10th 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]

*Intel does not make any Dual-core CPU’s that support PCI express 3.0.*
Recommendation: Use a PCI express 3.0 video card in a 2.0 or 3.0 slot,
and deal with the performance loss due to the CPU limitation.

The PCI express 3.0 video cards run for the same price or less than the PCI express 2.0
cards that do less even with the limitation.33

*Choosing between AMD & Intel*
Typically AMD cpus require more electrical power at full load 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.

When purchasing a integrated video gpu on a CPU the AMD versions perform much more
at the expense of electrical power. It is possible to play some games like Skyrim with low fps on
integrated AMD gpus while intel integrated gpus won’t allow playable fps.

If browsing the web with high speed scrolling, online video content, flash, and multiple tabs is required
a Non-gaming pc with an AMD integrated GPU will likely perform better than its intel counterpart.

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

Total Prices for Common Parts (Case, HDD, CD/DVD Drive, RAM)
•171.08 – Gaming Common Parts |+3.12 last week|
-132.96 – Non-Gaming Common Parts |+1.62 last week|

•49.99 – Desktop Case with 450W PSU – http://bit.ly/10VpKuL
-39.99 – |+1.62 last week| Non-Gaming – Desktop Case with 300W PSU – http://bit.ly/11jqE61

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

•17.99 – CD/DVD Burner SATA – Tiger: http://bit.ly/WHRPHU
Newegg: http://bit.ly/10qjCQo or http://bit.ly/ZDXQ5U or http://bit.ly/WHRN2K

•53.11 |+3.12 last week| – DDR3 1333 SDRAM (2 x 4GB) – http://bit.ly/10Vq6BC
-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 or http://bit.ly/WHS4Tb

Intel CPU options (Hyperthreaded Dual core or Plain Quad-core)
•179.99 – Intel Quad-Core 3.1Ghz (Turbo3.3) 69W – 6222 cps – http://bit.ly/15fpk7H
•114.99 – Intel Dual-Core 3.3Ghz 65W – 3886 cps – Hyperthreaded CPU – http://bit.ly/15fouI1
-49.99 |+5.79 last week| – Non-Gaming – Intel Dual-Core 2.6Ghz 65W – 2621 cps – http://bit.ly/11js3tc

Intel Motherboard:
•49.99 – USB 3.0, PCI x16 3.0 slot, gigabit, 1x Sata 6Gb/s – http://bit.ly/ZDZbcK
•40.99 – 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 or with non-pci3.0 compliant cpu with reduced capabilites]
•104.99 |+5 last week| – GTX 650 – 1GB GDDR5 – PCI x16 3.0 – 1813 G3d – http://bit.ly/11jtd8e
•109.99 |+10 last week| – GTX 650 – 1GB GDDR5 – PCI x16 3.0 – 1813 G3d – http://bit.ly/11jtdVK
•109.99 |+10 last week| – GTX 650 – 1GB GDDR5 – PCI x16 3.0 – 1813 G3d – http://bit.ly/YDy96w
-Used 109.99 in total prices.

AMD CPU options
•74.99 |+0.75 last week| – AMD Quad-Core 3.0 GHz 95W – 3363 cps – http://bit.ly/11jtnwa
-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 or http://bit.ly/VyPVZE

AMD Motherboard Video Card:
[This video card maybe used in a pci x16 3.0 slot with no increased capabilites]
[Recommendation: Use a pci x16 3.0 card in a pci x16 slot]
•99.99 – 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
-109.99 is used in Total prices per recommendation to use PCIx16 3.0 card instead of a 2.0.

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

This entry was posted on April 18, 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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