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Do this components for home office PC work together?

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May 4, 2014 4:42:01 PM

Hi,
this weekend I tried the first time in years putting together components for a home office system. The PC will mostly be used for office applications, internet research, some photoshop. Maybe it will be used for more demanding applications in the future, therefore it should be possible to upgrade it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Included CPU cooler should be enough for the moment I guess.
Motherboard: Asus H87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($150.41 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Micro Center)
Video Card: Onboard GPU should be enough
Case: Thermaltake VL80001W2Z ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $665.32
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-04 19:29 EDT-0400)

Display (17''), Mouse and Keyboard are already bought.

As already mentioned, it was a long time ago, since I did this the last time. I would really appreciate if somebody could take the time to look through my selection, and tell if this works together this way or if I forgot something. Thx.

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May 4, 2014 5:01:41 PM

All looks good, except that you probably want to add a 1TB or larger HDD. The 120SSD is great for the OS and applications, but once you start adding docs/images/etc...it will fill quickly.
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May 4, 2014 5:44:15 PM

Thank you USAFRet and casper1973!

I was thinking about a 1TB HDD, after your answers I will definitely add it: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.44 @ Amazon)

About the motherboard, neither the ASRock nor the Gigabyte is available in the local shop, and as the Asus is only about 10$ more I don't want to wait.
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