those things OC like a beast. and that OCZ PSU unit is pretty bleh to me, but each their own. i'd have gotten this if that was your budget: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Pro...6817371031 Intel i7 2700k | Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z| 16 GB Gskill Ripjaw X | Corsair H80 | 2x EVGA GTX 670 FTW | Crucial M4 256 GB SSD | Samsung F1 1TB | WD Black 2TB | Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB | Seagate Barracuda 3TB | WD Green 2TB | Creative Titanium HD | Sony BD Drive | OCZ ZX850 | CM Storm Trooper | Dell U2711 | Filco Majestouch Linear R Limited Edition | Filco Majestouch 2 Metallic Blue MX Blue | Razer Naga Epic | Creative Gigaworks T40 II | Windows 7 Ultimate
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Today I went to microcenter and purchased the following
$900 Rig ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1x 3570k $189 1x Asrock Extreme 4 z77 $85 1x Antec 302 $55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nephew's Rig $450 budget ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1x 3570k $189 1x Asrock Pro 4 $55 1x Antec 302 $55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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