What I need:
A mid-tower PC that will serve me well for at least the next 3 years for a home office on which I will do writing, online searches, audio editing and photo editing. I would like to keep the price for components I need under $500 but could go up. I would want an SSD as the primary drive.
What I already have:
--A decent video card, EVGA NVidia GTX 650 Ti Boost (new, gifted to me)
--A 1T Seagate Barracuda hard drive (to use as secondary storage)
--A good widescreen monitor
--An OEM copy of Win7 that I might upgrade to Win 10 (not sure I can use this with a new MB).
--A DVD player/burner
My idea (New Egg prices) total $642 plus shipping, more than my budget but not a lot more.
CPU I5 4430 185
MB ASUS z97A 139
RAM Crucial 8G 53
SSD Crucial 240 GB 85
PS Antec HCG-620W 80
CASE Enthoo Pro 100
Thoughts, anyone? Is this stuff compatible? Do I need a heat sink/fan?
A mid-tower PC that will serve me well for at least the next 3 years for a home office on which I will do writing, online searches, audio editing and photo editing. I would like to keep the price for components I need under $500 but could go up. I would want an SSD as the primary drive.
What I already have:
--A decent video card, EVGA NVidia GTX 650 Ti Boost (new, gifted to me)
--A 1T Seagate Barracuda hard drive (to use as secondary storage)
--A good widescreen monitor
--An OEM copy of Win7 that I might upgrade to Win 10 (not sure I can use this with a new MB).
--A DVD player/burner
My idea (New Egg prices) total $642 plus shipping, more than my budget but not a lot more.
CPU I5 4430 185
MB ASUS z97A 139
RAM Crucial 8G 53
SSD Crucial 240 GB 85
PS Antec HCG-620W 80
CASE Enthoo Pro 100
Thoughts, anyone? Is this stuff compatible? Do I need a heat sink/fan?
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