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[Jake hd]

Ok so I was wondering I have heard many people say if you build your own computer you save more money if you build your own and not buy a pre-made computer? well I have a few questions keep in mind my friend is trying to find these hardware componets at the cheapest price possible. All I am asking is if people might know a few places where he could get these at the lowest price possible


Intel® Core™ i5-750 quad-core processor [2.66GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache] - Where could he get this for a really cheap price?
OR
Intel® Core™ i7-870 quad-core processor [2.93GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache] (Cheapest Price?)

6GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs] (Cheapest Price?)

500GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive (Cheapest Price?)

1GB ATI Radeon HD 5450 [DVI, HDMI, VGA adapter] (Cheapest Price?)

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio (Sound Card) (Cheapest Price?)

The MS-7613 (Iona-GL8E) (Motherboard) (Cheapest Price?)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.

Edited by Jake hd, 06 September 2010 - 10:22 AM.

[Randomrocket]

My friend wants this HP computer

dont get it. HPs arent that great to begin with.

newegg.com is a really good site to buy computer parts. Dirt cheap and really good shipping rates.

search up your products on newegg

You also have to have a computer case and power supply. I recommend anything made by Antec. Amazing cooling and really good quality for low prices.

[iBotPeaches]

Yep newegg all the way.

But new motherboard. Forget that one.

[Slidell]

I buy all my eggs new from newegg.

[Jake hd]

Yep newegg all the way.

But new motherboard. Forget that one.

Thanks everyone (: Just wondering what type of motherboard would you recommend?

[iBotPeaches]

Browse some of these.

Very good motherboards at both sites.


http://www.intel.com...ard/classic.htm

http://usa.asus.com/...KyCKlQ4oSEtSu5m

[Jake hd]

Browse some of these.

Very good motherboards at both sites.


http://www.intel.com...ard/classic.htm

http://usa.asus.com/...KyCKlQ4oSEtSu5m

Thank you, I will show him this, Thanks again everyone.

[Randomrocket]

ASUS makes good mobos, Antec makes good cases, PSUs, and fans, Intel makes good processors, Radeon makes good video cards. lol.

[connorss]

ASUS makes good mobos, Antec makes good cases, PSUs, and fans, Intel makes good processors, Radeon makes good video cards. lol.

i agree for msot of this! if he wants to save money and still have performance. get an amd 1055t.

[Randomrocket]

i agree for msot of this! if he wants to save money and still have performance. get an amd 1055t.

let me rephrase what I said. Intel makes good processors. AMD makes good processors for like a tenth of the cost. haha

I got an AMD Phenom II x4 945

[Quinn]

Antec 900. Nice and cool case, and decently cheap.
Phenom II for a good, cheap CPU, I7 for top of the line performance.
DDR3 RAM, I'm not going into brand/speed, it doesn't matter much.
Brand name motherboard, stay away from Foxconn and other cheap boards.
Graphics is all a matter of opinion really. Btw, you aren't going to be gaming on a Radeon 5450.
I wrote this really quick, my dinners getting cold.

[gruntmods]

Antec 900. Nice and cool case, and decently cheap.
Phenom II for a good, cheap CPU, I7 for top of the line performance.
DDR3 RAM, I'm not going into brand/speed, it doesn't matter much.
Brand name motherboard, stay away from Foxconn and other cheap boards.
Graphics is all a matter of opinion really. Btw, you aren't going to be gaming on a Radeon 5450.
I wrote this really quick, my dinners getting cold.

Bulldozer will kick I7 ass btw.

[connorss]

Antec 900. Nice and cool case, and decently cheap.
Phenom II for a good, cheap CPU, I7 for top of the line performance.
DDR3 RAM, I'm not going into brand/speed, it doesn't matter much.
Brand name motherboard, stay away from Foxconn and other cheap boards.
Graphics is all a matter of opinion really. Btw, you aren't going to be gaming on a Radeon 5450.
I wrote this really quick, my dinners getting cold.

**** I7. there a good proc but for cheaper. you can get a 1055t and overclock it and get around same performance.

[Randomrocket]

**** I7. there a good proc but for cheaper. you can get a 1055t and overclock it and get around same performance.

This guy is asking for help on how to build a PC.....do you think he will be good at overclocking? Get a AMD Phenom II x4 945 processor a very good processor and not too expensive. I wouldnt know how it compares to an i7 but this works pretty well for me. Im rendering videos and playing video games on my PC all the time.