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Dark_Desires
March 5th, 2012, 05:50 PM
So as mentioned in another thread i am upgrading my pc after months of research.Now 2 of my best mates want a decent pc to play games on and thay asked if i can help.So before i go into details i am not building the hole thing a family friend is and he recently built another crazy rig.So thay said keep it at about 600$ for the pc so i checked on pc case gear here is what i got.

MOBO
ASUS P8H61-M-LE-USB3-V3 Motherboard
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19480

GPU
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB Overclocked
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19071

CPU
Intel Core i3 2100
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16725

RAM
2X A-RAM AR4GB1333D3V DDR3 PC-10600 1333MHz 4GB
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16699

Case
Thermaltake Black Edition V4 with 500W PSU
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18967

PSU is above

HDD
Seagate Barracuda 500GB ST500DM002
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18357

DVD drive
Lite-On IHAS324 24x DVDRW
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=11487


So far its got good parts and can run battlefield 3 skyrim and saints row the third.So what do u guys think any room for improvment on this budget.Any thing i need to know.Advice is apreciated :)

shadowhunter320
March 6th, 2012, 02:28 AM
pretty badass setup for so cheap!!!! i personally would get a different motherboard. i originally had a similar asus motherboard in my setup (32 gigs of ram, the newest Nvidia graphics card, i7 2600 quad core, etc...) and it fried on me within 2 weeks. thats nice of you and nice setup, hope everything goes well. :-)

Dark_Desires
March 6th, 2012, 03:21 AM
Your problem with the motherboard is a user error from what u descibed in parts.Thanks i bet it will go well.Were ordering 2 of these setups and my own parts so its a build for 3 new computers :).Anyone else got advice.