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    Reef Shark Nik00117's Avatar
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    Light gaming Rig

    My girlfriend and I are looking into building a light gaming rig for our living room. We want it to play D3, and maybe BF3 on light settings (nothing major)

    Now I do want SSD (I love SSD on my main rig)

    Case: MICO ATX Case W/PSU

    MOBO: Gigabyte Mobo

    CPU: AMD A6 APU 2.6Ghz Quad

    Ram: 4 Gigs Ram

    In addition to this I have a DVD burner, windows 7 and a 3.5 to 2.5 Adaptor (we have a 2.5 HDD in a laptop we want to recycle.

    Total price comes out to $567 plus shipping.

    What ya think?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nik00117 View Post
    My girlfriend and I are looking into building a light gaming rig for our living room. We want it to play D3, and maybe BF3 on light settings (nothing major)

    Now I do want SSD (I love SSD on my main rig)

    Case: MICO ATX Case W/PSU

    MOBO: Gigabyte Mobo

    CPU: AMD A6 APU 2.6Ghz Quad

    Ram: 4 Gigs Ram

    In addition to this I have a DVD burner, windows 7 and a 3.5 to 2.5 Adaptor (we have a 2.5 HDD in a laptop we want to recycle.

    Total price comes out to $567 plus shipping.

    What ya think?
    Like everyone else, we need to know the max price you'd like to spend. What parts can you re-use? Case, PSU, etc. It may not be worth recycling the laptop HDD. For 567 why not get a full gaming system:

    ASUS CM1740-US-2AD Desktop PC A8-Series APU A8-3820 $559.00

    ASUS Model: CM1740-US-2AD
    Type: Home / Home Office
    Colors: Black
    Processor: AMD A8-3820 2.5GHz
    Processor Main Features:64 bit Quad-Core Processor
    Cache Per Processor: 4MB L2 Cache
    Memory: 8GB DDR3 1333
    Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM
    Optical Drive 1: 24X DVD-RW Optical Drive
    Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6550D Graphic
    Audio: Realtek ALC887 High Definition 8 Channel Audio
    Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet Wireless Card 802.11 b/g/n Wireless
    Power Supply: 300W
    Operating System: Window 7 Home Premium 64-bit

    Motherboard: Chipset AMD A75
    CPU: CPU Type A8-Series APU
    CPU Speed: A8-3820(2.50GHz) L2 Cache Per CPU 4MB
    CPU Main Features: 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
    Graphics GPU/VPU Type: AMD Radeon HD 6550D
    Graphics Interface: Integrated video
    Memory Capacity: 8GB DDR3
    Memory Speed: DDR3 1333
    Memory Slots: 4
    Maximum Memory Supported: 16GB
    Hard Drive Capacity: 500GB
    HDD RPM: 7200rpm
    Optical Drive Type: DVD±RW
    Optical Drive Spec: 24X DVD-RW Optical Drive
    Audio Chipset: Realtek ALC887
    Audio Channels: High Definition 8 Channel Audio
    Communications: LAN Chipset Integrated
    LAN Speed: 10/100/1000Mbps
    WLAN: 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
    Front USB: 2
    Front Audio Ports: 2
    Card Reader:6-in-1: MS/MS Pro/MMC/SD/SDHC/XD
    Back Panel Ports:
    :PS/2: 1
    :Video Ports: 1 VGA, 1 DVI, 1 HDMI
    Rear USB
    2 x USB 3.0
    6 x USB 2.0
    RJ45 1 port
    Rear Audio Ports: 1 x 8 Channel Audio
    S/P DIF: 1 port

    Mouse: Yes

    Keyboard: Yes

    Physical Spec

    Dimensions: 15.75" x 14.17" x 6.81"




    I mean for that little money, I would get this system. The mobo allows you to upgrade to 16GB of RAM if you wanted later on. If you were going at least 700 I would say build your own. But for such a low price, I look at it this way: how much is your time worth? Later down the line you may have to upgrade your PSU when you get more RAM, etc, but either of these two seem to fit what you are looking for. Not to mention, the stuff you listed leaves out many components needed like video card. I have the GTX260x16 and I sometimes have trouble running BC2 or BF3 on med-low settings....
    Last edited by kujoe2002; 05-19-2012 at 02:34 AM.

    MOBO: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
    CPU: i7-2700K @3.5 ghz
    RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X 32GB (4 x 8GB)
    CPU COOLING:Corsair Hydro H80i
    VIDEO: MSI TF 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 760 OC N760 in SLI
    HDD: Intel 320-160GB SSD
    HDD: Samsung 840 250GB SSD
    MEDIA: Plextor Dual DVD
    PSU: CORSAIR HX750W
    CASE: Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Full Tower
    OS: WIN 7
    10 x64 Home Premium
    Monitor: AOC ,32" curved 1440p

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    NO way get the AMD A6 APU 2.6Ghz Quad

    The 6530 GPU on the CPU is junk compared to the 6550 GPU on the A8 models
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    Thanks for the tip guys, I actually maybe use a ATI 5870 GPU cause later this year I'm looking at upgrading to a new GPU...So who knows.
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    Custom Built: Intel i7 930 @ 2.8 Ghz, 5870 GPU, 12 GIG Ram,3x1.5 TBs,1x500 GB, 250 GB SSD Logitech G51 surrond sound 27 inch monitor FUll Tower Cooler Master Case
    Laptop: M17X 2.83Ghz Dual Core, 4870 GPU, 4 GIG Ram, 320 GIG, 500 GIG HDD
    Get around Lappy: ASUS Aspire One: 1.6 GHz, IGP, 1 GIG ram, 160 GIG HDD

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