Building a budget rig, need advice please

[RayKnight]

Hi, my current motherboard is dead. Only the fan and lights are on, but monitor, mouse and keyboard don't have power it seems. Tried to troubleshoot but to no avail. It's kinda old already, I guess. A few years, maybe. So I intend to build a new system but I'm reusing some parts.

The purpose of this PC is to play games and do work assignments. So I don't really need that great a graphics card BUT if can have dual monitor input, it'd be great as I have 2 monitors at home to use.

My budget is about $600-800, preferably $700ish. What I may not need would be:
1. Casing (I'm currently using a Cooler Master Elite310)
2. Monitor and accessories (using LG Flatron)
3. DVD RW (using LG)
4. Soundcard and speakers (I'm happy with onboard sound cards as I don't have good speakers)

What I need would be:
1. Graphics card (hopefully with dual DVI input as I have 2 monitors)
2. Mobo + CPU
3. RAMs (looking at about 4GB?)
4. 1TB HDD (I'm running out of space due to assignments and etc, so I'll need a bigger one)
5. PSU (unsure if the old one can be used by just as a precaution, I decide to throw this in)
6. Win10 OS
7. Anything I might be missing out?

Summary:
Budget: $600-800
Purpose: Assignments and occasion games playing (Far Cry 4 on mid settings, DOTA 2, Fallout 4 on mid settings)

Do advice. Planning to make a trip to Sim Lim in the late afternoon once I have finalised the list and etc. Thanks in advance!

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

still not sure if ur budget can fit in a SSD or not

 

[RayKnight]

About how much more must I stretch my budget and what's the recommended amount?

 

[harharhar]

About how much more must I stretch my budget and what's the recommended amount?

About $1000 would be comfortable

 

[wwenze]

Yes, one piece of advice is, do you plan to buy all the parts at once or do you intend to buy it piece by piece over the course of one month?

Because different parts go on sale on different days. If you buy all one shot it will be more expensive.

 

[RayKnight]

All at one shot, wwenze. Cause I just wanna bring the list down to a shop and have them fix for me.

Basically I need the whole PC and the OS. No need for mouse, keyboard and monitorsx2 as I have those.

$1,000 is comfortable for me, harharhar.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

ASUS H110M-A D3 +i5 6400 @372
Kingston ddr3 8gb@47
ZOTAC GTX 750 TI 2GB DDR5 @215
SF LEADEX 550w SILVER 90+ F.MOD @119
Toshiba 1TB @64
CRUCIAL BX200 240GB SATA3 SSD 2.5"@109

Total: 926

purchase all at PCTheme.

 

[RayKnight]

Thanks Zreo, are there any other configurations around the price of 800-1k?

I realised I may need casing and I also need the Win10 OS CD...

 

[Valkyire]

If your PSU is 80+ then no worries can still use, I suggest getting RAM 2nd hand as it's kinda cheap and lifetime warranty. Get 8GB, I think only $40~$50 for 4GBX2. GPU would suggest 280x? If want can get 2nd hand with warranty left. Mobo best to get ASRock and a locked i5 would do. HDD 1TB would cost you at 50~70? Choose wisely bro, all the best. btw OS I think can get $20~$30 online legit one. Stick to windows 7, windows 10 is really a headache.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

ASROCK H81M-HDS + i5 4460 @330
Kingston ddr3 8gb @47
FSP 450W 80+ HEXA PLUS @58
POWER COLOR R7 360 2GB OC @179
Toshiba 1TB @64
ADATA SP550 120GB SATA3@ 69
C.M 311 ATX CASE BLUE / SLIVER @59 (same as your previous casing, just that psu mount at the bottom.)
win 8.1 @135 (unless u dun mind outside people selling beside sls can get around @35, but uwill need to self install

Total: $941

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[RayKnight]

Yeah, hated the Win10 UI but I figured if I am upgrading might as well, maybe I will stick to Win7 then. But online...? But shops don't usually sell 2nd hand and I have to assemble myself so I doubt that'd work out well.

What other stuff do you recommend, Valkyire? And thanks for all the suggestions so far!

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Yeah, hated the Win10 UI but I figured if I am upgrading might as well, maybe I will stick to Win7 then. But online...? But shops don't usually sell 2nd hand and I have to assemble myself so I doubt that'd work out well.

