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$607 DIY Budget Gaming PC Build/Guide - February, 2013

GamersNexus: "For a little over $600, this DIY budget gaming PC build is spec'd to run most games on high settings (or thereabouts) and is packed with goodies that should equip you to cause fits of rage from all the disemboweled noobs. The system features one of the more powerful mid-range video cards on the market, the GTX 660, an FX-4300 entry-level CPU, 1TB HDD with an SSD suggestion, and the whitest case we've ever recommended. With all that in mind, let's get to the good stuff."

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NewMonday4077d ago (Edited 4077d ago )

GTX 660 is the best bang for the buck right now.

but price didn't include the OS, the total is over 700$

CRMzova4076d ago

who pays for OS's these days just saying. I have reinstall disk laying around from the times of win xp

WarThunder4076d ago

Wrong!

AMD Radeon HD 7870 and 7850 are the best bang for the buck right now!
u can buy one for under 200$

MooseWI4076d ago

Anything AMD is going to get the best specs on dollar pretty much.

ninjahunter4076d ago

For anyone interested, ive created an equally powerful Spec list for slightly cheaper.

CPU: AMD FX-6300
GPU: Xfx Radeon 7850
Mobo: MSI 970A-G46
RAM: G.Skill 8Gb ram (1 stick) 1600mhz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU: Logisys 550watt PSU
Case:MSI TC Black mid tower

$526
Thats not counting an Optical drive or operating system. So you can probably round that up to $600

Some things i took into consideration with this setup:
-Crossfire enabled Mobo
-Mobo specifically designed for Overclocking FX CPUs
-An overclocked FX-6300 directly competes with i5 3570
-Overclocked 7850 trumps An overclocked 660 GTX in most cases
-Very future proof by allowing crossfire, an additional 8GB ram stick and upcoming AMD processors.
-Case comes with a fan :P

I made these specs on the PC part picker website if you want to double check my list :P

WarThunder4076d ago

Nice list! AMD has the best price performance on the market.

Ju4076d ago (Edited 4076d ago )

Win7 OEM is $99, BD ROM you can get for $25. That would make it ~$650.

I agree with these prices, I think I had about the same, but I went for a lower power but 250GB SSD instead (makes this about 700-800); less gaming power but much better disk performance for compiler, etc (and still in a HTC case).

ninjahunter4076d ago

Sheesh! I hadnt realized OEM was so darn expensive, I guess i only noticed the prices before when microsoft was handing them out like candy haha. Thanks for pointing that out, i did a little research to see if it could be any more affordable. Ive found that:

-Students at most colleges/universities can get Windows 8 for $70
-Windows 7 can usually be found on ebay for $70-$80 (ALWAYS verify its a reliable seller)
-Mooch off a PC gamer friend :P Lets face it, if your a hardcore PC gamer you have at least one spare activation laying around haha

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Zichu4076d ago

Parts are a little more in the UK than they are in the US. Plus, I don't think we have the option to rebate. Well I've never seen the option anywhere...

I checked the prices on the exact same parts in the UK and it comes to a total of £559. Give or take £10 to £20 for P&P and maybe finding them at different places for slightly cheaper. That is about $847...

The computer I want to build will cost me £874. That doesn't include HDD's, Fans, PSU and the Optical Drive as I will be using those from my current build.

It's expensive, but I guess that's normal in the UK. In the US it is significantly cheaper and you can get rebates on some of those parts.

No_Pantaloons4076d ago

You know toms hardware does these every 3 months and include benchmarking with 3 different price points/configurations. Highly credible and easy to compare with the previous builds to show performance gains.

Not to sound like a shill, but anyone can write up a $ build for a gaming computer (as you see in the comments already,) doesn't mean much without benchmarking the system to show its performance is in fact the best bang for the buck.

Coach_McGuirk4076d ago

nice to see somebody who knows what they're talking about around here

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Fallout 4's 'next gen' update is over 14 gigs, breaks modded saves, & doesn't change much at all

We were expecting problems with mod support, but there are a lot of other issues.

isarai5h ago

Wow what the actual hell 🤣🤣🤣

just_looken5h ago

This is why you get the GOG version on gog you can select the version of the game to download.

On pc fallout 4 fallout new vegas and skyrim are all broken on steam because they all got the same "next gen" update.

Skyrim dec 2023
https://www.pcgamer.com/sky...

Can not find new vegas but anyone that modded it knows the script extender there was also broken

Valkyrye3h ago

Not accidental, they want modders to stop modding their older games to force them to mod Shitfield.

just_looken2h ago

There doing the same on starfield with a mods store and blocking mods

There goal is like blizzard and what they did with fallout 76 you make mods they can sell and you become a slave.

On skyrim they have "trusted" mod devs now basically a badge that lets your mod on the store you get a crumb of the sale when someone buys it.

Inverno38m ago

lol to the disagrees, the last Skyrim update broke mods too. They've been trying to kill mods to monetize them in creation club for years, it's not a stretch that they purposely put out patches just to break free mods.

Chocoburger5m ago

Over 14 GBs and doesn't change much at all? What? Taking up that much drive space for a pathetic 'remastering' is shameful.

Par for Bethesda.

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