Recent content by ceron

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    Budget Work PC ($300)

    Budget Range: around $300 System Usage from Most to Least Important: Microsoft Office, Web-browsing Parts Not Required: Monitor, Speakers, DVD Drive, KBM, OS Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon Country of Origin: US I'm looking to build my father a PC for work-related use...
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    Headset/headphones?

    I purchased the Sennheiser PC-350 headset over the summer and am extremely pleased with them. They cost around $90 on eBay, though a thriftier shopper could probably get a better deal. They're of high quality, are less prone to accidental breakage because of their design, and most importantly...
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    First build: under $800 mainly for these games....

    Almost identical to the build I intend to order this week. Comboing the mobo and CPU results in a $55 discount. No other combo I could find was able to beat it for those parts. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.295699
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    $600~700 Gaming Build

    Upped my budget very slightly and decided to replace my old HDD with the Spinpoint F3 1TB. Changes are in bold. Mobo: ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Deneb 3.2GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core...
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    $600~700 Gaming Build

    I was planning on reusing my current HDD, just partitioned with one containing all my media, documents, etc. and one partition for a fresh Windows 7 install. The HDD's about two years old, so I guess it's worth looking into replacing. What I have is: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS...
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    $600~700 Gaming Build

    APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Wednesday BUDGET RANGE: 600-700 after rebates SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, school use PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor, OS, HDD PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: NewEgg COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA PARTS PREFERENCES: No...