Approximate Purchase Date: As soon as I have a workable set of components identified
Budget Range: $1000-$1500 after shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: trial Windows 10,General surfing, Genealogy, maybe some gaming
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Everything
Selected: CPU Intel Core i7-4790S Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 65W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I74790S (Amzn) $305
M/B Gigabyte H97 SATA Express M.2 SSD UEFI DualBIOS DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboard GA-H97-D3H (Amzn) $ 93
Case Antec Three Hundred Two Gaming Case, Black (Amzn) $ 60
PSU Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 850W TPG-850M SLI and CrossFire X Ready ATX12V 80PLUS Gold Power Supply TPG-850M (Amzn) $175
Memory 16GB kit (4GBx4) DDR3 PC3-12800 Unbuffered NON-ECC 1.5V 512Meg x 64 part #:CT585950 (Crucial) $204
M.2 SAMSUNG XP941 MZHPU256HCGL-00000 M.2 256GB PCI Express MLC Enterprise Solid State Drive (NewEgg) $250
Sata 3 Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST1000DM003 (Amzn) $ 54
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon. Newegg
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Fair Oaks, CA, USA
Parts Preferences: Intel, Crucial, Antec
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe later
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, may upgrade later
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC. Mostly I use Outlook, Work, Excel, Family Tree Maker an IE
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I am a retired Business Computing Consultant. My old machine is too out-of-date. it has been years since I last built a machine, and I want to build one with enough potential for games that my grandkids won't think my system is totally lame.
Budget Range: $1000-$1500 after shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: trial Windows 10,General surfing, Genealogy, maybe some gaming
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Everything
Selected: CPU Intel Core i7-4790S Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 65W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I74790S (Amzn) $305
M/B Gigabyte H97 SATA Express M.2 SSD UEFI DualBIOS DDR3 1600 LGA 1150 Motherboard GA-H97-D3H (Amzn) $ 93
Case Antec Three Hundred Two Gaming Case, Black (Amzn) $ 60
PSU Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 850W TPG-850M SLI and CrossFire X Ready ATX12V 80PLUS Gold Power Supply TPG-850M (Amzn) $175
Memory 16GB kit (4GBx4) DDR3 PC3-12800 Unbuffered NON-ECC 1.5V 512Meg x 64 part #:CT585950 (Crucial) $204
M.2 SAMSUNG XP941 MZHPU256HCGL-00000 M.2 256GB PCI Express MLC Enterprise Solid State Drive (NewEgg) $250
Sata 3 Seagate Barracuda 1 TB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST1000DM003 (Amzn) $ 54
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon. Newegg
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Fair Oaks, CA, USA
Parts Preferences: Intel, Crucial, Antec
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe later
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, may upgrade later
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC. Mostly I use Outlook, Work, Excel, Family Tree Maker an IE
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I am a retired Business Computing Consultant. My old machine is too out-of-date. it has been years since I last built a machine, and I want to build one with enough potential for games that my grandkids won't think my system is totally lame.