I was recently approached by a friend of mine, asking me to make a "specs list", since she just got herself a budget for a school/gaming rig. So browsing TPC, I was able to make a list of components that would be great for school, and good enough for gaming(I had the games that she liked playing [Rainbow 6, HAWX, DiRT, and Prototype] in mind while making the list).

Everything costs 18k, and though she only has a 17k budget, adding 1k wouldnt be difficult... but well over her limit. The specs list I made didnt include a monitor, a dvd drive, and a casing. And after reading my worklog on Blackie, she then thought that it would be fun to just construct a case from something that can be found in her room. And that's how "Patti"(the name she chose for this particular build), came into existence.

First off, the goodies we just recently bought...


The mobo... she didnt want anything fancy. And we needed an AM3 mobo that would support.......


... DDR3 Rams. And I was able to find this 4gb set for only 5k. Yeahba!


I was able to find this used Triplex ATI Radeon HD4670 for only 2k.

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