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Benzino
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I posted about this probably last year but now its time to do the damn thing.
The old man is looking for a rig to work on family home videos. He will probably have VHS already converted to digital, just playing with videos and exporting to a polished video.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Office work and video editing
2) What's your budget? $850 no shipping, including tax
3) Which country do you live in? US Twin Cities, so Microcenter in driving distance
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? Motherboard, CPU, RAM, case, PSU, hard drives, video card, DVD burner.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Monitor, keyboard, mouse
6) Will you be overclocking? No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? Um, probably a 19' widescreen, not even 1680x1050
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Now
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? Onboard wireless
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? Will obtain a Windows 10 Professional license separate from this build (Kinguin).
He wants to pick up a Dell with the below specs. I'd like to get him on a custom rig.
Dell XPS 8930
Intel Core i5-8400
Windows 10 Home
16GB DDR4 2666MHZ RAM
460 Watt PSU
1TB 7200rpm Hard Drive
GTX 1050it
No optical drive
Builtin sound
Onboard wireless
I'm thinking the Ryzen 2600 is a good value, can get a Microcenter CPU/Mobo bundle. Want him on SSD storage for at least boot/programs, need probably a 4TB drive or something for storing raw videos. I plan on pulling the trigger either Friday through MicroCenter (won't be in town but can have items held in store) or next Monday/Tuesday. I don't want to ship stuff to my door as this is porch theft season.
Thanks!
The old man is looking for a rig to work on family home videos. He will probably have VHS already converted to digital, just playing with videos and exporting to a polished video.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Office work and video editing
2) What's your budget? $850 no shipping, including tax
3) Which country do you live in? US Twin Cities, so Microcenter in driving distance
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? Motherboard, CPU, RAM, case, PSU, hard drives, video card, DVD burner.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Monitor, keyboard, mouse
6) Will you be overclocking? No
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? Um, probably a 19' widescreen, not even 1680x1050
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Now
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? Onboard wireless
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? Will obtain a Windows 10 Professional license separate from this build (Kinguin).
He wants to pick up a Dell with the below specs. I'd like to get him on a custom rig.
Dell XPS 8930
Intel Core i5-8400
Windows 10 Home
16GB DDR4 2666MHZ RAM
460 Watt PSU
1TB 7200rpm Hard Drive
GTX 1050it
No optical drive
Builtin sound
Onboard wireless
I'm thinking the Ryzen 2600 is a good value, can get a Microcenter CPU/Mobo bundle. Want him on SSD storage for at least boot/programs, need probably a 4TB drive or something for storing raw videos. I plan on pulling the trigger either Friday through MicroCenter (won't be in town but can have items held in store) or next Monday/Tuesday. I don't want to ship stuff to my door as this is porch theft season.
Thanks!
