Building a gaming PC for a client. My budget is under $600. Nothing really.. high-end gaming.. Just, good. Only essentials are SLI motherboard, NVIDIA video card, AMD AM2/AM2+ processor. This is my first gaming PC build, so I need a gamers opinion. Here's what I've came up with so far: Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813131323 CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819103773 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820227199 Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814150316 Case/PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDet...st=Combo.164158 It's kind of a quick thrown together build, so point out any errors I've overlooked. I'm open to ideas.. so if you want, suggest a build.. Just keep it under $600. Thanks! EDIT: Sorry, forgot to add up the price of that. It's about $526 after shipping and one $20 rebate.
why an sli motherboard since only 1 video card or is it a future upgrade in the future? Also why not get a Phenom II there are alot of combo deals with the 720 and 710 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819103648 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16819103649 Also for cases Cooler Master 590 or 690 and Antec 300 or 900. Power Supply look at the Corsairs
I built mine and it cost ~2000 in the end ;D Most of what you've got looks decent (for the budget it's great) except your CPU is VERY BAD. Not much of an AMD fan myself but I can tell by the price alone that it's really no good.
I congratulate you on your over-expensive rig that will be outdated in six months time. A couple months ago I did a price check on the most expensive parts I could find, how many I could throw in there, and basically max out everything. I really couldn't break $1,500 when I tried; mind you this was when quad cores were kinda new, and the new 260's were out from NVidia.
In regards to being outdated, I'd estimate a full year of complete domination off of my current setup ($2000), and then slowly upgrading over time. However, if you drop a huge amount of cash on an Alienware of something ----ty, that's another story...
Thanks! I dunno, I'd prefer an over-expensive rig that's will "outdated" in six months time, to a 'affordable' rig that will be outdated in 1 month =) Most of the price was graphics card alone, I got the 8800GTX the day it came out =/, bad choice there I will admit but hey.
Well, I've always said it's not about how much you spend, it's how much you get for your money. Generally a $1000 rig will start to fail/stop performing adequately about the same time as a $2000 machine.
My affordable rig would blow your expensive-ware computer out of the water. Not to mention, my parts were newer, more efficient, and still costed less.
Curious about your specs? To be honest for the most part what you said isn't true but I'm curious to see what you've got ;]
