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Baddd
August 6, 2014 12:32:03 PM
I was hoping to find some help with a bill I've put together.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Z9btLk
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($162.00 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: Samsung 840 evo SD 120gb ($89.99)
Total: $1251.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I want to get this build under $1200 but I'm not sure where to shave the cost. The $1200 has to be before rebates.
This is mainly a Web surfer, email checker, and will be used with XBMC for HD content, VOIP, and the occasional Minecraft session.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Z9btLk
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Micro Center)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive ($162.00 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: Samsung 840 evo SD 120gb ($89.99)
Total: $1251.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-06 14:41 EDT-0400
I want to get this build under $1200 but I'm not sure where to shave the cost. The $1200 has to be before rebates.
This is mainly a Web surfer, email checker, and will be used with XBMC for HD content, VOIP, and the occasional Minecraft session.
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festerovic
August 6, 2014 12:44:01 PM
thor220
August 6, 2014 12:55:26 PM
Are you planning on renting dvds? Otherwise it might be good to drop the dvd drive. If you have another system with a drive you can just copy/stream any dvds you own over.
Drop the aftermarket cooler as well. You aren't overclocking.
Since you won't be doing sli you can get a micro atx motherboard
ASRock H81M-HDS LGA 1150 - $49.99
http://www.microcenter.com/product/419739/H81M-HDS_LGA_...
Drop the aftermarket cooler as well. You aren't overclocking.
Since you won't be doing sli you can get a micro atx motherboard
ASRock H81M-HDS LGA 1150 - $49.99
http://www.microcenter.com/product/419739/H81M-HDS_LGA_...
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Shadowblade2652
August 6, 2014 1:06:25 PM
Drop the 4TB drive and get a 2TB one. The 4TB drive is a waste of money anyways because unless you store a lot of junk (which is bad, please do not do that) you'll never finish up all of the 4 TB. 2TB is the best you can get, and it'll shave a good $50 off your build. Also drop the DVD drive. This isn't the stone age.
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festerovic
August 6, 2014 1:08:01 PM
Overclockable mobo and K series chip suggests overclocking... If you aren't overclocking, get the non-k series version of the CPU. I don't agree with THor on mATX board, they are very limited. I have that Asus board and its worth the extra money if you can swing it. Its not required, the matx will work also, but it may bite you in the ass if you want to add stuff later.
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Baddd
August 6, 2014 1:21:40 PM
thanks for the quick answers. If I take both of your pieces of advice I put together this.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fQqsVn
Seems like a good solution to me! I can't lose the dvd player either, the other computers in the house are very very old. The're from the dial-up era.
I couldn't find the 760ti for sale yet, so I went for the 760. It's way better than the 750ti, but not sure how it compares to radeon.
Edit: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DNP6NG
Couple more changes!
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/fQqsVn
Seems like a good solution to me! I can't lose the dvd player either, the other computers in the house are very very old. The're from the dial-up era.
I couldn't find the 760ti for sale yet, so I went for the 760. It's way better than the 750ti, but not sure how it compares to radeon.
Edit: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DNP6NG
Couple more changes!
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Shadowblade2652
August 6, 2014 1:26:36 PM
Baddd
August 6, 2014 1:34:53 PM
festerovic
August 6, 2014 2:13:55 PM
Shadowblade2652
August 6, 2014 2:17:22 PM
festerovic said:
LOL shadowblade I have 10+ TB of tv shows, movies and music for my whole family 4tb isn't what it used to be. Blurays are 50 GB apiece, so thats only 20 movies per TB. Also, how are you going to use that windows 8.1 DVD now? lol.
2TB is enough for gamers.
And games can go up to 50GB.
I'd say 2TB is plenty enough.
Also you could just buy the Windows 8 license from Microsoft and then download it to a USB drive. Then you don't need a DVD drive
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Shadowblade2652
August 6, 2014 2:19:18 PM
festerovic said:
LOL shadowblade I have 10+ TB of tv shows, movies and music for my whole family 4tb isn't what it used to be. Blurays are 50 GB apiece, so thats only 20 movies per TB. Also, how are you going to use that windows 8.1 DVD now? lol.
He had a dvd-drive not a blu-ray drive which suggests that he doesn't use Blu-Ray. DVD's max out at like 9 GB so that's 5x20 which is 400 movies total for the HDD.
Who in their right mind owns 400 DVDs?
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Baddd
August 6, 2014 2:22:48 PM
Shadowblade2652 said:
I cannot stress this enough. Drop the 4TB drive and get either 1TB or 2TB. Unless you've got a 500 movie collection that you want to store you'll probably want to just stick with a 2TB drive and either use cloud storage or upgrade it later.Shadowblade2652 said:
festerovic said:
LOL shadowblade I have 10+ TB of tv shows, movies and music for my whole family 4tb isn't what it used to be. Blurays are 50 GB apiece, so thats only 20 movies per TB. Also, how are you going to use that windows 8.1 DVD now? lol.
2TB is enough for gamers.
And games can go up to 50GB.
I'd say 2TB is plenty enough.
Also you could just buy the Windows 8 license from Microsoft and then download it to a USB drive. Then you don't need a DVD drive
I think that for the purpose of this build 2tb will be enough. I'm still torn about the dvd drive. But I will leave that decision up to the person who will be using this in the end. They have alot of DVD movies, and some blu-ray, but i dont know how much will actually be copied into he drive... time will tell, and all things in this build can be upgraded later.
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festerovic
August 6, 2014 2:30:33 PM
SamiSC
August 6, 2014 2:33:43 PM
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($290.20 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1065.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-06 17:32 EDT-0400
Base Total: $1185.37
Promo Discounts: -$29.79
Mail-in Rebates: -$90.00
Total: $1065.58
you can drop the SSD and change some stuff.
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($83.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($290.20 @ Newegg)
Case: Enermax ECA3253-BL ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1065.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-06 17:32 EDT-0400
Base Total: $1185.37
Promo Discounts: -$29.79
Mail-in Rebates: -$90.00
Total: $1065.58
you can drop the SSD and change some stuff.
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SamiSC
August 6, 2014 2:36:01 PM
Shadowblade2652
August 6, 2014 2:37:37 PM
Shadowblade2652
August 6, 2014 2:38:42 PM
festerovic said:
There is no optical drive on the edit build above. You need an optical drive, DVD at least.Shadowblade are you inferring that I am not in my right mind?
Because although I agree, its not from my movie collection
(which is well past 400 by now). Just curious though, why would you put DVD's onto a storage media? If you already have them as DVD's why put them on your computer and have two copies that waste space?
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festerovic
August 6, 2014 4:21:36 PM
Shadowblade2652
August 6, 2014 4:32:19 PM
thor220
August 6, 2014 6:51:38 PM
festerovic said:
LOL shadowblade I have 10+ TB of tv shows, movies and music for my whole family 4tb isn't what it used to be. Blurays are 50 GB apiece, so thats only 20 movies per TB. Also, how are you going to use that windows 8.1 DVD now? lol.
You can get blu-rays down to 20GB lossless with MKV easy. Although I can see how someone with a huge collection needs a large amount of space. I only have around 480 Gbs of videos and I try to get the best quality I can if I'm not encoding it myself.
The best thing about hard drives is that you can always order a new one later. Currently I won't get any drive that has more than one platter (some 3tb drives and 4tb). They use more power and have a higher failure rate.
I think this guy will be fine with 2 tb for now. If he needs to he can always add an internal/external later.
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