A girl from work bought this HP HP Pavilion p7 1451 Desktop Computer with Next Gen AMD A10 Accelerated Processor by Office Depot for her boyfriend for Christmas. She mentioned he will be playing Diablo 3. I told her to go and return that and let me build her a PC instead. She eventually gave in and I came up with this build. She paid $599.99 for the HP, but is ok with going up to $650
No OS is needed.
Case: Antec 300 - Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
PSU: OCZ PowerXstream 600w - Newegg.com - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
CPU: Intel i3-2100 - Newegg.com - Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
Mobo: ASRock Z75 Pro3 - Newegg.com - ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill 8GB - Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
HDD: Samsung 1TB - Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Vid: HD7850 - Newegg.com - MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Burner: CD/DVD - Newegg.com - LITE-ON 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 iHAS124-04 - CD / DVD Burners
How does that look?
Money is slightly tight for my friend, so shaving off even a few dollars is what she wants to do.
1. I went with the i3-2100 instead of the 3220 because of the $15 off promo that comes with the 2100. Bad idea? Should I just go with 3220 because it is a newer gen and slightly faster?
2. Go with the PSU above or go with this instead? Newegg.com - CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
3. Are the 300 still a good way to go? Or is there a better cheaper alternative? Maybe the NZXT Source 220?
System will be used on a 27" Samsung with 1920x1080 resolution.
Main game will be Diablo 3 for now. But he does like other games like Skyrim.
No OS is needed.
Case: Antec 300 - Newegg.com - Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
PSU: OCZ PowerXstream 600w - Newegg.com - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
CPU: Intel i3-2100 - Newegg.com - Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
Mobo: ASRock Z75 Pro3 - Newegg.com - ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill 8GB - Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
HDD: Samsung 1TB - Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST1000DM005/HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Vid: HD7850 - Newegg.com - MSI R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Burner: CD/DVD - Newegg.com - LITE-ON 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 iHAS124-04 - CD / DVD Burners
How does that look?
Money is slightly tight for my friend, so shaving off even a few dollars is what she wants to do.
1. I went with the i3-2100 instead of the 3220 because of the $15 off promo that comes with the 2100. Bad idea? Should I just go with 3220 because it is a newer gen and slightly faster?
2. Go with the PSU above or go with this instead? Newegg.com - CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
3. Are the 300 still a good way to go? Or is there a better cheaper alternative? Maybe the NZXT Source 220?
System will be used on a 27" Samsung with 1920x1080 resolution.
Main game will be Diablo 3 for now. But he does like other games like Skyrim.
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