Help-Reliable Bld for bro-inlaw

[yeliyayue]

First draft:

Rosewill case and 350w psu: $39 (got lazy choose the cheapest)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147010

ASRock A75 FM1: $69 (because it has alot of features for the price)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157261

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB $29 (... )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

Llano 2.7GHz 65w Radeon HD 6410D $69 (Not sure about the 6410 I've only seen charts on the 6530)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103955

Corsair Nova Series 2 SSD 60gb $89 (HDD are $$$ right now and this is fast and cheap, plus i have a extra 1tb caviar green)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233188

Plus I'm looking for a new screen for my brother-inlaw approx $100

He does photo editing, and works for the court house so sometimes he's doing alot of online research from home. he wants the comp to be fast and reliable, I think the ssd and 8gb of g.skill x should be plenty fast.... for what he's using the comp for i could make it cheaper but he wants it to be upto date with tech and last awhile...

I dont know anything about fm1 except that its new, so i hope it has a future.

I'm worried mostly about the ssd, I kinda dont know a damn thing about them. I dont mind upgradeding firmware I've been doing stuff like that for years. so it doesnt have to be reliable out of the box. just as long as once i upgraded it i can let my bro-inlaw loose on the thing and not have to be working on it all the time

So I'm looking at around $300 for the tower and $100 for the monitor give or take.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! my brain is just about fried trying put this thing together(Theres so much new crap to research)

 

[crewton]

$300 for fast and reliable is going to be tough. I'm not up to date with the lower end amd processors to help you on that end but I will say that you should not buy a case+psu combo. That psu will be terrible and if you are going to go cheap on a component please don't skimp on the psu. It will destory the rest of your hardware.

 

[badtaylorx]

well at that price "fast" is not somthing you should expect

nor should you expect any "reliability" buying the cheapest power supply you can find...

@ 300$ a more reasonable expectation is "hey,,, it works!!!"

would the brother in law in question be able to "match" the investment you're putting forth??? even @ $500 you could have a "kinda fast" and "fairly reliable as long as he keeps

away from online porn" computer!!!


but you're on the right track with llano....id scrap the ssd and put that $$$ into the psu and a case......also if you get some faster ram llano apu's respond quite well in gaming and

video performance.....

 

[yeliyayue]

thxs for the replys He's flexible on the price and he'll never play games on it, that's why i decided on llano and not discrete gpu.
I found some faster ram on egg for a few bucks more and amazon has a ocz fatality modular 550w for $60 shipped so i'll go with that.
and i'll stick with a ssd, i'll just find one with sandforce and i think the system will be ready to go

 

[yeliyayue]

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