Hey guys,
My laptop has not been able to keep up with the CAD and light Gaming that I do as an Engineering student and i'm looking to build a desktop for $400 dollars or less that will better support my activities. I realize that at that price it'll be unlikely that I can get a machine that will fully support CAD software. Fortunately my campus has sweet machines at my disposal. I mainly need something that will make-do while i'm at home.
My intentions are to start a build that I can upgrade when more funds come my way. Here's the parts i've come up with:
Could anyone give some feedback on the compatibility of these parts or even suggest better and/or cheaper alternatives?
My laptop has not been able to keep up with the CAD and light Gaming that I do as an Engineering student and i'm looking to build a desktop for $400 dollars or less that will better support my activities. I realize that at that price it'll be unlikely that I can get a machine that will fully support CAD software. Fortunately my campus has sweet machines at my disposal. I mainly need something that will make-do while i'm at home.
My intentions are to start a build that I can upgrade when more funds come my way. Here's the parts i've come up with:
Optical drive:
LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
Case:
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Hard Drive:
Western Digital WD Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3P AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
Graphics Card:
EVGA 02G-P3-2639-KR GeForce GT 630 2GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
Power Supply:
Rosewill Green Series RG630-S12 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Single 12V Rail, Active PFC "Compatible with Core i7,i5" Power Supply
Memory:
G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR
Processor:
AMD FX-6350 Vishera 3.9GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6350FRHKBOX
Could anyone give some feedback on the compatibility of these parts or even suggest better and/or cheaper alternatives?