I'm on a pretty low budget, under $600 (USA). This is for a home studio, so it needs a decent sound card. I also want us to be able to chill and play some 720p games and maybe medium settings. It doesn't need to be anything special, as we primarily work with Audacity.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($99.69 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Inwin BP655.300TB3L Mini ITX Tower Case w/200W Power Supply ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified TFX Power Supply ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: HP DVD1265I DVD/CD Writer ($28.98 @ Newegg)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($43.99 @ Mwave)
Total: $586.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-13 23:22 EDT-0400)
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD A10-7850K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard ($99.69 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 2.5" 10000RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Inwin BP655.300TB3L Mini ITX Tower Case w/200W Power Supply ($54.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80+ Bronze Certified TFX Power Supply ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: HP DVD1265I DVD/CD Writer ($28.98 @ Newegg)
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($43.99 @ Mwave)
Total: $586.60
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-13 23:22 EDT-0400)