Slightly beefed office build <600

jcomps

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Building a computer for family member, looking for a slightly beefed office build. Working off the $600 system builder marathon. Will be building (2) of these.

Approximate Purchase Date: This Week

Budget Range: $600 before rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Office work, web surfing, occasional game

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com and/or Microcenter (Prop Newegg, but Microcenter is close)

Country: US

Parts Preferences: Intel

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050 min, may buy a new monitor, suggestions appreciated but don't count toward budget

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This is where I'm at so far:

CPU Intel Core i3-2120 $119
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007671%2050001157%20600005584&IsNodeId=1

CPU Cooler Intel Boxed Heat Sink and Fan $0

Motherboard MSI PH61A-P35 $74
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130609&Tpk=MSI%20PH61A-P35

RAM G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin  $35
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231422&cm_sp=Cat_Memory-_-Daily_Deal-_-20-231-422

GPU Sapphire 100314-3L Radeon HD 6870 1 GB $165
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

HD HITACHI HDS721050CLA362 (0F10381) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"  $80
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145299

Case Xigmatek Asgard II B/B CPC-T45UC-U01 $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811815005

PSU Antec EarthWatts Green EA430D 430 W $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371034

Optical Samsung 22x DVD Burner SATA Model SH-222AB $17
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151233


Total $590
 

drunkducki

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http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354590 - $149.99
Core i5 2400 LGA 1155 Boxed Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-20-220-570-_-12232011_1 - $29.99 - $10MIR
Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory with heatshield Model PSD38G1600KH

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027 - $59.99
CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
 

michxymi

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If you need it for some light games at such resolution, AMD Llano is clearly the way to go. Way better motherboards (than H61/H67), way better graphics that will allow you to play some games without the need for disecrete gpu, about 5% (depending on applications) less CPU perfomance