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Old 07-13-2009, 10:41 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by Shownomercy View Post
Well I am a PC newb, if you have not caught on yet...

If you had to build a PC for under 600, what would you use?
talking tower and all accesories?

If you need everything from the ground up, your not gonna get a whole lot but its very possible to build a decent system for that much


pick up a generic tower and power supply - 100 bucks
make sure it has a atx12v plug on it.

Pick up a decent socket am3(amd) or intel board that can handle quad cores <100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813153149

something like a core 2 e8500 or q6600. Or for amd something like this (i have one) $100-200
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103680

any pci-e video card will do fine...you get what you pay for. $<50-350
I have a radeon 4870, its extreme overkill for what im doing right now
Most have support for 2 monitors, just make sure first.


generic sound card, SATA hard drive, wireless network card if need be, etc ~100 depending on capacity.
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