Advice re: <$1K build. Class Assignment. Very novice.

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

StMant00th

Commendable
Aug 22, 2016
2
0
1,510
Hello,
Posting in case anyone reading this is extremely bored and wants to help someone with no clue about computers with a beginner’s assignment for “IT Essentials”. The assignment? With $1000 build the best computer I can with parts purchased at Newegg. Peripherals and O/S already assumed owned. This is just the case and what goes in it. I am almost at $1000 now. I need to switch something because I still need a few things. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Here’s where I’m at:

CASE: Thermaltake Chaser Series Chaser MK-I $114.99
PSU: CORSAIR RMi Series RM750i CP-9020082-NA/RF $89.99
MOBO: MSI Gaming AM3+/AM3 AMD 970 $99.99
CPU: AMD FD8350 193.85
Heatsink/Fan:TR2-R1 Amd AM2 Cooler $21.98
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) F3-1600C9D-16GXM $67.99
SSD: SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal MZ-75E500B/AM $158.06
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 04G-P4-2972-RX 4GB GAMING w/ACX 2.0, Silent Cooling (refurbished) $209.99

Need (pretty sure): DIMM or SODIMM Memory, NIC card, Sound Card, cables to connect PSU, Mobo, GPU, fan
Need (maybe??) USB Port, Thunderbolt Card? RAID adapter card? PCI slots? Sata Cable?
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
Barty1884

Barty1884

Retired Moderator
Apr 16, 2015
22,250
1,350
108,740
'Best' is pretty subjective. Best at what specifically? Any idea?

Best 'all-round'? I'd say this:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($61.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB WINDFORCE OC 6G Video Card ($274.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H23 ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($61.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $985.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-22 17:31 EDT-0400

You already had DIMM's listed? A NIC and Sound card are not necessary. Onboard is totally fine these days.

Cables to connect PSU, Mobo, GPU are all included with the components purchased.
USB ports are on the board & case, thunderbolt is unlikely to be necessary. PCI/PCIe slots are on the board and SATA cables are included. You don't have appropriate storage to actually configure in RAID, so a seperate RAID card is unnecessary.
 
Upvote 1 Downvote
S

StMant00th

Commendable
Aug 22, 2016
2
0
1,510
Thanks for the input. I think the teacher was trying to get us to just create the best computer we could for under $1K. Thank you for this. Unfortunately, I can't use your work & take credit for it, because that would be cheating. But think you answered another concern I was having, and that was have I included everything someone would need to build a computer. And I figured a RAID was something much fancier that what I was building. The only time I've ever heard RAID was where I used to work and one of our servers was having problems. Thank you very much again for your time! Much obliged.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
King Dranzer

King Dranzer

Splendid
Aug 16, 2016
5,041
318
29,140
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z170 Pro4S ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($101.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2800 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Windforce OC Video Card ($419.99 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($51.98 @ PCM)
Total: $1006.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-23 22:09 EDT-0400
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom