1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Web-browsing (lots of tabs)...Adobe...Office...VMachine... No gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$900 total
3) Where do you live?
Mississippi
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU Mobo SSD RAM Case/PS Video card
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
possibly DVD-RW from Dell Dimension E510...not important
6) Will you be overclocking?
NO
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Monitor Acer AL1916W....VGA 19
but plan on upgrading in the future...HDMI?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month or so.... can wait a little longer if prices will drop significantly
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
16G RAM...eventual upgrade
eSATA...but can get expansion card for that
SATA 6Gb/s...Is it necessary for SSD??? Or is SATA 3Gb/s sufficient?
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Ubuntu 10.04... possibly 11.04... and/or dual boot Windows 7....64 bit
Here is what I found so far...
CPU Intel Core i3-2100 - $125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...le-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-Intel-_-19115078
Mobo - MSI P67A-GD65 - $180 Is this overkill for me??
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-P67A-GD65-B3-Intel-Motherboards/dp/B004P3X4VU
or
MSI-P67A-C43 - $120 This should be sufficient...right?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130571
RAM Crucial 8G DDR3 1333 - $82
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7&cm_mmc=CNETFindMEMUS-_-20-148-347-_-na-_-na
SSD Crucial RealSSD C300 - $250
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...348&cm_re=Crucial_c300-_-20-148-348-_-Product
Case Roswill CHALLENGER - $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153&Tpk=Roswill CHALLENGER
PS Antec TruPower TP-650 - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371021
Video - JATON VIDEO-338PCI-128TWIN - $70 I don't know much about video cards...just want an 'el cheapo' for my old LCD screen, until I upgrade monitors, then I will upgrade videocard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139020
I want a mobo that I can upgrade the CPU/RAM/videocard in the future and that is SSD compliant. Also future additions should include USB 3.0, eSATA, BluRay, more SSD/HDD SATA 6Gb/s
Show me some better options.
Do you suspect prices will drop in the near future?...should I wait?
Web-browsing (lots of tabs)...Adobe...Office...VMachine... No gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$900 total
3) Where do you live?
Mississippi
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
CPU Mobo SSD RAM Case/PS Video card
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
possibly DVD-RW from Dell Dimension E510...not important
6) Will you be overclocking?
NO
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Monitor Acer AL1916W....VGA 19
but plan on upgrading in the future...HDMI?
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within the next month or so.... can wait a little longer if prices will drop significantly
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
16G RAM...eventual upgrade
eSATA...but can get expansion card for that
SATA 6Gb/s...Is it necessary for SSD??? Or is SATA 3Gb/s sufficient?
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Ubuntu 10.04... possibly 11.04... and/or dual boot Windows 7....64 bit
Here is what I found so far...
CPU Intel Core i3-2100 - $125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...le-_-Processors+-+Desktops-_-Intel-_-19115078
Mobo - MSI P67A-GD65 - $180 Is this overkill for me??
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-P67A-GD65-B3-Intel-Motherboards/dp/B004P3X4VU
or
MSI-P67A-C43 - $120 This should be sufficient...right?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130571
RAM Crucial 8G DDR3 1333 - $82
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...7&cm_mmc=CNETFindMEMUS-_-20-148-347-_-na-_-na
SSD Crucial RealSSD C300 - $250
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...348&cm_re=Crucial_c300-_-20-148-348-_-Product
Case Roswill CHALLENGER - $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153&Tpk=Roswill CHALLENGER
PS Antec TruPower TP-650 - $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371021
Video - JATON VIDEO-338PCI-128TWIN - $70 I don't know much about video cards...just want an 'el cheapo' for my old LCD screen, until I upgrade monitors, then I will upgrade videocard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139020
I want a mobo that I can upgrade the CPU/RAM/videocard in the future and that is SSD compliant. Also future additions should include USB 3.0, eSATA, BluRay, more SSD/HDD SATA 6Gb/s
Show me some better options.
Do you suspect prices will drop in the near future?...should I wait?
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