Mini-tower Photo Booth PC

madcar86

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I need to build a mini PC for my father. It doesnt need to be very powerful, just enough to run a Photo booth software called Darkroom Booth. I have looked for hardware requirements on the spec sheet, and of course they dont really have any. So my guess is that they are not very demanding.

The only real requirement I have is that it needs to fit in space about 5in deep, so I was looking at the Silverstone RVZ02B for the case. Below is my build so far, I need help picking a CPU and motherboard. Any other help or suggestions is appreciated.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($32.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Crucial BX200 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Silverstone RVZ02B HTPC Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair SF 450W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular SFX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Other: Win 10 Pro ($45.00)
Total: $296.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I think an i3 would handle the task just fine:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Silverstone RVZ02B HTPC Case ($64.99 @...

USAFRet

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Well, we don't want pops business to get in trouble with a bogus OS.
Sure, might be a discount. But probably not.
 

Geekwad

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I think an i3 would handle the task just fine:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard ($67.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($26.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.98 @ OutletPC)
Case: Silverstone RVZ02B HTPC Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($48.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($83.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $495.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 
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USAFRet

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I prefer to assist people to not get in that situation to start with.
Listen...I'm not going to get into a whole big thing over this.

Let's go back to the hardware.
 

USAFRet

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I like this one.
 

madcar86

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Thanks guys, to answer the question about the OS. I work for an IT firm, employee's get a discount on OS. They buy in bulk and then whatever is leftover after deploying new PCs to the company, employees can buy the extras.
 

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