Did you see Aori's suggestions in that other thread?

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/376739/600-dollar-budget.html

If you don't need a hard drive, then exactly which parts do you need?  Don't plan on keeping some old hard drive forever, as they do fail after a while.  The standard recommendation is to replace a hard drive every five years, so if you're close to that, then while you're replacing everything else is a good time to replace the hard drive, too.

On your budget, you should get an AMD processor, or more specifically, an FX-6300.  You won't be able to fit a Core i5-3570K in a proper build.  Lower clocked Ivy Bridge quad cores lose too much performance for not enough savings.  Instead, you'd be relegated to a dual core processor with no turbo, and that won't get you anywhere near the useful lifetime of a six core FX-6300 that you could have for about the same price.

For the video card, the Nvidia cards to look at are the GeForce GTX 650 and GTX 650 Ti.  The GTX 650 is competitive with a GDDR5 version of a Radeon HD 7750, though the 7750 tends to be a little cheaper.  The GTX 650 Ti is a nice card at around $140 if it fits your budget, which it likely does, assuming you give up on the Intel CPU.

Good luck.

i5 3570 CPU $200
Z77 Mobo $125
Heatsink $30
Power Supply $70
Case $40
RAM $40
CD-ROM $20
OS $100

You already have a hard drive, so:

Your already looking at $625 without a video card or hard drive ($525 is you go less than legal on the OS). Sure, you can find some parts cheaper than that, but not by much or with any consistency, or you sacrifice a lot of quality and compromise the integrity of the build (such as dropping to a Core i3 - but then what's the point, you may as well go with an FX-6300 and get better performance).

$75 doesn't get you a video card worth paying for, especially if your nVidia only.

Good luck. You could accomplish your objective, but by limiting your options and your budget, your shooting yourself in the foot, and your not going to get nearly as well performing of a computer as you could have. Low budgets like this are really where AMD excels at.

Originally posted by Ridelynn

Good luck.

i5 3570 CPU $200
Z77 Mobo $125
Heatsink $30
Power Supply $70
Case $40
RAM $40
CD-ROM $20
OS $100

You already have a hard drive, so:

Your already looking at $625 without a video card or hard drive ($525 is you go less than legal on the OS). Sure, you can find some parts cheaper than that, but not by much or with any consistency, or you sacrifice a lot of quality and compromise the integrity of the build (such as dropping to a Core i3 - but then what's the point, you may as well go with an FX-6300 and get better performance).

$75 doesn't get you a video card worth paying for, especially if your nVidia only.

Good luck. You could accomplish your objective, but by limiting your options and your budget, your shooting yourself in the foot, and your not going to get nearly as well performing of a computer as you could have. Low budgets like this are really where AMD excels at.

 

Why did you offer a Z77 Chipset if you only offered a 3570. If OP is going to overclock you should go for the Z77 3750K. IF NOT OP should get a H77 and a 3570. Saves about 50$

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DK1j

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DK1j/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DK1j/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H ATX  LGA1155 Motherboard  ($96.33 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Microcenter) 

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  ($82.98 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  ($18.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Total: $658.24

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-15 16:30 EST-0500)

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Originally posted by EMT-P

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Originally posted by Ridelynn Good luck. i5 3570 CPU $200 Z77 Mobo $125 Heatsink $30 Power Supply $70 Case $40 RAM $40 CD-ROM $20 OS $100 You already have a hard drive, so: Your already looking at $625 without a video card or hard drive ($525 is you go less than legal on the OS). Sure, you can find some parts cheaper than that, but not by much or with any consistency, or you sacrifice a lot of quality and compromise the integrity of the build (such as dropping to a Core i3 - but then what's the point, you may as well go with an FX-6300 and get better performance). $75 doesn't get you a video card worth paying for, especially if your nVidia only. Good luck. You could accomplish your objective, but by limiting your options and your budget, your shooting yourself in the foot, and your not going to get nearly as well performing of a computer as you could have. Low budgets like this are really where AMD excels at.  

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Why did you offer a Z77 Chipset if you only offered a 3570. If OP is going to overclock you should go for the Z77 3750K. IF NOT OP should get a H77 and a 3570. Saves about 50$

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DK1j

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DK1j/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DK1j/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.98 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H ATX  LGA1155 Motherboard  ($96.33 @ Amazon) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($49.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Microcenter) 

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  ($82.98 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer  ($18.98 @ Outlet PC) 

Total: $658.24

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-15 16:30 EST-0500)

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You forgot the case and operating system. Add another $140ish to that. Doesn't change my opinion, or the point of my previous post, though, and that is that your going to have to make a good deal of compromises to stick with those brand names that you don't necessarily need to make at that budget.

Also, some of those places I've never even heard of... maybe I just don't get out much. The prices are in the right ballpark though, which is all I was doing - ballparking.

And if you ~really~ want to nitpick - look at that power supply you picked out. Even at stock speeds, your really going to use that stock Intel heatsink?

Regardless, not my money, the OP can buy whatever they want. I'm just throwing out opinions.

Originally posted by Ridelynn

You forgot the case and operating system. Add another $140ish to that. Doesn't change my opinion, or the point of my previous post, though, and that is that your going to have to make a good deal of compromises to stick with those brand names that you don't necessarily need to make at that budget.

Also, some of those places I've never even heard of... maybe I just don't get out much. The prices are in the right ballpark though, which is all I was doing - ballparking.

And if you ~really~ want to nitpick - look at that power supply you picked out. Even at stock speeds, your really going to use that stock Intel heatsink?

Regardless, not my money, the OP can buy whatever they want. I'm just throwing out opinions.

OP can find a 50$ case max, and if OP already has an OEM version of an OS then he can reuse the key for that. If not I can scale down some of the items for him.

The PSU is fine, not sure what you are trying to get at Source: http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

The absolute LAST thing you want to skimp out on is a PSU. If you skimp out and it underdraws power and shorts, say goodbye to half (if not all) your hardware.

And yes if OP isn't going to OC then stock heatsink fan is fine.

Originally posted by EMT-P

Originally posted by Ridelynn

You forgot the case and operating system. Add another $140ish to that. Doesn't change my opinion, or the point of my previous post, though, and that is that your going to have to make a good deal of compromises to stick with those brand names that you don't necessarily need to make at that budget.

Also, some of those places I've never even heard of... maybe I just don't get out much. The prices are in the right ballpark though, which is all I was doing - ballparking.

And if you ~really~ want to nitpick - look at that power supply you picked out. Even at stock speeds, your really going to use that stock Intel heatsink?

Regardless, not my money, the OP can buy whatever they want. I'm just throwing out opinions.

OP can find a 50$ case max, and if OP already has an OEM version of an OS then he can reuse the key for that. If not I can scale down some of the items for him.

 

The PSU is fine, not sure what you are trying to get at Source: http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

The absolute LAST thing you want to skimp out on is a PSU. If you skimp out and it underdraws power and shorts, say goodbye to half (if not all) your hardware.

And yes if OP isn't going to OC then stock heatsink fan is fine.

How do you suppose he reuse a OEM CoA for a totally new PC.

You need to learn how Windows licenses work. What you just suggested, while may work, is illegal.

And I still find it amusing you want to save $20 on a motherboard by dropping to H77, but then spend $40 more on a 620W PSU - because you "can't skimp on a PSU", for a computer that likely will never draw 400W, and can't overclock.

Originally posted by Ridelynn

You need to learn how Windows licenses work. What you just suggested, while may work, is illegal.

It's not if they grant you a license. Torrenting a license however IS illegal.