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ranshaked
United States870 Posts
antec 900 msi gtx 560ti twin frozr ii (but i have to rma it) evga 780i mobo intel q6600 oc 2.8ghz 750watt psu 8gb ram i'm not sure exactly what is broken with my pc, but i have a feeling it's the gpu and/or mobo. all i need is a mobo and cpu and ram. i'd like to stream (this rig i can stream 480 and stream blackops, but i'd like to do 720p i've heard stuff about these i5's, but i'm not sure which is which etc etc etc. and what type of mobo are we talking here? I'd like to spend less than 400$ | ||
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FlyingLigerz
United States163 Posts
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PrinceVegeta
United States118 Posts
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116409 52 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138332 50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313101 10 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811164118 32 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151233 17 That's all the components excluding a hard drive, totaling around 160$. If you add in win7 and HDD, you actually will go over 300$. There also aren't really laptops below 300$ either. You could try something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103297 This should be enough for just surfing the net but might feel sluggish and I'm not sure if she'd enjoy it that much. On December 14 2011 03:16 ranshaked wrote: okay ladies and gentlemen...I have a few questions: currently I have the following specs: antec 900 msi gtx 560ti twin frozr ii (but i have to rma it) evga 780i mobo intel q6600 oc 2.8ghz 750watt psu 8gb ram i'm not sure exactly what is broken with my pc, but i have a feeling it's the gpu and/or mobo. all i need is a mobo and cpu and ram. i'd like to stream (this rig i can stream 480 and stream blackops, but i'd like to do 720p i've heard stuff about these i5's, but i'm not sure which is which etc etc etc. and what type of mobo are we talking here? I'd like to spend less than 400$ Would just go for 2500k with a cheap P67 mobo and 8gb of DDR3 ram, that should cost you around 215 + 100 + 30 = 345$, add in some CPU cooler like hyper 212+ and it's around 370$. This is assuming you'll overclock, you can get an i5 2400 and a h61 mobo for much cheaper, like 190 + 50$. | ||
Womwomwom
5930 Posts
Edit: The only other real alternative are refurbished desktops from the Dell Outlet. Those will certainly be around the $300 region and be full featured. | ||
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On December 14 2011 03:19 FlyingLigerz wrote: ive decided to build a web pc for my parents for christmas, but i dont really know much about the super low end processors. what's the best under like 100? im probably getting either a celeron g530, llano a4, or athlon x3 G530 will have the best CPU performance of the 3, and sufficient video performance for typical non-gaming web-surfing and video-viewing tasks. You'll also need a mobo and RAM of course, but an ASRock H61M-VS runs about $60 and 4GB (2x2) RAM about $20, the G530 is ~$50. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On December 14 2011 05:36 Shikyo wrote: Huh, Athlon II x3 has clearly better performance than a G530 In what programs? I doubt web browsers and other such light programs a typical home user uses run on 3 threads. | ||
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j0k3r
United States577 Posts
On December 14 2011 03:31 PrinceVegeta wrote: Hello everyone. My girlfriend wants a computer for christmas for doing nothing more than surfing the internet. She doesn't play any games and is indifferent as to whether it is a laptop, netbook, or desktop. Since her requirements are so low, What does anyone recommend I get her? Budget is around $300. Feel free to PM me or post in here if you have any suggestions! Nobody is truly indifferent between a desktop, laptop, and netbook. Does she like mobility at all? Would it improve her life if she could travel with it? Maybe quiz her a little bit more to find out which she can benefit best from because I can't make a recommendation with the given info. I can say $300 or a tad more is enough to take you between the three options given the technical requirements. | ||
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_syphon_
United States12 Posts
On December 14 2011 01:16 Rannasha wrote: It should be fine. Antec is generally considered to be a decent brand. That specific model isn't their best, which makes sense since it's a budget model, but it'll do for the hardware you're putting in. So i've updated my build and here it is...thoughts? CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074 GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131378 Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128527 Case/PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129065 HD i will be using a laptop hard drive Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144 | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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ensign_lee
United States1178 Posts
On December 14 2011 06:55 skyR wrote: Ripjaws are less expensive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428 And they look so much cooler. :D I <3 G Skill Ripjaws X | ||
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Rachnar
France1526 Posts
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On December 14 2011 05:45 Wabbit wrote: In what programs? I doubt web browsers and other such light programs a typical home user uses run on 3 threads. Even singlethreaded assuming its at least 3.0 gigs. Even 2.9gigs should be better than the G530, even single-threaded. Not certain about that but certain about 3.0. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On December 14 2011 07:36 Rachnar wrote: Is this a good combo deal ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.770956 Not bad, but... - HAF 912 is pretty much the same for like $20 less usually - motherboard is a little bit overpriced...let's say by $10 - unless you're really going to run SLI to handle 3 x 1920 x 1080 resolution gaming, a GTX 560 Ti 1GB is like $40 less at least and performs the same - CM eXtreme Power Plus 600W is pretty crappy, so I'd rather have something else for like $45 rather than this at $61 anyway So it's $100 in savings or $100 in "savings" depending on how you want to value those components. | ||
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iKill[ShocK]
Vietnam3530 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
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PrinceVegeta
United States118 Posts
On December 14 2011 06:33 j0k3r wrote: Nobody is truly indifferent between a desktop, laptop, and netbook. Does she like mobility at all? Would it improve her life if she could travel with it? Maybe quiz her a little bit more to find out which she can benefit best from because I can't make a recommendation with the given info. I can say $300 or a tad more is enough to take you between the three options given the technical requirements. Upon further questioning mobility would be a plus, so a laptop is now higher on the list. Screen size isn't that big of a deal. Obviously bigger is always better, however it would not be a deal breaker. Budget is still around $300 although if it makes a big difference between a p.o.s. notebook and one that lasts I would be willing to go up to $500. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
link for closer to $500 you can get something of higher build quality for sure, since small business laptops start for about that much, but I think even the lowest-end IdeaPads are not that terrible. This price looks pretty low for something without a netbook processor. | ||
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Wabbit
United States1028 Posts
On December 14 2011 10:00 Myrmidon wrote: for closer to $500 you can get something of higher build quality for sure, since small business laptops start for about that much, but I think even the lowest-end IdeaPads are not that terrible. This price looks pretty low for something without a netbook processor. I agree with you, I feel that the low-end Lenovos are more acceptable than the crappy Dells and HPs I've seen. I got my gf a ThinkPad Edge E420 (14", 1366 x 768, i3, 7200RPM HDD) and all around it just feels like a great budget laptop (build quality and all). | ||
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