Spedione Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Anyone got any suggestions on any other parts I could add/switch IN THE SAME PRICE RANGE? RAIDMAX Hurricane - Case Corsair Builder Series 500 Watt PSU - Power Supply Geil Value PLUS 4GB (2x2GB) - RAM BIOSTAR H55A+ Open Box ATX Intel - Motherboard Intel Core i3-540 3.06GHz Dual-Core - Processor The graphics card is the nVidia GTX 275 I won. I'm willing to swap out any of the above parts except the graphics card for anything else in the same general price range, keep in mind that I am on a shoestring budget... EDIT: I've also got some Thermal Grease picked out and a fan picked out to go along with it, so, feel free to voice your opinions on those as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Looks good to me, i'd check and make sure you can't find any combo deals for mobo/cpu/ram. Also get this http://compare.ebay.com/like/120659930165?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&rvr_id=186405604758&crlp=1_263602_304662&UA=WXF%3F&GUID=f21b9c111290a06c1c47c1c7fe923d11&itemid=120659930165&ff4=263602_304662 for thermal paste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Who Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 well when it comes to buying cheap pc's it not always necessary cheaper. i would just sud-just that you go over and find a factory refurbished pc ,core 2 quad prob and use that .or go build a core 2 quad pc Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 maybe and overclock it to 3.0 use most of the same stuff you get the benefit of four cores ruining but benchmarks are really close upside slightly faster...downside building on a dead socket if you could save up for a i5 i totally would do it here a benchmark im not trying to advertise but yeh.http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/76?vs=118 read the benchmark throughly some will be higher is better others will be lower is better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaayer Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Everything is good, but I tweaked it a little bit. Intel Core i3 550 Dual Core 3.2GHz~~~~Same price as your processor, but a tiny bit better. Kingston XMS3 4GB DDR3 1600~~~~Same thing as your ram, but a $10 mail in rebate, so you save $7. OCZ ModXStreamPro 600W Modular~~~~+100 watts, $21 savings from promo code and rebate, but its about the same price. Thermaltake V3 Black Edition~~~~About $3 cheaper because of shipping. Cable management is a little hard on this case, but the modular power supply helps. You can use the same motherboard as stated above. Hope this helped Spedione! -TehPlaayer. <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^TheRumor^ Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Don't buy open box stuff imo, it doesn't come with any accessories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranHorse Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 i like your changes but i would not recomend that psu. my modstream killed my mobo about a month ago. also have you thought about taking the amd route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spedione Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 I have, but I am definitely waiting for the Sandy Bridge release at CES 2011, just for the price drops on everything else. I may go with AMD, but I can't really see any reason to do so with this build. If someone can show me some benchmarks where an AMD in the same price range gets better FPS than an Intel, I'll go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BranHorse Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 I have, but I am definitely waiting for the Sandy Bridge release at CES 2011, just for the price drops on everything else. I may go with AMD, but I can't really see any reason to do so with this build. If someone can show me some benchmarks where an AMD in the same price range gets better FPS than an Intel, I'll go there. amd bull dozer will come out then to so prices are going to go way down but for gaming you definetly want more cores..in mose benches intel wins due to hyperthreading but the thing is it doesnt really help in game http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103679 http://www.guru3d.com/article/core [...] -review/11 focus on the second chart the first one is heavily dependent on hyper threading which amd doesnt have im not gonna say amd is better then intel but for a budget gaming build..amd is haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I do not recommend OCZ PSU's anymore, i've had a few kill some hardware on their way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Who Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I have, but I am definitely waiting for the Sandy Bridge release at CES 2011, just for the price drops on everything else. I may go with AMD, but I can't really see any reason to do so with this build. If someone can show me some benchmarks where an AMD in the same price range gets better FPS than an Intel, I'll go there. its comeing out march 2011 i would w8 till september tho there better processor will be comeing out then . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Who Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/81?vs=118 and also new egg today http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.569889 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spedione Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Actually, the Sandy Bridge series is scheduled for release at CES 2011, which is January 6-9 of next year. Apparently some of the processors have even already been leaked into some of the Chinese markets, but I'm not so sure about that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
^TheRumor^ Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx ^ Check this out if you're unsure what psu to buy, i prefer antec and corsair myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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