8th Weekly ‘Anaheim – Cheap’ DIY Desktop Combo’s.

(shopping sources: Tigerdirect.com, Newegg.com)
***I also recommend cross-shopping ebay, amazon & the sales of these sites.***

[Automatically do not include products that have many poor reviews]
[some baseline requirements : Video >=450 GTS]
[Allows for most >1 year old games to run at full settings easily
Will run new games with slightly lower settings]

*Choosing between AMD & Intel*
Typically AMD cpus require more full load power than Intel.
Computers that will be running @100% cpu load, choosing Intel may save on power cost.

The AMD motherboards that support PCI 3.0 video cards are currently pricey.
PCI 3.0 video cards also use less power than a PCI 2.0, while doing more.

Cross Referencing CPUs on http://www.cpubenchmark.net/ is also a good idea.

Total Prices for Common Parts (Case, HDD, CD/DVD Drive, RAM)
•154.96 – Gaming Common Parts |-5 last week|
-126.96 – Non-Gaming Common Parts |-3.42 last week|

•33.99 |-16 last week| – Desktop Case with 400W PSU – http://bit.ly/10Dlpw5

•49.99 – 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″ HDD – http://bit.ly/15fn9kG

•17.99 |+2 last week| – CD/DVD Burner SATA – Tiger: http://bit.ly/WHRPHU or http://bit.ly/WHROnn
Newegg: http://bit.ly/10qjCQo or http://bit.ly/WHRN2K or http://bit.ly/WHS4Tb or

•52.99 |+9 last week| – DDR3 1333 SDRAM (2 x 4GB) – http://bit.ly/10DmhAV or http://bit.ly/10Dmns7
-24.99 – Non-gaming – DDR3 1333 SDRAM (2 x 1GB) – http://bit.ly/10DmDre or http://bit.ly/ZDYeBf
or http://bit.ly/10DmELH or http://bit.ly/YDwaPD or http://bit.ly/10DmIeo

Intel CPU options (Hyperthreaded Dual core or Plain Quad-core)
•178.88 |+20.92 last week| – Intel Quad-Core 3.2Ghz 77W – 5898 cps – http://bit.ly/15foVSF
•114.99 |+16.03 last week| – Intel Dual-Core 3.1Ghz 65W – 3609 cps – Hyperthreaded CPU – http://bit.ly/10Dn9p3
-45.45 – Non-Gaming – Intel Dual-Core 2.5Ghz 65W – 2366 cps – http://bit.ly/WHQPDJ

Intel Motherboard:
•49.99 – USB 3.0, PCI x16 3.0 slot, gigabit, 1x Sata 6Gb/s – http://bit.ly/ZDZbcK
-40.99 – Non-Gaming – USB 2.0, PCI x16 3.0 slot, gigabit, 4x Sata 3Gb/s – http://bit.ly/YDxpOR

Intel Motherboard Video Card:
[This video card maybe used in a pci x16 2.0 slot with reduced capabilites]
•99.99 – GTX 650 – 1GB GDDR5 – PCI x16 3.0 – 1813 G3d – http://bit.ly/YDy96w or http://bit.ly/10DnGaJ

AMD CPU options
•74.24 |+7.92 last week| – AMD Quad-Core 3.0 GHz 95W – 3377 cps – http://bit.ly/WHT0Hn
-54.99 – Non-Gaming – AMD Dual-Core 3.4 GHz 65W – 1944 cps – http://bit.ly/171vfy4

AMD Motherboard:
•54.99 – AM3+ USB 3.0, PCI x16 2.0 slot, gigabit – http://bit.ly/10Do3SB
•44.99 – AM3+ USB 2.0, PCI x16 2.0 slot, gigabit – http://bit.ly/YDB3Z5

AMD Motherboard Video Card:
[This video card maybe used in a pci x16 3.0 slot with no increased capabilites]
•99.99 |-5 last week| – GTS 450 – 1GB GDDR5 – PCIx16 2.0 – 1520 G3d – http://bit.ly/XBEYTM
•119.99 – GTX 550 Ti – 1GB GDDR5 – PCIx16 2.0 – 1912 G3d – http://bit.ly/171wgX5
•103.99 – OPEN BOX – GTX 550 Ti – 1GB GDDR5 – PCIx16 2.0 – 1912 G3d – http://bit.ly/WHUq4B
-Choose the GTX 550 Ti if you want better graphic performance.
-GTS 450 price is used for Total price calculations.

DIY Videos:
|Newegg 4 part videos (25 min Total Length)|

This entry was posted on April 5, 2013 by anaheimofmanheim. It was filed under Anaheim-Cheap and was tagged with anaheim-cheap, anaheimofmanheim, Desktop Combinations, Desktop Combos, Desktop parts, DIY.

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