October 2010 Tight Budget Build

The time for thinking about your work computer has probably come up.  With the whether going south as we end up spending more time on our computers, those of us with slow ones think about upgrading.

If your computer has you feeling a little on the slow side and you're in a tight budget situation but still want a new computer, this build will be right up your alley.  The components are all high quality, but spending the time searching for the price point that is the lowest, this is what I've come up with.

From a good online retailer, you should be able to come up with these parts for around $650, before shipping and taxes. Motherboard - ASUS M4A77TD ATX AM3 DDR3 AMD770 SB710 PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI IDE 6SATA Sound GBLAN Motherboard

Computer Case - Coolermaster Centurion 534 ATX Tower Case 5X5.25 1X3.5 4X3.5INT Black No PS 

CPU - AMD Athlon II x4 635 Quad Core Processor AM3 2.9GHZ 2MB L2 Cache 95W 45NM Retail Box C3 Stepping

CPU Cooler - included with the CPU

RAM - G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Core i5 1.5V Memory Kit

Hard Drive - Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB SATA2 7200RPM 4.2MS 32MB 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive OEM

Video Card - Powercolor Radeon HD 4850 625MHZ 512MB 1.4GHZ GDDR3 PCI-E VGA DVI HDMI Video Card

Sound Card - comes with the motherboard

DVD Drive - ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

Network Card - Gigabit LAN on motherboard

Power Supply - OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W ATX 20/24PIN SLI Ready Modular Cables 135mm Fan 80PLUS Power Supply