- Feb 9, 2014
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Approximate Purchase Date: Now - May
Location: IL, USA
Budget Range: $700 max before rebates, prefer it under $600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Must run The Sims 3 on medium-high settings and handle 300 DPI photoshop files at 8x10in and above
Are you buying a monitor: No.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes but might install a Linux distro to begin with
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon and Newegg, but am open to others. Ebay is good too.
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU
Overclocking, SLI or Crossfire: No
Additional Comments: This will be my first build. I know it's more of a hassle, but I would like it as compact as possible and am fine with having to use an APU or low profile graphics card because of that. I was looking at the kaveri APUs and considering a super small form factor build using one of those instead, but the A8-7600 hasn't hit the market yet and I'm afraid I might have issues with the new FM3+ motherboards since this is my first build.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Current PC (Dell Dimension 3000) is almost eight years old.. I've stopped drawing and playing games because of it. I'm not a real gamer at the moment, but would like to get back into playing casually. I want a card or APU that will run the Sims 3 and a modern MMO like Wizardry on medium settings just to be on the safe side.
These don't include DVD drives, but I will be needing one. I have a 500gb laptop hard drive I want to use too.
Possible build 1 (MicroATX):
Possible build 2 (Mini-itx):
I hope I did this right.. thank you so much for looking.
Location: IL, USA
Budget Range: $700 max before rebates, prefer it under $600
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Must run The Sims 3 on medium-high settings and handle 300 DPI photoshop files at 8x10in and above
Are you buying a monitor: No.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes but might install a Linux distro to begin with
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon and Newegg, but am open to others. Ebay is good too.
Parts Preferences: AMD CPU
Overclocking, SLI or Crossfire: No
Additional Comments: This will be my first build. I know it's more of a hassle, but I would like it as compact as possible and am fine with having to use an APU or low profile graphics card because of that. I was looking at the kaveri APUs and considering a super small form factor build using one of those instead, but the A8-7600 hasn't hit the market yet and I'm afraid I might have issues with the new FM3+ motherboards since this is my first build.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Current PC (Dell Dimension 3000) is almost eight years old.. I've stopped drawing and playing games because of it. I'm not a real gamer at the moment, but would like to get back into playing casually. I want a card or APU that will run the Sims 3 and a modern MMO like Wizardry on medium settings just to be on the safe side.
These don't include DVD drives, but I will be needing one. I have a 500gb laptop hard drive I want to use too.
Possible build 1 (MicroATX):
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
GPU: Asus Radeon HD 6570 2GB Video Card
Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case
PSU: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: Kingston XMP Blu Red Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
GPU: Asus Radeon HD 6570 2GB Video Card
Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case
PSU: Corsair Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply
Possible build 2 (Mini-itx):
CPU: AMD A10-6700 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
HD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case
PSU: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
HD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Case: Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case
PSU: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
I hope I did this right.. thank you so much for looking.
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