Hello, I am looking to build a machine for my father and would like to get as much bang for my buck as possible.
We visited Fry's today and my Dad was very interested in this PC:
Refurbished - HP m9636f Refurbished Desktop
Operating System - Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Windows Media Center 64bit w/ SP1
Processor - AMD® Phenom-9750 X4 Processor
Processor Speed - 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed - 3600 MHz HyperTransport 3.0
Memory - 8 GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM
Video Graphics - ATI Radeon HD4650 w/ 512MB, HDMI, DVI-I
Hard Drive - 750GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
Optical Drive - Blu-Ray Player & SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
Card Reader - 15-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader (SD, MMC, RS-MMC, MS, MS Pro/Duo, Pro Duo, SM, xD, mini SD, CF I/II, MD, MMC Mobile, MMC
Audio - ALC888S chipset, High Definition Surround Sound Capable, 7.1 channels
Network - 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45)
Wireless Network - 802.11 a/b/g/n
Being the novice PC builder that I am, I told my father I could build him a better machine for a better price.
I do not need to buy: Hard Drive, DvD-RW drive, OS.
Here is what I have came up with for a rig:
Case: Rosewill R5605-BK 0.8mm Japanese Cold Rolled Steel Front Mesh Design Dual 120mm Fans ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147083
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128394
hec X-Power Pro 600 600W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply - Retail $44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339025
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ - Retail $94.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193
AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail $99.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $189.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434
Total $573.94
Please take a look and let me know if anyone has some better ideas. Please note that I am not married to any particular brand or CPU, AMD vs Intel does not matter to me.
We visited Fry's today and my Dad was very interested in this PC:
Refurbished - HP m9636f Refurbished Desktop
Operating System - Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Windows Media Center 64bit w/ SP1
Processor - AMD® Phenom-9750 X4 Processor
Processor Speed - 2.4 GHz
Bus Speed - 3600 MHz HyperTransport 3.0
Memory - 8 GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM
Video Graphics - ATI Radeon HD4650 w/ 512MB, HDMI, DVI-I
Hard Drive - 750GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive (SATA)
Optical Drive - Blu-Ray Player & SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
Card Reader - 15-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader (SD, MMC, RS-MMC, MS, MS Pro/Duo, Pro Duo, SM, xD, mini SD, CF I/II, MD, MMC Mobile, MMC
Audio - ALC888S chipset, High Definition Surround Sound Capable, 7.1 channels
Network - 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45)
Wireless Network - 802.11 a/b/g/n
Being the novice PC builder that I am, I told my father I could build him a better machine for a better price.
I do not need to buy: Hard Drive, DvD-RW drive, OS.
Here is what I have came up with for a rig:
Case: Rosewill R5605-BK 0.8mm Japanese Cold Rolled Steel Front Mesh Design Dual 120mm Fans ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147083
GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128394
hec X-Power Pro 600 600W Continuous @ 40°C ATX12V V2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Power Supply - Retail $44.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817339025
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ - Retail $94.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193
AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail $99.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103706
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $189.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434
Total $573.94
Please take a look and let me know if anyone has some better ideas. Please note that I am not married to any particular brand or CPU, AMD vs Intel does not matter to me.