[TheBigBoii]

HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!
I have a project to do and I chose to build a computer that will actually work. I have a small budget which is a maximum of 600$. Can anyone please look at the list and tell me if it would work... Please give suggestions

Motherboard + Integrated Graphics card
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16813131795

CPU
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16819103996

RAM
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16820231422

HDD
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16822145565

Optical Drive
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16827106378

Case
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16811144270

Operating System
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16832116986

Fan
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16835228012

[LiveBrianD]

Wait... are you sure you're supposed to cheat and get helppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp (whatever that is)? "I chose to build a computer that will actually work." Compared to what, one that functions well as a brick?

Anyway, that'll work, but might not be the best option. I suggest getting an LGA1155 board and Sandy Bridge processor (like the i3 2120 or i5 2400) instead or the AMD APUs (FM1). The ram is fine, though 4GB RAM is still plenty and you'll save $20 by doing that. I don't recommend a refurb hard drive - I had a refurb Maxtor (before they were bought out by Seagate) and it started giving bad sectors after 2 years. That optical drive is fine, though there are others for a buck or two less. The case and psu are ok, though I wouldn't trust the quality of an apeiva one. The OS is good. Also, the case comes with fans (2 120mm ones), so you don't need another.

Try this:
SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-222AB - OEM - $17, good enough
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $80, good basic drive
Antec EarthWatts Green EA-380D Green 380W Continuous power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power ... - $55, not as cheap as the others, but a quality unit
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM - $110, duh!
Rosewill FBM-01 Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case - $30, it's basic but it'll do as long as you don't have a discrete video card or anything. If you want something better, look into an Antec, like the 300. This is the best case I've seen in it's price range. (in my opinion)
MSI 760GM-E51 (FX) AM3+ AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - $65, basic board, good enough
G.SKILL NS 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBNS - $23, this all you need really
AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU (CPU + GPU) with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D AD3850WNGXBOX - $135 - near i3 CPU performance and pretty good graphics (by integrated standards)
Total price: $515 (canadian dollars)

This post has been edited by LiveBrianD: 02 April 2012 - 09:24 PM

[waldojim]

Well, you didn't mention what you would be doing with this $600 build, so I will guesstimate a bit, and post up a great all-around Intel beast.

http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16811129072
Antec case with 380WPSU. More than enough for light machines to mid-gaming.

http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16813130629
MSI Motherboard with USB 3.0 and Sata 3.

http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16819115077
Intel i3 2120. 3.3Ghz Dual core. Powerful little chip. Easily destroying most of the AMD A series and FX series lineup.

http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16820231394
Gskil 4GB 1333Mhz kit. Not going to OC with these, though that motherboard isn't going to do any OCing either way.

http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16822136073
WD Caviar Blue 500GB.

http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16827151233
Samsung DVD burner

http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16832116986
Windows

Since there were a few bucks left over, I thought I would put up a couple choices.
If you intend to game at all, grab up the AMD 6570 with the left over budget:
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16814161391

IF NOT:
Then swap out the CPU with the Intel i5 2310.
http://www.newegg.ca...N82E16819115089
Who can say no to 4 cores at 2.9ghz each!?

With the AMD graphics, you are looking at $599.92 less rebates.
With the I5 and no AMD graphics, $589.93

[coastie65]

Hi and welcome to the forums. wj has given you a good alternate list and within your budget requirements. His suggestions are very good and I think you would be happy with the results. I was looking to see if there was wiggle room for maybe an improvement , but it looks pretty solid.

[LiveBrianD]

Hmm, I forgot about that antec case bundle there. I think his might be the better option.

[mjd420nova]

What a coincedence, I had the same budget constraints and found I could get one in the box for the same price. Lenovo with an i3, 4GB RAM, 500GB drive and a DVD burner. Only thing missing would be a USB 3.0. WIN7 home premium. HDMI output and four channel sound. Up to 1.3 GB video on board. All I could want, will wait until after the warranty runs out and I'll take a peek inside. If it will last my average of seven years, I'll be happy. It'll be obsolete by then, just like the last two that went toes up. Beyond repair and really out of date to make upgrades unfeasable. Assembling your own parts and hoping that all hardware will play nice and that when the OS gets loaded, things continue to work properly. Loading drivers in a sequence that makes all the players happy and your running processes don't get everloaded with hooks that look for a handshake from a site. Task manager will give you a big clue and system generation should initially be done without an active network. Keeping track of what's the basic load and what gets added after each driver and even for OS updates and driver updates. Many machines come loaded with "bloatware" but this Lenovo was not so aflicted. Nothing I didn't need, no lifetime dialup for AOL.

[LiveBrianD]

My Lenovo also had pretty little bloatware on it (though it's a business model) - Office 2010, Live Essentials, a link to Skype, and it asked whether or not I wanted Norton during setup (but didn't actually have it preinstalled), as well as a few lenovo tools, and that was it. Pretty clean, particularly compared to other computers.