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Gaming build I am planning to build for my sister, she has a rough budget of $600 USD. I will be selling her my old 7870XT for $200 and we do not need an OS. So basically a rough $400 to work with this is what I came up with, what do you think? CPU: FX-6300 $120 MOBO: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 $60...

Alright guys, thanks for all the input, I think I will drop the APU idea and just see what you guys can imagine up with a $600 USD budget (Including Windows.) We live very close to a Microcenter and will definitely utilize it as well as other sources (Newegg, etc...) Definitely want the most...

Alright guys, thanks for all the input, I think I will drop the APU idea and just see what you guys can imagine up with a $600 USD budget (Including Windows.) I know it is tight but this her first PC Build and she is just now moving into PC gaming (Thank God.) This PC will definitely be used for...

Here is my suggestion... PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q3Jj Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q3Jj/by_merchant/ Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Q3Jj/benchmarks/ CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Microcenter) Motherboard...

Yes the 7850 will perform well but... WD Green drives are not meant to be used as OS drives, so I would not suggest that as your primary hard drive. Also I can't find that PSU on newegg but a 550w power supply for $23 is not a good sign. It's probably trash. Is it 80+ certified?

Actually the 7770 does perform better than I thought... http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/536?vs=549 but the 7850 is much better. Going with the 7770 would bring my build down to around $500

Here's my suggestion... http://pcpartpicker.com/user/thehiddenlotus/saved/1sn6 I know it a bit more $ than your original build but the difference is astronomical. You will be able to play all the newest games and most at high settings. CPU AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core $135.45 Motherboard ASRock...

Sorry to break it to you but... You will not be able to be able to play most games on high let alone ultra with a 7770 You case and PSU are probably garbage at that price, and your PSU is the last thing you want to skimp on. Why 8x1 RAM? Go 4x2. The FX-6300 is much better than the 4100 and...

Here is my suggestion... http://pcpartpicker.com/user/thehiddenlotus/saved/1qCG $450 AMD APU build with Windows 7. It can run BF3 at just about 60fps on low at 1366x768. Don't know about 1920x1080. CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core $128.78 Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi A85W ATX FM2...

I'm looking for a low resource application for Windows 7 that can reference pertinent system information such as CPU and GPU temps/usage, memory usage, etc. I'm looking for something could always be running for easy reference like a desktop gadget. I tried Google and didn't come up with much...