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Bear with me this is my first official build....
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc---- Web browsing, light gaming, light photoshop, watching movies household etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? ----$550 shipped
3) Where do you live? Michigan
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
Here is my preliminary list all from newegg:
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $80 - Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX245OCGQBOX - Retail $66 CPU
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail $58 RAM
EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $65 Graphics
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM $70 Harddrive
COOLER MASTER Elite 310 RC-310-BKR2-GP Black with blue front panel Steel Body / ABS plastic front bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer ... - Retail $50 Case and PS
LITE-ON 22X DVD Writer Black IDE Model iHAP422-98 LightScribe Support - Retail $30 Drives
LG W2242T-BF Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail $150 monitor
Microsoft ZG6-00006 Black PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard 500 - Retail $12 keyboard
Microsoft D58-00041 White 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB or PS/2 Wired Optical IntelliMouse Optical 1.1 - OEM $19
~$640 Shipped...but trying to get it down around $550
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model. -- Not reusing anything, everything i need is on that list
6) Will you be overclocking? No
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? 22inch
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? This week hopefully, next week at the latest
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc. None
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? Yes
I mainly wanted to see if this setup looked somewhat reasonable, also to check to see if there are any gross errors here in compatibility. I did do a little research not sure if it helped, since still very much a novice when it comes to this. I used reviews and ratings to pick a lot of the components - so that is most of the reasoning behind the list. I am flexible on all the parts and just need to make a nice machine that will last a bit and can play a few games (TFT) every once in while.
Main concern is my case and PS, while i did read the links from the sticky, I still could use help or suggestions on that or any component. Just not sure how bad/good the case w/ included PS will be? Should I avoid these? I am trying to make something to last at least a 4 years hopefully more (6) and it seems a good power supply would be a key for that. But if i put in some dough there where should i cut back? At a bit of a bind.....
Thanks
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc---- Web browsing, light gaming, light photoshop, watching movies household etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? ----$550 shipped
3) Where do you live? Michigan
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
Here is my preliminary list all from newegg:
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $80 - Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX245OCGQBOX - Retail $66 CPU
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail $58 RAM
EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $65 Graphics
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM $70 Harddrive
COOLER MASTER Elite 310 RC-310-BKR2-GP Black with blue front panel Steel Body / ABS plastic front bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer ... - Retail $50 Case and PS
LITE-ON 22X DVD Writer Black IDE Model iHAP422-98 LightScribe Support - Retail $30 Drives
LG W2242T-BF Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail $150 monitor
Microsoft ZG6-00006 Black PS/2 Wired Standard Keyboard 500 - Retail $12 keyboard
Microsoft D58-00041 White 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB or PS/2 Wired Optical IntelliMouse Optical 1.1 - OEM $19
~$640 Shipped...but trying to get it down around $550
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model. -- Not reusing anything, everything i need is on that list
6) Will you be overclocking? No
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? 22inch
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? This week hopefully, next week at the latest
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc. None
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? Yes
I mainly wanted to see if this setup looked somewhat reasonable, also to check to see if there are any gross errors here in compatibility. I did do a little research not sure if it helped, since still very much a novice when it comes to this. I used reviews and ratings to pick a lot of the components - so that is most of the reasoning behind the list. I am flexible on all the parts and just need to make a nice machine that will last a bit and can play a few games (TFT) every once in while.
Main concern is my case and PS, while i did read the links from the sticky, I still could use help or suggestions on that or any component. Just not sure how bad/good the case w/ included PS will be? Should I avoid these? I am trying to make something to last at least a 4 years hopefully more (6) and it seems a good power supply would be a key for that. But if i put in some dough there where should i cut back? At a bit of a bind.....
Thanks
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