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Old 12-08-2008, 09:48 PM   #1
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Building a new gaming computer for my friend. Being in high school he doesn't have much cash so running on a low budget. Only computer game he really likes to play is WoW, so not too demanding. My goal was to get him something so that he could play at full resolution and still get good fps. Here it is:

ASUS M2A Mobo: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131172

AMD Athlon 64x2 CPU: http://www.thieverycorporation.com/

A DATA 2G DD2 RAM: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820211066

XFX PVT84JYAJG GeForce 8600: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814150247

LG Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827136149

WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16822136075

Thermaltake 500w power: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16817153052

Cool Master Centurion Case: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16811119152

All together, it adds up to a few bucks under $500 w/o tax or shipping. Like I said, the only game this guy is going to be playing is WoW. If anyone sees any possible downgrades that could be made to this build and still fit his needs feel free to let me know.


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Old 12-08-2008, 10:21 PM   #2
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This is a better video card than the one you have in your list and costs a bit less: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814161262
Go with this power supply instead, it's better quality and costs almost half as much as the one in your list: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16817371019

Your link to the processor is the same as for the motherboard.
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Thanks for the info. Sorry about the link, fixed it.
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Old 12-09-2008, 12:17 AM   #4
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Might double check that CPU link.
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Old 12-10-2008, 09:12 AM   #5
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lol my bad, double fixed.
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Old 12-10-2008, 09:14 AM   #6
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won't let me edit again . W/e here it is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103298
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:16 AM   #7
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I would go with the setup below instead, better performance:

Asus P5KPL-CM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131288

Intel E5200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116072

Corsair TwinX 2x2GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145184

Seagate 7200.11 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148288

Zotac 9600GSO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814500083

Antec Basiq 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817371004

Coolermaster Centurion 590
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119152

Comes to $450.83 US before rebates
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Do you need an OS also?
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The links from the original post suggest that the parts will be bought from Canada, so the above list might not be an option due to the higher expense in Canada (the Canadian dollar fell a good amount from a few months ago).
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Except for the DVD burner, most of the other items were newegg.ca. Even so, I would order the parts I listed over the original parts.
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Except for the DVD burner, most of the other items were newegg.ca. Even so, I would order the parts I listed over the original parts.
The parts you mentioned above are better than in the original post, but the total price would be closer to $600 CAD, so it might be out of budget, if increasing the budget to $600 CAD, it would be a better option to go for the Intel build.
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Do you need an OS also?
Nah, I've got one lying around.
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The parts you mentioned above are better than in the original post, but the total price would be closer to $600 CAD, so it might be out of budget, if increasing the budget to $600 CAD, it would be a better option to go for the Intel build.

I am in fact in the US. The reason the links are directed to on newegg.ca basing this build off another I had found, didn't realize he was from Canada lol.

Rev thanks for the build, this is only my second computer so I'm still a little inexperienced about what runs best, and which parts give you your moneys worth. Talked to so people and they said that the mobo in my original build wouldn't be able to handle the rest of the components anyway.
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