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Hershy05

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Approximate Purchase Date: Week of Black Friday around 11/28/14

Budget Range: $800

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Surfing the internet, watching movies, Microsoft Office

Are you buying a monitor: No


Parts to Upgrade: All parts.

Do you need to buy OS: Yes (windows 7 professional seems like best choice to me)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, and maybe NCIX.com if cheaper

Location: City, Washington State

Parts Preferences: Corsair and ASUS seem pretty solid. A silent CPU Cooler would be nice as well, maybe Noctua. Are on-board graphics good enough?

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1440x900, and 1920x1080 to watch on Living room TV somehow, via cable or wireless HDMI

Additional Comments: I would like a seamless experience, thinking of getting a 120 SSD as well. Perhaps this should be a small case to transfer between computer room and living room.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: New PC for parents. Also looking to build a similar PC for sister, she does have a 1920x1080 monitor, buy they wouldn't be watching movies on it.
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KmD623
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KmD623/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.49 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 37.8 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.59 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Aerocool DS-Cube Black/White MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($103.99 @ Mwave)...
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Sounds like a fun build. I'd recommend the Intel Pentium G3258. CPU cooler not necessary. Radeon HD 7770 or R7 250X. Go Mini-ITX for size, doesn't seem like you'll need much to fit in the case. Get one that will allow a full size 450W power supply (they're out there). And an SSD is a must, they're just so cheap these days. Opt for a larger SSD, pay the extra, then use that as your primary storage (unless you think they'd have a lot of downloads). You can probably do this for less than $650, OS and other software included.

^should note, this is based on my knowledge for building gaming PC's. I'd prefer that line of thinking when it comes to components because I know they work. It's probably still overkill, however. You MAY be able to get away with a upper tier AMD APU and no extra graphics, but I don't entirely trust the tech yet, but that's admittedly bias.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.98 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($88.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 280 3GB TWIN FROZR Video Card ($202.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($38.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $776.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-30 22:42 EDT-0400
 
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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KmD623
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KmD623/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($59.49 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L12 37.8 CFM CPU Cooler ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($85.59 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($119.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Aerocool DS-Cube Black/White MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($103.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $721.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-30 22:51 EDT-0400
 
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Here are the things that I would probably get come Black Friday, I think I could save $100 from items on sale, and of course items will change based on whats on sale.
I feel the 3.3 GHZ CPU would be excellent, the GPU is undecided, but i like Nvidia, and the smaller profile card. The power supply is best modular, and the case with big ol' handles to move around is perfect.

CPU 199.99 Intel Core i5-4590 Haswell Quad-Core 3.3GHz LGA 1150
GPU 149.99 EVGA 02G-P4-3753-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked 2GB 128-Bit
RAM 74.99 HyperX Fury Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
MOBO 79.99 ASRock H97M Pro4 LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s
COOLER 69.99 Noctua NH-L12 120mm & 92mm SSO Bearing PWM Fans
HD 59.99 Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
SSD 90.99 SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120BW 2.5" 120GB SATA III
CASE 99.99 BitFenix Prodigy M Midnight Black Steel/ Plastic Micro ATX Mini Tower
POWER 49.99 CORSAIR CXM series CX600M 600W ATX12V v2.3 SLI CrossFire 80 PLUS BRONZE
Total 875.91
 
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