What other stuff do you recommend, Valkyire? And thanks for all the suggestions so far!

yes shops dun sells 2nd hands stuff, but u can find 2nd hands shop, if u dun mind u can looking into hardwarezone for vrzone fourm to look for it.

yes u will need to self assemble.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Hi, my current motherboard is dead. Only the fan and lights are on, but monitor, mouse and keyboard don't have power it seems. Tried to troubleshoot but to no avail. It's kinda old already, I guess. A few years, maybe. So I intend to build a new system but I'm reusing some parts.

The purpose of this PC is to play games and do work assignments. So I don't really need that great a graphics card BUT if can have dual monitor input, it'd be great as I have 2 monitors at home to use.

My budget is about $600-800, preferably $700ish. What I may not need would be:
1. Casing (I'm currently using a Cooler Master Elite310)
2. Monitor and accessories (using LG Flatron)
3. DVD RW (using LG)
4. Soundcard and speakers (I'm happy with onboard sound cards as I don't have good speakers)

What I need would be:
1. Graphics card (hopefully with dual DVI input as I have 2 monitors)
2. Mobo + CPU
3. RAMs (looking at about 4GB?)
4. 1TB HDD (I'm running out of space due to assignments and etc, so I'll need a bigger one)
5. PSU (unsure if the old one can be used by just as a precaution, I decide to throw this in)
6. Win10 OS
7. Anything I might be missing out?

Summary:
Budget: $600-800
Purpose: Assignments and occasion games playing (Far Cry 4 on mid settings, DOTA 2, Fallout 4 on mid settings)

Do advice. Planning to make a trip to Sim Lim in the late afternoon once I have finalised the list and etc. Thanks in advance!

$800 is adequate....

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-4460 + ASUS B85M-G @ $339 (Tradepac)
I reckon you may need more SATA ports in the future so here's 6 for you.
1 for SSD, 2 for HDD, 1 for ODD and remaining 2 as spare.
RAM+SSD: Kingston ValueRAM DDR3L-1600 CL11 8GB + Zotac T500 240GB @ $110+3+3*
GPU: Palit GTX 950 2GB StormX Dual @ $174+3^
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB @ $74 (Tradepac)
PSU: FSP Hexa+ 550W [80 Plus] @ $59+2`
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Product Key [OEM] @ $30 (Reddit)
Upgrade for free to Windows 10.

Total: $796

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[RayKnight]

Oh my lawd! It's MoneyFace! I used your setup the previous time when I made a similar topic 4 years ago!

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Oh my lawd! It's MoneyFace! I used your setup the previous time when I made a similar topic 4 years ago!

Oh glad that im able to help you previously. So what exact parts have you got last time?

 

[ykgoh]

Oh my lawd! It's MoneyFace! I used your setup the previous time when I made a similar topic 4 years ago!

Can nominate $face for long service award?

 

[RayKnight]

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-3450 + ASRock B75M-DGS @ $296
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB X2 @ $48 (Video Pro)
GPU+PSU: PowerColor HD 7850 2GB + FSP Raider 450W [80 Plus Bronze] @ $309 (PC Themes)
Both Far Cry 3 and Hitman Absolution are pretty demanding games.
5 years warranty PSU with actual 80 Plus Silver-Gold efficiency.
FSP Raider 650 W Power Supply Review | Hardware Secrets
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB @ $86

Except that there were certain parts I wasn't able to get so some parts changed but pretty much around this.

I'm still looking through all the customization listed here and contemplating quite a few factors. I'm not good with assembling it myself and with my computer dead, I am out of resources and would have to rely on my laptop for anything else. So I'd rather take it to a shop and have them assemble it for me even if I have to fork out a bit more.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Except that there were certain parts I wasn't able to get so some parts changed but pretty much around this.

I'm still looking through all the customization listed here and contemplating quite a few factors. I'm not good with assembling it myself and with my computer dead, I am out of resources and would have to rely on my laptop for anything else. So I'd rather take it to a shop and have them assemble it for me even if I have to fork out a bit more.

So which parts did you changed out? Are you very certain the motherboard is dead?

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Can nominate $face for long service award?

I'm not that old la...

 

[poooooo]

Except that there were certain parts I wasn't able to get so some parts changed but pretty much around this.

I'm still looking through all the customization listed here and contemplating quite a few factors. I'm not good with assembling it myself and with my computer dead, I am out of resources and would have to rely on my laptop for anything else. So I'd rather take it to a shop and have them assemble it for me even if I have to fork out a bit more.

Ram and gpu might be able to use back.
Take your old and new parts to get assemble by nigel in sls