Gaming PC, ~$650 budget build help

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Ejjman1

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Hey all again!

My buddy is wanting to build a gaming PC to play the latest games with, and has a budget of around $650.

We already have a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, and he plans on hooking the computer up to his TV, so I figured $650 or so would be enough to get a decent PC for gaming.

He wants an NVIDIA Graphics Card and an Intel Processor.

He plans on ordering it within a month.

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

-Ejj
 
Considering the budget I'd try and talk him into an AMD CPU and/or GPU.
$650 is just too tight to get a build of current gen tech from Intel/Nvidia.
 
Thank you so much for all the posts!

I am thinking the build by Talyor is very good looking, except with a few changes..


Case: Newegg.com - Rosewill CHALLENGER-U3 Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ,comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, front mounted dual USB 3.0

ASRock Z68
Mobo: Newegg.com - ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard


i5-2500k
CPU: Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

Corsair 8g Memory
Memory: Newegg.com - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R

GTX 560: Newegg.com - EVGA 01G-P3-1460-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

HDD: Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

DVD: Newegg.com - ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - CD / DVD Burners

PSU: Newegg.com - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom

This is overbudget by quite a bit, but he thinks he'll be able to bump it up. The windows 7 will work on his computer, but thank you for making sure!

Plus, $45 mail-in rebate, so that covers shipping.

If there's any changes to this, then I'd be glad to make.

Thanks you,

Ejj
 
That pre-packaged newegg one is really good. Add a ghpu in at a later date, and its a very good build.

GPU*?? I think the 560 TI will be good, and that will bump it up to $850 or so. The only problem might be the low memory, but that can easily be updated.


So I'm either thinking my list or the prebuilt with 560TI, what do you think??
 
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