[QUOTE="alexfla"]
Give me an example of PC that costs $500 part by part. I'm waiting.
Isn't it funny how you have to built gaming PCs if you're a PS3 owner just to compete with the 360? LMAO!lundy86_4
The initial price range I gave was $500-600, so that's the budget i'll use.
Build:
Total: $568.90
Total after rebates: $533.90
All in all, not a bad build.
Actually you forgot to factor in shipping. With shipping the total comes out to$592.53
That's ok, it's still within your budget. However, there are a few things I should mention.
First, a mediocre PC from 2006 is more powerful and better all around.
The case you selected is not only horrific, but also offers just one exhaust fan. Really? You really think that is adequate cooling?
Next the GPU is DX10.1, now why would you select that card when DX11 cards are already available? I understand about penny pinching but this is ridiculous. For $30 more you can have a fully featured DX11 card. You would be over budget but who cares.
Your hard drive is only 250 GB. That is small even for 2006. You should have at LEAST a 500 GB HD and that is small.
Your motherboard is utter trash. I understand you want to be cheap and I can live with your CPU choice. But the Motherboard is so awful that this really is a system that you can never really upgrade or even overclock.
I understand you put this system up here to prove a point but no one would really build that system. It doesn't make any sense. I mean to spend $600 for something like that, no way.
Obsolete parts, terrible cooling, no upgrades, no overclocking, no expansion but yes it's only $600 and will run Mass Effect 2. Sorry but no.
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