Recent content by bigredballerjeff

Just finished building my budget rig and installing most of my programs. First time build, with the help of this forum and how-to videos, it wasnt to hard to figure out. thanks all who helped me complete my build! cheers! http://s21.photobucket.com/user/bigredballerjeff/slideshow/Computer CPU...

the AMD A10 is a CPU/GPU combo. it has a raedon HD 7660D which depending how much gaming this person wants to do, could be a suitable idea. most reviews show it handling older games with moderate/high and low/mid for higher demanding new games. but it does leave room to upgrade later on.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Microcenter) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard (Purchased For $0.00) Memory: Mushkin Silverline 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($29.98 @...

This was a build i just bought last night that received a bit of good feedback which is within your price range. The CPU/Motherboard are a bundle at microcenter which is roughly 1hr and 30 mins from you. Newegg had about $30 is taxes, NCIX had none...

thanks for the responses!

Approximate Purchase Date: Now Budget Range: less than $700 US System Usage from Most to Least Important: Casual Gaming Are you buying a monitor: Yes Do you need to buy OS: No Location: McGuire, NJ USA 08641 Parts Preferences: AMD for prices Overclocking: Maybe SLI or Crossfire: Maybe...

I appreciate both of your inputs, thanks. with microcenter's bundle deals i decided to go a slightly different direction along with changing some things you both pointed out. The only thing i kept was the SSD, from what ive read, they preform much faster with load speeds/performance. Storage...

Approximate Purchase Date: Next week if the price is right. Budget Range: $600 US ($650 before rebates) System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming > Browsing Are you buying a monitor: Yes Parts to Upgrade: Full Build (mouse and keyboard i have) Do you need to buy OS: No Preferred...