Looking for New Build for Work from home PC

tbeatm

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Sep 25, 2014
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Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next month.

Budget Range: 500-600 Preferably Before/After Rebates doesn't matter.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Processing, GNS3, watching videos, remote desktop, fast workhorse.

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any of them, CANADIAN please.

Location: Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Parts Preferences: I was leaning toward Intel because I think/assume there is more room to upgrade in the future? Please prove me wrong or let me know if that's true haha

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No


Additional Comments: I just need a reliable desktop at home that I can do all of my school work, remote desktop work and GNS3 for a good price. I want to be able to upgrade down the road, hopefully sooner rather than later but I just want the option. Something fast and I don't need a fancy case or anything like that, just a solid workhorse.


Thanks a lot!

 

Proofy

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ NCIX)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($53.75 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($85.13 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($138.95 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($55.99 @ Canada Computers)
Case: BitFenix Merc Beta (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Memory Express)
Total: $598.79
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-26 11:52 EDT-0400

Very nice cpu paired with an SSD you got youself a very fast computer here... If you want to do some gaming you will have to buy GPU later on.
 
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tbeatm

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Sep 25, 2014
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If my budget increased to 700-800, where should that money be allocated to? Thanks for the build as well, I like the look of it. I also need a wireless adapter, I just picked the $36 tp-link PCIe one.

Cheers
 

Proofy

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Well if you get 700-800$ then you could get 2x8GB RAM instead of 2x4, or better looking case, or maybe even faster cpu/mobo, depends

if you do get more money post me a new thread and I'll see what could be done :)