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- Apr 7, 2012
- Location
- Near Toledo, OH
So pretty much I was sent on a mission to build my brother a new computer. He is 16, so he is rather broke himself. My initial build price was going to be around $500 but I ended up saying screw it.
At first I was going to simply get him a decent "basic" computer with like a 270x. But then started to build and decided I had some extra cash I could throw into it.
Parts List:
CPU: Intel i5-4570 @ 3.2GHz ($200)
CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T40-VD (Free - $40)
Graphics: Sapphire AMD R9-290X 4GB ($290)
OS Drive: Crucial M550 256GB SSD (Free - $125)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Green 3TB (Free - $90)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS ($65)
Ram: Crucial Balistic Sport 2*8GB=16GB ($160)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi Black (Free - $100)
Optical Drives: 2*DVD+/-RW (Free - $30)
PSU: Antec TP-650 ($50)
Keyboard: Logitech G110 ($35)
Mouse: Razer Naga ($40)
Game Pad: Logitech G13 ($30)
Monitor: Acer s240hl (Free - $110)
Headset: Logitech G930 ($75)
Items that are denoted "Free" simply mean that I had them on me already but I denoted the price so I can laugh at how much I paid in 10 years
I would say the biggest mistake is probably the CPU. When ordering I did not realize I ordered the "non-K" version but I did not fret too much since I was expecting to spend so much or else I would have probably went with an i7-4xxxxk. It would be a pain to replace this part (due to merchant, how I paid, etc), but do you think it would be worthwhile?
The only other nitpicks I could think of is that the motherboard leaves little leeway on upgrades, but really the only upgrades would be to add another video card or more RAM. Ram would be easy to pop in another stick for 16GB (any more is kinda pointless) and for the video card, by the point he has enough money for a new video card/upgrade, it will probably be more worthwhile to just upgrade to a newer GPU (In a year or two?).
PS: The main reason I posted this is so I can keep a public record of what I used encase I needed to reference it in the future and to gloat of what such a good brother I am
At first I was going to simply get him a decent "basic" computer with like a 270x. But then started to build and decided I had some extra cash I could throw into it.
Parts List:
CPU: Intel i5-4570 @ 3.2GHz ($200)
CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T40-VD (Free - $40)
Graphics: Sapphire AMD R9-290X 4GB ($290)
OS Drive: Crucial M550 256GB SSD (Free - $125)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Green 3TB (Free - $90)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-HDS ($65)
Ram: Crucial Balistic Sport 2*8GB=16GB ($160)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi Black (Free - $100)
Optical Drives: 2*DVD+/-RW (Free - $30)
PSU: Antec TP-650 ($50)
Keyboard: Logitech G110 ($35)
Mouse: Razer Naga ($40)
Game Pad: Logitech G13 ($30)
Monitor: Acer s240hl (Free - $110)
Headset: Logitech G930 ($75)
Items that are denoted "Free" simply mean that I had them on me already but I denoted the price so I can laugh at how much I paid in 10 years
I would say the biggest mistake is probably the CPU. When ordering I did not realize I ordered the "non-K" version but I did not fret too much since I was expecting to spend so much or else I would have probably went with an i7-4xxxxk. It would be a pain to replace this part (due to merchant, how I paid, etc), but do you think it would be worthwhile?
The only other nitpicks I could think of is that the motherboard leaves little leeway on upgrades, but really the only upgrades would be to add another video card or more RAM. Ram would be easy to pop in another stick for 16GB (any more is kinda pointless) and for the video card, by the point he has enough money for a new video card/upgrade, it will probably be more worthwhile to just upgrade to a newer GPU (In a year or two?).
PS: The main reason I posted this is so I can keep a public record of what I used encase I needed to reference it in the future and to gloat of what such a good brother I am
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