Good Low End Build?

snowctrl

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It's a good low end build. If you wanna play games though, you really need to consider a graphics card. Otherwise, fine.

Personally I would consider a hybrid drive instead of the Caviar Blue for quicker boot speed, program loads etc.
 

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Just casual computer usage. Watching youtube videos, playing a few minor games (e.g. Roblox), playing dvds, using word processors, etc.
 

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Could you further elaborate on "hybrid drive"?

 

snowctrl

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http://www.ebuyer.com/544877-seagate-1tb-desktop-3-5-sshd-st1000dx001

Basically a hybrid drive is a hard drive with a small SSD incorporated as a caching drive with clever on-board firmware that determines which sectors of the discs are accessed most frequently so as to cache them, resuting in SSD-speed loads of your most used software, and much faster computer boot times.

I've built a few computers recently using hybrid drives (also known as SSHDs) and they're a really good way to speed up a low-cost computer.