Non-Gaming Build ($500 budget)

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1WxwJ

This build is NOT for gaming, just light-medium office work including MS Office, Adobe CS6, and of course some Netflix. I do realize that the Phenom CPU + mobo are older, but i would rather reuse my old parts and use the money saved on extra ram + SSD.
Any feedback & opinions are of course welcome. Thanks!
 
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My comments will be pretty minor.

1) PSU:
The Antec VP450 is a better power supply for about the same price. After I got the same Corsair you linked and it BLEW UP I did some more research including an indepth review I could link.

2) Great SSD.
However, I strongly suggest you get another drive to make periodic IMAGE backups to, as well as use a program like SyncbackSE (free version) to auto-copy any folder you want to it.

If it's a budget thing, consider the 120GB SSD and getting a 500GB or 1TB HDD as well.

3) I assume you have a copy of 64-bit Windows Vista/7/8. If not you'll need that.

Not much to say really.
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My comments will be pretty minor.

1) PSU:
The Antec VP450 is a better power supply for about the same price. After I got the same Corsair you linked and it BLEW UP I did some more research including an indepth review I could link.

2) Great SSD.
However, I strongly suggest you get another drive to make periodic IMAGE backups to, as well as use a program like SyncbackSE (free version) to auto-copy any folder you want to it.

If it's a budget thing, consider the 120GB SSD and getting a 500GB or 1TB HDD as well.

3) I assume you have a copy of 64-bit Windows Vista/7/8. If not you'll need that.

Not much to say really.
 
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