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I want to pick all you geek and digital experts for some ideas.

 

Keeping in mind I have to watch my pennies what would you suggest for the parts starting with an 8 core cpu unit? Case and all!

 

Thank you very much!

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Here's a starting point , use your hard drive and video card , is it to much ? or did your want to add a video card, hard drive, ssd drive.an power supply,

 

this is newegg prices

 

Case-Antec 1100- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168111291

Motherboard-Gigabyte GAZ77X-UD3H-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128544

CPU-i5-3570-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

Ram-G-Skills -2x4 gig-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231455

 

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What are you looking to spend .then we can know more of what you can get and help you out more ..

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yeah a budget would give me/others an idea on what direction to go 

right from the get go depending on dollars or preference AMD or Intel   

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Well If you can bring over any parts from the old pc that would help on budget. Post your old pc specs so we can see if any will work with the new pc.  Do you have win7 os or are you going win8?  SSDs are nice and fast for use as OS boot drive but can really eat into budget.  If you don't mind waiting a few seconds for your pc to boot then skip the ssd and put more money into video card.  We need to know Intel or AMD.  I have an AMD 8 core 8210 overclocked to 4ghz.  I know lots of people really hate AMD and their speed is slower than most Intel chips but they are cheaper also.  That being said my cpu works just fine for me and I believe if AMD fails and goes out of business that will hurt all of us in the long run.  If that happens Intel will have no competition and that will slow down advancements  in technology and increase in prices.  Motherboards are a messy group.  Most people get a motherboard that has lots of extra stuff and options that they will never use on them.  Really take a look at what you plan to attach to your computer and what other uses you might have like video encoding and such and pick a mobo that fills your needs.  Some motherboards can cost over 200.00 and you never fully use them.  I have a gigabyte 970a-ud3 for 65.00 and it covers all my needs.

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What are you looking to spend .then we can know more of what you can get and help you out more ..

I am thinking about $600-maybe $800 but will need to buy in steps. I am giving my old pc to my daughter!

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this has not been gone through by me enough to pull the trigger on it, but you get the Idea.

I would need to confirm that everything is compatible

This is also without an Operating system total is 759.91

 

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Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price 1 11-119-233-20.jpgCOOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Item #: N82E16811119233
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$20.00  Instant $69.99
$49.99 1 17-139-040-02.jpgCORSAIR CX Series CX750 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
Item #: N82E16817139040
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$10.00  Instant
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate Card $99.99
$89.99 1 19-116-506-02.jpgIntel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.5GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637I53450
Item #: N82E16819116506
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy   $199.99 1 13-157-304-02.jpgASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813157304
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$10.00  Instant $84.99
$74.99 1 20-231-455-03.jpgG.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL
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Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy   $49.99 1 22-236-339-03.jpgWestern Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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Return Policy: Standard Return Policy   $19.99 1 20-223-103-03.jpgRosewill RCR-IC001 40-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader w/ USB Port / Extra Silver Face Plate
Item #: N82E16820223103
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy -$5.00  Instant $14.99
$9.99 1 14-125-451-02.jpgGIGABYTE GV-R785OC-1GD Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Item #: N82E16814125451
Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy   $179.99

 


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I want to pick all you geek and digital experts for some ideas.

 

Keeping in mind I have to watch my pennies what would you suggest for the parts starting with an 8 core cpu unit? Case and all!

 

Thank you very much!

I want to thank those of you who put time and energy into trying to help me figure out what a new build would be, but after seeing how close my old pc is to what the new parts would give me, I have decided to stay with my old one. I mean its a 3.4 ghz anyway. I will wait till the ssd's come down in price some more and I need a car first anyway.  Thanks again you just saved me about 800 that I can use to get myself some dependable transportation with.

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Choose a amd cpu that is much cheaper than a intel so you can spend more for the other parts

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any one have an amd apu...how is the performance and qauality????ne one?

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I'm using an AMD Phenom II X4 965 black edition on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX motherboard and a Nvidia GTX260 graphics card at 1920x1200, so not the latest and greatest but not a slouch. Plays BF3 fine but I prefer killing Astronomer on FT   :D

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