- Mar 30, 2012
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Approximate Purchase Date: In the next several days
Budget Range: up to $600 After Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Home Theater, Gaming (SC2, Diablo 3), Web surfing
Parts Not Required: (e.g.: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS) Already have keyboard, mouse, speakers, OS (Win 7 Ultimate)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg (I don't have a Microcenter near me)
Country: US
Parts Preferences: I don't have anything against AMD, but I think I'm going to stick with Intel for this build.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: I'll most likely be using my 1080p TV as a monitor.
Additional Comments: I'm not sure whether I'll need a GPU to start off with, but if I can find a great bang-for-the-buck I'll pick it up then. I'm leaning towards a mid tower mainly b/c this will be my first build and I don't want to have plenty of space to work with. I also am thinking about 2 years down the road about upgrading to Ivy Bridge, but Sandy Bridge will be just fine for now. Also, I intend to keep most of my kids DVDs on the system so we don't have to rely on our DVD player all that often and can play movies over HDMI to our 1080p TV.
-Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
-Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
-ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
-SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (if I choose to get it now)
-Antec EarthWatts EA-500D Green 500W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply (I'm thinking this would be the max I'd need even with the 6850)
-I'm not sure about the RAM. I'll take your suggestions regarding 4 or 8 GB.
-Samsung by Seagate Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ/ST500DM005 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (I would like to add a 1TB drive to this once prices come down)
-LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
That should add up to around $600. That's the max of what I want to spend. All I want is to have something that will be powerful enough for my needs now, and then in a couple of years, still be able to upgrade things like the CPU and GPU if my processing needs increase by then. Please let me know your thoughts on what I've put together, and if it can be made more efficient. Thanks!
Budget Range: up to $600 After Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Home Theater, Gaming (SC2, Diablo 3), Web surfing
Parts Not Required: (e.g.: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS) Already have keyboard, mouse, speakers, OS (Win 7 Ultimate)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg (I don't have a Microcenter near me)
Country: US
Parts Preferences: I don't have anything against AMD, but I think I'm going to stick with Intel for this build.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Monitor Resolution: I'll most likely be using my 1080p TV as a monitor.
Additional Comments: I'm not sure whether I'll need a GPU to start off with, but if I can find a great bang-for-the-buck I'll pick it up then. I'm leaning towards a mid tower mainly b/c this will be my first build and I don't want to have plenty of space to work with. I also am thinking about 2 years down the road about upgrading to Ivy Bridge, but Sandy Bridge will be just fine for now. Also, I intend to keep most of my kids DVDs on the system so we don't have to rely on our DVD player all that often and can play movies over HDMI to our 1080p TV.
-Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
-Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100
-ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
-SAPPHIRE 100315L Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity (if I choose to get it now)
-Antec EarthWatts EA-500D Green 500W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply (I'm thinking this would be the max I'd need even with the 6850)
-I'm not sure about the RAM. I'll take your suggestions regarding 4 or 8 GB.
-Samsung by Seagate Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ/ST500DM005 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive (I would like to add a 1TB drive to this once prices come down)
-LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM
That should add up to around $600. That's the max of what I want to spend. All I want is to have something that will be powerful enough for my needs now, and then in a couple of years, still be able to upgrade things like the CPU and GPU if my processing needs increase by then. Please let me know your thoughts on what I've put together, and if it can be made more efficient. Thanks!
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