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500 dollar (US) Eve box
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Kain Bodom
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#1 - 2013-02-06 17:47:31 UTC
I used to stay on top of PC parts, performance, price, etc. But I have fallen out of step with the scene. I read Tom's Hardware now and again but the builder marathons are starting to get more experimental then what's the best bang for the buck.

I am returning to eve after a 4 month break. Just can't quit! :)

I wanted to see if I could build a box for 500 US bucks that could run two clients well (50 fps?). Not perfect but well. I have keyboard, mouse, lcd, and all that stuff. I want to throw out my old 2ghz core 2 duo box with its nvidia 8800gts (320meg ram) GPU and get something better. 500 bucks is all I got in my budget.

Any build suggestions?

Cheers!
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-02-06 19:57:47 UTC
system based on an i5 and mid-range cards?

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Kain Bodom
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#3 - 2013-02-06 20:44:39 UTC
Grimpak wrote:
system based on an i5 and mid-range cards?


sounds about right.
Onyx Nyx
Trillium Invariant
Honorable Third Party
#4 - 2013-02-07 01:24:13 UTC
What exactly are you throwing out and what are you keeping?

I put together a package that is over your budget by $158 but should serve as a nice guideline. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BUiF

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2013-02-07 06:19:02 UTC
Onyx Nyx wrote:
What exactly are you throwing out and what are you keeping?

I put together a package that is over your budget by $158 but should serve as a nice guideline. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BUiF

hmm... maybe a 7770 or NV equivalent instead?

[img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]

[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right
Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2013-02-07 06:37:39 UTC
are you near a fry's? a friend of mine just bought this bundle.

with 300 left over, ram, a hard drive, a legit windows 8 64 bit OEM, and a 7770 shouldn't be hard to do, and would run your clients on 2 monitors (or one)
Evil Incarn8
Evil's League of Evil
#7 - 2013-02-07 10:10:34 UTC
If you are after value for money over performance, AMD is the way to go, you get a lot more "bang for your buck" from AMD than Intel.
Onyx Nyx
Trillium Invariant
Honorable Third Party
#8 - 2013-02-07 10:25:40 UTC
Grimpak wrote:
Onyx Nyx wrote:
What exactly are you throwing out and what are you keeping?

I put together a package that is over your budget by $158 but should serve as a nice guideline. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BUiF

hmm... maybe a 7770 or NV equivalent instead?


In my opinion I think the performance\value of 7770 isn't as good as the 7850.

I kill kittens, and puppies and bunnies. I maim toddlers and teens and then more.

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Reiisha
#9 - 2013-02-07 11:02:22 UTC
Evil Incarn8 wrote:
If you are after value for money over performance, AMD is the way to go, you get a lot more "bang for your buck" from AMD than Intel.


As much as i am an intel fan, this is very true. Intel systems are comparatively quite a bit more expensive.

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Kain Bodom
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2013-02-07 13:31:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Kain Bodom
Onyx Nyx wrote:
What exactly are you throwing out and what are you keeping?

I put together a package that is over your budget by $158 but should serve as a nice guideline. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BUiF


That looks pretty good. I could keep my existing case too.
Onyx Nyx
Trillium Invariant
Honorable Third Party
#11 - 2013-02-07 14:11:41 UTC
Kain Bodom wrote:
Onyx Nyx wrote:
What exactly are you throwing out and what are you keeping?

I put together a package that is over your budget by $158 but should serve as a nice guideline. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BUiF


That looks pretty good. I could keep my existing case too.


I am curious about your current PSU though, what brand, model and how many W does it have?

I kill kittens, and puppies and bunnies. I maim toddlers and teens and then more.

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Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#12 - 2013-02-07 18:04:04 UTC
OP if you know any college students in the US, they can get you a genuine 2-year windows 8 pro 64 bit key... free through the microsoft dreamspark program.
miiral
#13 - 2013-02-07 18:12:05 UTC
...free for those students of the college that purchased the lisence. Your not suggesting anything else, right ?)

li'l things about Miiral...⏎
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2013-02-07 18:16:00 UTC
Onyx Nyx wrote:
Grimpak wrote:
Onyx Nyx wrote:
What exactly are you throwing out and what are you keeping?

I put together a package that is over your budget by $158 but should serve as a nice guideline. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BUiF

hmm... maybe a 7770 or NV equivalent instead?


In my opinion I think the performance\value of 7770 isn't as good as the 7850.
hmm... number seem to say otherwise... guess it's all up to them drivers I guess. tbh ATI's mid-range cards like the 7770 are always a good bet.

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[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right
Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#15 - 2013-02-07 18:41:58 UTC
i... really don't care.
Kain Bodom
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#16 - 2013-02-12 17:10:02 UTC
This is what I am looking at. I have a case, keyboard + mouse and lcd already. Thoughts?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/D3Qi