Help me build a Sub $800 Non-Gaming PC

I'd go with the case you have if you like it. Would you want windows 7 or 8 (just built a friends computer this past saturday with 7 since it doesn't have as much of a learning curve)? Just how much video/ music editing do you need to do? It might be beneficial to put in a lower end GPU just to help with some of that if you're doing it extensively, also a sound card, lastly do you need a wireless access card?

Before you answer those questions this is the best I can come up with. WIth the rather large budget I fit in a 240GB ssd.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PpQ1

After some debate, I went with this. The A10 is going to be plenty for your uses and the good integrated graphics mean you don't need a video card for photo editing.

Also included: 1TB hard drive and the SSD you asked for. A Blu-Ray reader for movies.

I also decided to go with a mITX form factor for this build. I think you will enjoy the small size and lack of a huge bulky tower.



PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PpPR
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PpPR/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PpPR/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A85X-ITX Mini ITX FM2 Motherboard ($103.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($63.60 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case ($34.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($35.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS29 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $641.49
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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If you want to use your case, drop the motherboard and case I suggested and get this motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157331

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PpOx

Well, this should probably cover most of your needs. An SSD, a single terrabyte drive for real storage, blu-ray drive, the OS, an i3-3225 CPU with an h77 mobo and 8gb of RAM. Even a Radeon 6670 thrown in for good measure (you may not do any gaming now, but if you decide to in the future, at that resolution on your monitor it should at least tide you over until you decide to do more with it). Even a new case, but heck, you don't need it from what you've posted. And even before rebates and shipping, it's still under $800. You can always upgrade the CPU in the future as well, or you could go with this instead:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/PpTY

An i5-3350P CPU. This brings the sub-total to over $800, but after refunds it'll be closer to $785 or so. Again, removing the case from the equation, and you'll still be under $800 either way you want to go.

To both of you he doesn't need a new case. Also the A10 isn't going to be even close to a i5 (for photo editing you don't need more than integrated graphics anyways) and the same goes for the i3 (although better than the 10) in multithreaded applications.

He doesn't "need" a new case but mITX is super nice for the space saving since he has the budget for it. And that's not entirely true about not needing a video card. The extra cost of the i5 isn't justified here and I disagree about the i3 being better .

Think of the A10 being more so of a dual core with hyperthreading vs a quad core. This is due to the shared memory between every two cores. The i3 is a better choice because even though it's only running at 3.3 GHz thanks to the superior performance per clock it will outperform the A10 with the 3.8 Ghz clock.

Andrews build is pretty good. The HD 4000 is good enough for what the OP os doing. And the 240 GB SSD is a plus.

It's simply not worth the added expense. A Z77 motherboard and 3570k in a typical use, non-gaming rig? $800 to accomplish what he asked for is nonsense.

The difference in performance for what he is doing between the A10 or even i3 and 3570k is not worth $130 more.

The only place the difference might be noticeable is Photoshop and that would be a few seconds here and there?

Also,I do not recommend Biostar motherboards. Stick with AsRock, ASUS, or Gigabyte.

The difference in price is even bigger when I don't include a case, drop to a mATX mobo, and don't include a Blu-Ray drive.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps4P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps4P/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps4P/benchmarks/

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps4P
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps4P/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps4P/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD A10-5800K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($35.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $573.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-09 02:22 EDT-0400)
Now we're looking at over $150 cheaper.

Or, if OP wants to go Intel:

PPCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps3j
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps3j/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ps3j/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i3-3225 3.3GHz Dual-Core Processor ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($35.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS29 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $637.90
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-09 02:22 EDT-0400)

No problem. Good luck and let us know if you have any questions.