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June 6, 2013 1:33:48 AM

I have designed a Budget PC based off of http://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/index.phtml?bid=2.

I've looked through, seems to be all compatible, but would someone please be able to take a look and see if I haven't missed anything.

Budget PC Build $400
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D2V/B75/2 x DDR3/3 x PCI-E/1 x SATA3/4 x USB3.0/D-SUB/DVI-D/GBLAN/ mATX
CPU: Intel PENTIUM G2120/3.10GHz/3MB CACHE/LGA1155
RAM: Kingston KHX16C9X3K2/8X 8G(2x4G) GDDR3 1600MHz CL9 XMP 10th Anniversary Series
HDD: Seagate SATA3 1TB 7200RPM 64mb Cache
OPTICAL: Samsung SATA Black Internal DVD±RW Drive
CASE: Thermaltake V4 Mid Tower Case Black Edition with 500W PSU USB3.0
Extra: 2 x CoolerMaster 12CM Transpart Blue Led Rifle Bearing Case Fan(R4-L2R-20A

If there are any changes needed, please notify me and base it off of the provided website.
Thanks.

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June 6, 2013 1:43:35 AM

Your build is fully compatible.
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June 6, 2013 1:45:52 AM

Thanks, just as I said I wanted someone to look over it for me again.

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June 6, 2013 2:09:50 AM

Kingston has a habit of setting their DIMMs to 1.65V, which voids the warranty on your CPU. Suggest you go for something like: http://umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?i...

Or anything 1.5V or lower.

EDIT: If you intend to game a dedicated GPU is a pretty good idea. You won't need those extra fans.

I'd suggest buying the PSU separately - those that come with cases are usually pretty low quality.
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June 6, 2013 2:34:27 AM

Someone Somewhere said:
Kingston has a habit of setting their DIMMs to 1.65V, which voids the warranty on your CPU. Suggest you go for something like: http://umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.phtml?i...

Thanks, I'll be sure to switch that out.

Someone Somewhere said:
If you intend to game a dedicated GPU is a pretty good idea. You won't need those extra fans.

It is not intended for gaming, but everyday business use for my Uncle. He wants something with a bit of speed. The extra fans are to make it look cooler. But if it is not need I may drop the top fan at least to subside for the RAM being slightly higher price.
The reason behind the budget is that he was going to buy a computer from in-store and I said I could basically double the performance for the same price.
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June 6, 2013 2:45:26 AM

OK; that's good.

Strongly suggest you get the case and PSU separately though - TT doesn't have a great reputation. 300W+ from the brands in my sig is fine.
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June 6, 2013 3:03:22 AM

Someone Somewhere said:
Strongly suggest you get the case and PSU separately though - TT doesn't have a great reputation. 300W+ from the brands in my sig is fine.

If I were to get a CoolerMaster Case with PSU, would that be OK?
Or would you suggest no PSU and put http://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/Products-details.pht... in instead?
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June 6, 2013 3:26:42 AM

Cooler Master PSUs are worse, and the ones cases come with are their hopeless Thermal Master spinoff, which are worse again. Antec are pretty good though.

Cases from all those manufacturers are fine.

That PSU you linked is OK.
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June 6, 2013 3:28:33 AM

Someone Somewhere said:
Cooler Master PSUs are worse, and the ones cases come with are their hopeless Thermal Master spinoff, which are worse again. Antec are pretty good though.

Cases from all those manufacturers are fine.

That PSU you linked is OK.


OK thanks, that helped me out a lot, I will make the final changes now and see what my Uncle thinks.
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