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What desktop setup for entertainment?

Follow Question Posted by Roberta on Jul 11, 2011

Hi, help me make desktop setup, please :) My budget is around $1000 and the PC will be used for games, movies, internet...etc. The PC is for my son (his first one).

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1 Immortal on Jul 12, 2011

Level 9 I managed to hook something up that fits your budget it includes a monitor I`ve checked all the prices at newegg so they might be different at other places, but not significantly. So the configuration is the following:

CPU
Intel Core i5-650 3.2GHz - 179.99$
http://www.meetgadget.com/gadget/14700/Intel+Core+i5-650

Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 - 109.99$
http://www.meetgadget.com/gadget/33943/GIGABYTE+GA-H55M-USB3+%28rev.+1.0%29

RAM
G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600MHz (2 x 4Gb Kit) - 60$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428&cm_sp=Cat_Memory-_-Daily_Deal-_-20-231-428

Power Supply
Cooler Master RS750-ACAAE3-US 750W - 100$
http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=2974

Case
Cooler Master Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 - 49.99$
http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=6654

GPU
MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II - 254.99$
http://www.meetgadget.com/gadget/44163/MSI+N560GTX-Ti+Twin+Frozr+II

Monitor
LG M2280D-PU 21.5" Full HD - 229.99$
http://www.meetgadget.com/gadget/37518/LG+M2280D-PU

Total price:984.95$
That was the best i could do for that budget :) Good luck building your son`s machine

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2 WingMan on Jul 12, 2011

Level 6 You didn't mention if you need a monitor so I made a PC without one. Here are the components:
Case - COOLER MASTER Elite 430
HDD - Seagate Barracuda ST3750525AS 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
GPU - ASUS ENGTX560 TI DCII TOP/2DI/1GD5
PSU - Thermaltake TR2 W0379RU 500W
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Motherboard - ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
CPU - Intel Core i7-2600

Total = $964.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5161/screenshotli.png

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5 barbedwire on Jul 14, 2011

Level 2 Have you considered buying a pre-build config from a well known manufacturer like HP, Dell, etc.? I'd definitely check out what they have to offer as it might come with some discounts as well.

Take a look at that for instance: http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-620/pd?oc=dddwks5&model_id=inspiron-620

- Intel Core i5
- 22-inch full HD monitor
- 6GB DDR3 RAM
- 1TB Hard drive
- 1GB AMD Radeon HD6450
- Wireless card
- DVD drive
- Windows Home Premium 64-bit
- McAfee Security (15-month plan included)

Price (at the time of writing this): $819.99

Sounds pretty good to me. :)

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