Approximate Purchase Date: February 2014
Budget Range: ~$600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, browsing, general home PC stuff
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Location: Northeastern US (sadly not near a MicroCenter)
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My current desktop is about 10 years old. I've replaced/upgraded parts of it (RAM, CPU, power supply, HDD), but the motherboard seems to have died. It's time. I don't game much, but that is what I'd use it for primarily. Mostly I just want the experience of building my own PC. I don't want it be able to play all the latest and greatest games at max settings, but it should probably last me a few years or have some upgrade potential. If this works out, I'll try an HTPC next.
I plan to re-use my current case and my power supply (650W Corsair), since that was a relatively recent upgrade. I'd also plan on moving both of my old hard drives over and have them and the SSD all back up to the 1TB drive. Does that make sense?
Here's what I've put together so far. Feedback, constructive insults, and ideas were I can cut costs or optimize would be much appreciated.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NN4f
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NN4f/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NN4f/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($116.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $641.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-05 13:49 EST-0500)
Thanks!
Budget Range: ~$600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, browsing, general home PC stuff
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Location: Northeastern US (sadly not near a MicroCenter)
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My current desktop is about 10 years old. I've replaced/upgraded parts of it (RAM, CPU, power supply, HDD), but the motherboard seems to have died. It's time. I don't game much, but that is what I'd use it for primarily. Mostly I just want the experience of building my own PC. I don't want it be able to play all the latest and greatest games at max settings, but it should probably last me a few years or have some upgrade potential. If this works out, I'll try an HTPC next.
I plan to re-use my current case and my power supply (650W Corsair), since that was a relatively recent upgrade. I'd also plan on moving both of my old hard drives over and have them and the SSD all back up to the 1TB drive. Does that make sense?
Here's what I've put together so far. Feedback, constructive insults, and ideas were I can cut costs or optimize would be much appreciated.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NN4f
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NN4f/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2NN4f/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($116.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($124.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.66 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB Video Card ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $641.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-05 13:49 EST-0500)
Thanks!
also changed the RAM to 1.5 volt, as RAM shouldn't need 1.65v to get to 1600.
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