we're building Mike a gaming PC (recycled thread)

[Jmustang1968]

Ah ok, seems like some of the longer or taller cards with the aux power plugs and coolers might have some clearance issues, but maybe not...

[noiseredux]

I have been in contact with a couple of dudes via pm the last few days and I think we're making some progress...

Still looking for extra parts though.

[fastbilly1]

Sadly all but one of my spare parts are from atleast a hardware generation ago. And that one spare part is on my trade list since it is a 850watt PSU. If you need DDR1, DDR2, or PATA harddrives though, Im your guy.

[noiseredux]

Ah we could use a psu.. though 850 is beyond overkill haha.

[fastbilly1]

It also still sells for over $200.

[marurun]

Hell, I could use some spare DDR2, at least until I get around to building a new box.

Will Mike's "new" gaming PC be of the current generation of stuff, or is the plan to make him a high-powered last-gen box? By that, I mean Core2Duo with DDR2, or i3/5/7 with DDR3?

Depending on how long this takes, I might have some stuff when my new computer gets built, but it may be a while.

[noiseredux]

unless someone has an i3 to spare (haha) then I think we're gonna suggest Mike pay for an AMD CPU and mobo, as price is an issue and he's just getting his beak wet. But I already have some DDR3 RAM for him.

[flex wood]

Are you around a microcenter noise? I mean you can get an i3 4150 for about $100 there. I've got one here and could go grab one and ship it out to you no problem since that's about the same price as an FX 4300.

[noiseredux]

Are you around a microcenter noise? I mean you can get an i3 4150 for about $100 there. I've got one here and could go grab one and ship it out to you no problem since that's about the same price as an FX 4300.

I'm not close to a Microcenter. Well, if it comes down to buying the CPU/mobo, it'll be Mike's $, so we'll run it by him and then you can ship to me. Thanks for the offer! That said, me and Frag Mortus had been talking about an AMD combo that would run Mike about $150 for the CPU and mobo.

[Frag Mortuus]

Are you around a microcenter noise? I mean you can get an i3 4150 for about $100 there. I've got one here and could go grab one and ship it out to you no problem since that's about the same price as an FX 4300.

I'm not close to a Microcenter. Well, if it comes down to buying the CPU/mobo, it'll be Mike's $, so we'll run it by him and then you can ship to me. Thanks for the offer! That said, me and Frag Mortus had been talking about an AMD combo that would run Mike about $150 for the CPU and mobo.

We have talked about Mike getting an AMD A8-6600K. It's a quad-core 3.9Ghz CPU with 4mb L2 Cache. The bonus is that since it has on chip GPU (which is pretty competent for an on chip GPU), it can actually crossfire with the GPU that Noise has to toss in. So, that will give mike pretty decent gaming performance. Also, the MoBo we were talking about has 4 RAM slots where most of the others in it's catagory only have 2, so it has better expandability.

If we could find some one that has a PSU (450W should suffice) that they don't need, or care to donate we could really have Mike a quality gaming PC for just the price of the cpu/mobo combo.