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This might be a hard one to get then ;). $200 is a hard price range but it is doable. You want the best bang for the buck though, especially since he will be gaming a little. I would suggest you sign...
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Ok, so are you an hour away from Fry's/Microcenter or is it 400 miles away?
Anyway if you are not going with the HP route, your only options are to wait and buying every piece one by one when they...
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I had shopped at Microcenter years ago, and just found out this morning that the store in my area (http://www.microcenter.com/at_the_stores/santa_clara.html) recently closed down due to them losing...
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You'd need a hard drive and most likely a DVD too.
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The mobo combo from Fry's is in low or out of stock at most bay area locations. Just FYI. But there is a G620 CPU + same mobo combo at newegg for $89AR...
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Thanks for the information. I did notice I can't get the combo from Fry's shipped, unfortunately.
I have given reputation points to everyone who replied,
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what is "urlhasbeenblocked" exactly?, i have heard of it but never can find any information about it or the website to register, type it in the address but nothing, don't even show a website.
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Can someone help me out with compatibility? Would I be able to put the graphics card and RAM that I listed in my initial post above into an HP Pavilion p6-2200z desktop...
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If you have a coupon to make it $170, that's not a bad deal. Just keep in mind that #1 it only has 2GB of ram and #2 it is running integrated graphics (if radeon hd, then should be able to play LoL...
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So it would be $170 HP Desktop + $40 RAM + $70 Graphics which puts you at about $280 before rebates. You could easily build a better machine for that if you did in fact have a microcenter around.
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@ TofuVic,
Here is a searchable list of CPU's and their power.
The scores are arbitrary numbers, but serve for comparisons.
Here is an example of the 3 processors we have discussed.
Intel...
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I'm planning to throw in the graphics card and RAM I posted in the first post of this thread.
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you should give your friend any kind of decent gift.so i hope you need to hard drive and also need DVD.
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It would be a decent gift for your friend birthday present.The price is so cheap so that it should be your first choice.
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Thanks for replying. For some reason, I expected internal desktop hard drives to be significantly cheaper than that. I'm guessing this is partially due to the flood in Thailand?
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I would say so.
I used to find 1TB drives for $50.
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I must have missed the part about an N210, but regardless, the 6670 that the OP is looking at is way more powerful than the 9600 GSO.
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The Cooler Master Elite 460W looks good for $34.98 shipped; thanks! A couple forum members did tell me that the Corsair's price drops down to under $20 ever so often, but if there comes a point where...
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your original PS choice has a $10 rebate on newegg making it 34.99 + 1.99 shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139026
for that matter the 460 is 29.99 free ship...
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That'll teach me to pay more attention in future.
I selected the option for PC 3.5 drives, and assumed that anything I found in there, would be just that.
My bad.
This the 2nd time I've made that...
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Thanks for posting. If I have Windows 7 that I have been using on my laptop, but would like to give it to him to use on the desktop, would that be fine?
The closest Fry's and Microcenter stores...
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This would have been a good deal but is already sold out.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3851370&csid=_61
Was $129.00 after rebates... $164.99...
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How about this one to make it cheaper? $34
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-Elite-Supply-RS460-PSARI3-US/dp/B002G1YPHK/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1344902075&sr=1-8&keywords=power+supply
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Noted. OP posed it in the FP thread by Selma and said his budget was < $40 which was why this was brought up
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3835928
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Hey Superocean,
All is well in Paradise. Haven't seen or heard of a Hurricane yet this season.
Fortunately, the town I live in is hurricane proof by way of land formations, although we have seen...
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Hello, I hope you are doing well.
My friends and I are chipping in approximately $200 to build a desktop computer for a friend’s birthday. He works with children at a school and is a great person,...
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160 gig for $45,
You could search around to see if there's something better for the same price, but if 160 is enough, $45 ain't bad.
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9600GSO $15AR better than the N210 you were looking at
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Thanks! I saw it after I posted, but didn't update the thread.
I have given you reputation points for your help,
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Don't get the elite 460w, its a over rated PSU, it only performs like a 400w at the most, as for the Corsair 430w pretty good, but it usually goes on sale for $25, only times it gets to $20 or below...
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This was about $20 back in may with a rebate from newegg so that's a possibility.
I've also been buying up parts to build a cheap computer myself but haven't had time to build it. I know by the...
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Thanks for replying. I don't think I'm going to go with the pre-built HP route. Unfortunately, I don't have a microcenter around (the closest one is over 400 miles away).
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Thanks for the information! I just bought one.
Thanks for letting me know. Would it be worth it to upgrade the CPU to a AMD dual-core A4-3420 Accelerated Processor for $40 more? Is that one a...
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The G530 is still a fair bit more powerful, approx 20% more.
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the Corsair has better build quality and just went FP again @$20
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Yes you could add all your stuff and the PSU should be fine too, but if you buy the model with the smallest CPU, (AMD E2-3200), it will be substantially weaker than the Intel G530 in your OP.
The...
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you should add to this post whether you live near a Microcenter or Frys.
For the OS, I have heard you can get a trial of win8 which will later allow you to upgrade to the full version for only...
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I agree that the HP deal is a great way to go.
It may be too costly to bump up the processor enough to really make a difference, and the truth of the matter is that despite not being as powerful as...
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Thanks for the information. I'll keep an eye out for TD e-mails.
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I agree the HP might be your best bet if you have to keep the $200 budget, just add a dedicated video card and some ram, I don't know if your budget allows to spend that much, so far with $170 HP...
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