Buying a New Pc Need A Price Check/ Good Deal etc..

[famoumike901]

My current computer has 2gb Ram , Dual Core AMD 4000+ 2.10ghz ( i know my pc sucks lol)


Price is a problem so i was thinking of buying

Hp Pavilion HPE h8m series
AMD Phenom(TM) X4 840T quad-core processor [2.9GHz, 2MB L2 + 6MB L3 shared, up to 4000MHz]
FREE UPGRADE to 6GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs] from 4GB
FREE UPGRADE to 1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 750GB
For 580bucks
Or if anyone know of any deals out there that might be better

[Uggorthaholy]

are you able to build one yourself, or have someone build for you?

Custom build by Uggorthaholy

mobo – Msi H67 – $74.99
cpu – Intel i3 2100 – $124.99
ram – G. Skill 1333 MHz 2X2GB – $31.99
gpu – Twin Frozr GTX 460 – $169.99
hdd1 – Samsung Spinpoint 1TB – $59.99
os – Window 7 Home Premium 64-Bit – $99.99
psu – Corsair 80+ 500w – $59.99
case – Cooler Master HAF 912 Mid Tower – $59.99

Final Price – $681.92
Note that certain parts can be changed in/out for personal preference, ESPECIALLY the case. I do not include SSD’s because I am not comfortable/knowledgeable enough to recommend them with any form of confidence

This will smash that build out of the water, honestly.

[famoumike901]

My brother can build it and i can buy the parts.... I can take teh OS out, i have windows 7 already, but thanks alot...ill ask him and see what he says

[Uggorthaholy]

My brother can build it and i can buy the parts.... I can take teh OS out, i have windows 7 already, but thanks alot...ill ask him and see what he says

sounds good. If you are able to bump up the budget at all, let us know and we can recommend small upgrades. That's the ultimate budget i3 system I threw together. Bear in mind no peripherals are included with that.

For instance, if you have a microcenter near you, you can bump up to

Custom build by Uggorthaholy

mobo – Msi P67 without SLi/CF support – $89.99
cpu – Intel i5 2500 – $209.99

Final Price – $299.98
Note that certain parts can be changed in/out for personal preference, ESPECIALLY the case. I do not include SSD’s because I am not comfortable/knowledgeable enough to recommend them with any form of confidence

From the mobo and CPU listed. You'll save $90.00 from that at MC, making it basically $210.00 for a massive upgrade, where the current cpu/mobo selected is $200

[famoumike901]

Wish i was tech savy!! If not for this car note / insurrance / att bill / comcast ill be ok and spend close to 1200 on a good computer where i can really enjoy gaming... but i really appreciate this alot!! 210, i think i can make that for a massive upgrade.