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What do you think of this pc combo?

I'm thinking about building my first computer, [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147081]Case[/url], [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131883]Motherboard[/url], [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113280]CPU/GPU[/url], [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148725]Hard Drive[/url], [url=http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231607]RAM[/url]I think I might buy this and an a random optical drive. If you have any alternate recommendations please feel free to state them.
I'm hoping to be able to run graphically demanding games on at least medium settings and I'm open to other options. However, I am on a tight budget, so nothing over $600
Thanks!

January 7, 2013

7 Comments • Newest first

AlmaElma

No no NO. Micro ATX? WHY? ATX is your friend. You should not get MicroATX with that case size when you can easily support full size ATX.

Why an APU? Especially in the low tier. If you get a low tier CPU get intel, NOT AMD. Again, NOT AMD unless you are entering the mid or high tier.

[b]DO NOT USE AN APU FOR GAMING[/b]. You need dedicated VRAM on your GPU or else you will NOT get good performance. The ~$60 investment for a cheap AMD dedicated GPU would make a WORLD of difference.

That HDD is bad. It has space but it's bad. Especially since it will house your OS. Get a 7200 RPM HDD with less space (1TB?) for around the same price, if not less.

The RAM's clock speed is 1333MHz. It is highly recommended you get RAM with 1600 MHz. Why? Because most motherboards support 1600 natively and it is but a few dollars more.

Reply January 9, 2013
qwan456

The power supply in that case/psu combo is trashy unit made by Deer - the OEM that got Rosewill the reputation of selling piss poor units initially. Rosewill does indeed have some excellent PSUs that are priced very well; however, this one is not one of them. Get something else.

What games are you going to play exactly?

Reply January 8, 2013 - edited
Coolster820

@Eruditez That's because I changed the ".ca" to ".com", otherwise it redirects to the homepage, for me at least.

Reply January 7, 2013 - edited
Eruditez

I'm in Canada and I get the same message as the first poster.

Reply January 7, 2013 - edited
Coolster820

Ack, must be because I'm in Canada, still available on newegg.ca

Reply January 7, 2013 - edited
xipwnux99

It says the combo deal is no longer available. Try editing you post for what the combo deal was.

Reply January 7, 2013 - edited