I pieced together the system I'm using about 2 years ago from already heavily used parts on less then a shoe strong budget, under $100. Current system is limited to 4gb of ram I'm feeling the constraints with windows 7 x64 CPU is a Core 2 Duo 6400 (2.13 ghz) mobo is an Asus P5LD2 GPU Saphire Extreme HD3850. 4GB (3.2 usable by windows) Crucail DDR2
I'm looking at staying under $300, I know it's not much but I'm really just looking for a bit more speed but more important usable memory.
CPU wise I'm aiming towards a Core i3-3220
Mobo ASROCK
RAM Samsung or Corsair XMS 8gb DDR3 (4gb x 2)
Video stick with onboard or reuse anciant HD3850?
Sound stick with onboard
Reuse:
HD: Samsung 1TB
SATA Optical Drive
Power Supply: Earthwatts 380 watt (not the green case, older model, runs great)
Video Card or jsut use unboard?
Case
I'm looking at staying under $300, I know it's not much but I'm really just looking for a bit more speed but more important usable memory.
CPU wise I'm aiming towards a Core i3-3220
Mobo ASROCK
RAM Samsung or Corsair XMS 8gb DDR3 (4gb x 2)
Video stick with onboard or reuse anciant HD3850?
Sound stick with onboard
Reuse:
HD: Samsung 1TB
SATA Optical Drive
Power Supply: Earthwatts 380 watt (not the green case, older model, runs great)
Video Card or jsut use unboard?
Case