The Gaming PC Building/Upgrade Thread

[Garcian Smith]

chapset said:

 

I got 600$ (including os)

I will use my old monitor ( my resolution right now is 1024x728, but it can support higher resolution) for now but I will buy one like this one later:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236062

Most of my gaming on pc will be with rts games, I also want something I can update when my budget loosen up a little bit.ALso I never built a pc myself so, if the products are easy to put together that would be great.

Also I just want a fonctional case, no fancy stuff

That monitor is 1440x900, which isn't far away from 1024x768 in terms of the hardware required to run it. That said, since you're running at a lower resolution, you don't need anything more than a Radeon 4850 - which, by the way, is a beast of a card for only $100US. RTS games aren't very graphically demanding besides, so that card should last you a while.

Anyway, here's what I'd suggest for a $600 budget:

CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 ($71).

Mobo: ECS IC780M ($65; $47 after rebate)

Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 ($51)

Graphics: Powercolor Radeon HD 4850 ($105)

RAM: 4 GB Corsair DDR3 1333 ($84)

Hard Drive: 500GB Samsung Spinpoint F3 ($56)

Optical Drive: Sony SATA DVD-ROM ($17)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W ($56)

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium ($120)

...which comes to $625 before shipping, or $602 if you count the mobo rebate. That'll be more than enough for medium gaming at your resolution, and it's a much better system than the prebuilt one that you were thinking of getting. I did have to make some sacrifices in terms of the dual-core processor, non-RW DVD drive, and slightly underpowered PSU, but adding another $50 or so to your budget could easily fix that. Even if you can't, however, this build should be rock-solid for your needs.