Approximate Purchase Date: next 6 months
Budget Range: $500 to $660
System Usage: surfing the net, and some pdf design programs(nothing supper intense)
Are you buying a monitor:no
Do you need to buy OS: yes
Overclocking: no
SLI or Crossfire:no
here is the parts picker url
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WAKJ
here are the parts
cpu:amd atholn x4 760k
mob:MSI FM2-A75IA-E53
mem:CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB
hardrive:Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB
gpu:ASUS R7240-2GD3-L Radeon R7 240
case:Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced
case fan: COUGAR CF-V12HB Vortex
psu:COUGAR RSB400 400 Watt
5.25":ASUS 24X DVD
os:Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Other thoughts:
I had also thought about running a amd a6-5400k trinity apu instead of a gpu and cpu. I am not sure which is the better option. I also looked putting in a crucial m500 120 gb ssd for faster boot up and other applications, but because of the price I took it out. This is what I came up with for a first time mini itx build so let me know what can be better optimized per the price.
Budget Range: $500 to $660
System Usage: surfing the net, and some pdf design programs(nothing supper intense)
Are you buying a monitor:no
Do you need to buy OS: yes
Overclocking: no
SLI or Crossfire:no
here is the parts picker url
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2WAKJ
here are the parts
cpu:amd atholn x4 760k
mob:MSI FM2-A75IA-E53
mem:CORSAIR Vengeance 4GB
hardrive:Western Digital WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB
gpu:ASUS R7240-2GD3-L Radeon R7 240
case:Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced
case fan: COUGAR CF-V12HB Vortex
psu:COUGAR RSB400 400 Watt
5.25":ASUS 24X DVD
os:Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Other thoughts:
I had also thought about running a amd a6-5400k trinity apu instead of a gpu and cpu. I am not sure which is the better option. I also looked putting in a crucial m500 120 gb ssd for faster boot up and other applications, but because of the price I took it out. This is what I came up with for a first time mini itx build so let me know what can be better optimized per the price.