Make Me A Build <$500 !?

[BrutalGreen]

I just noticed that's SC he posted and not SC2(and here I am suggesting 7950s and SB CPUs, lol)...derp! In that case just get urself an E350/450 board, the cheapest 4GB ram set you can find, and a case you can live with...srsly anything would do!

[great_big_abyss]

Originally Posted by hossdaddy

he surfing the net and playing basic games why would you pick an 8 gig ram kit?

Because RAM is dirt cheap and pretty much the cheapest part of this build, so why not??

[Masteroderus]

Just running diablo 3 and this browser i'm @ 3.2 gig memory usage. At this point if I only had 4 gig of physical memory windows would create a super slow paging file and use virtual memory. With 8 gig you will be able not be slowed down by virtual memory.

[[nK]Sharp]

Just wait for an ncix sale (evey Wednesday) and pick out components that are on sale from there. They usually have at least a mobo/cpu bundle every week for a good price and after that all you would need is ram and a case.

Or you could just price match everything you want if there is nothing good on sale.

[hossdaddy]

Originally Posted by Masteroderus

Just running diablo 3 and this browser i'm @ 3.2 gig memory usage. At this point if I only had 4 gig of physical memory windows would create a super slow paging file and use virtual memory. With 8 gig you will be able not be slowed down by virtual memory.

The reason you are using that much memory is because windows sees that you have 8 gigs ram and loads for things than it may need to for "convenience" If you had 4 gig installed you would only be using around 2 gigs.

Trust me I found it out when I upgraded to 8 gigs. I noticed that there was more things being loaded when I booted up when the only thing I changed was the ram kit.

[terrybear]

I agree, this is a instant that this user shouldnt be buying a intel. Sorry intel fanboy's/sheep, but intel with there inferior igp/apu's will never touch the low/low mid especialy when a person wants to game on it. AMD simply has that locked in & will only improve as there cpu's core matures/evolves.

He should be looking at 1 of those AMD A10 trininty based cpu's + board + 1866+ DDR3 (8 gig minimum) & maybe even a low end 120 gig ssd drive unless he doesnt intend to put abunch of hard drive hoggin games on it then he might want a higher preforming 60-90 gig drive.

[great_big_abyss]

Originally Posted by terrybear

I agree, this is a instant that this user shouldnt be buying a intel. Sorry intel fanboy's/sheep, but intel with there inferior igp/apu's will never touch the low/low mid especialy when a person wants to game on it. AMD simply has that locked in & will only improve as there cpu's core matures/evolves.

He should be looking at 1 of those AMD A10 trininty based cpu's + board + 1866+ DDR3 (8 gig minimum) & maybe even a low end 120 gig ssd drive unless he doesnt intend to put abunch of hard drive hoggin games on it then he might want a higher preforming 60-90 gig drive.

Trinity desktop is quite a ways away, so it's not really reasonable to recommend Trinity to somebody who wants to build a PC NOW. I stand by my Llano APU recommendation. It's the best bang for the buck at this point. He'll have enough money left over to buy a 120GB SSD in order to improve performance in day-to-day productivity.

[hen555]

Wow thanks everyone for the builds. Really appreciate it! This gives me a lot to look at . Yeah I wont need 8 gigs, 4 gigs is good enough for me. I'm ganna take a look at the APU's by AMD. Most probably I could just use an integrated graphics chip so that should save me money :)

This PC is just a replacement for my old PC not made for heavy gaming but for youtube mostly. I need something that will last long and still be fast for years to come.

What cpu has the best integrated graphics ? Intel HD4000 or an APU from Amd?

[hen555]

Originally Posted by BrutalGreen

I just noticed that's SC he posted and not SC2(and here I am suggesting 7950s and SB CPUs, lol)...derp!

haha yea I meant sc2

[hen555]

Originally Posted by great_big_abyss

somebody who wants to build a PC NOW.

How long till Trinity apu's come out? I can probably wait till end of August for this build.