So my friends computer took a turn for the worst for him and he wishes to build a new one. since i built mine i said ill help him. he has a budget of 460 right now (not including monitor or any peripherals). I have setup one for him on pcpartpicker here:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3cody
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3cody/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3cody/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($95.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($114.28 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $433.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
I don't know how well this is, and i know i can increase some of the parts to fit the budget and maybe get more performance. Anyways, is a $460 gaming computer even worth it, or would it be better to just try and maybe find something prebuilt on like eBay used. Because his budget is very tight, and he cannot make any exceptions what so ever.
Thanks for you help,
Jacob
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3cody
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3cody/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3cody/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($95.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Micro Center)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($114.28 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill RANGER-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($19.99 @ Micro Center)
Total: $433.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
I don't know how well this is, and i know i can increase some of the parts to fit the budget and maybe get more performance. Anyways, is a $460 gaming computer even worth it, or would it be better to just try and maybe find something prebuilt on like eBay used. Because his budget is very tight, and he cannot make any exceptions what so ever.
Thanks for you help,
Jacob