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I'd like to offer a "build challenge." Many of us have read (and picked over) the SBM selections over the years, which feature money budgets, most recently in the $650-$1250-$2600 ranges. I'd like to offer instead a different sort of challenge. I'd love it if the Tom's editors picked this up and ran off with it, but regardless... Here's the challenge:
Power for the system will be provided by a 400W continuous sine-wave inverter. That means there is a hard power budget of 400W at the wall. The load to be powered includes the monitor and any other peripherals, possibly including a small desk lamp (there's your wiggle room, lol), so all of those need to be specified in the build. The money budget is $1000 but a little flexible since it needs to include those other items. Internet access to be provided by an Aircard or other wireless device (assumed to be on-hand, so you don't need to include it in the budget, or power a modem/router).
Purposes include the usual gaming, browsing, email, Office, etc.
So, how would you build this system?
Power for the system will be provided by a 400W continuous sine-wave inverter. That means there is a hard power budget of 400W at the wall. The load to be powered includes the monitor and any other peripherals, possibly including a small desk lamp (there's your wiggle room, lol), so all of those need to be specified in the build. The money budget is $1000 but a little flexible since it needs to include those other items. Internet access to be provided by an Aircard or other wireless device (assumed to be on-hand, so you don't need to include it in the budget, or power a modem/router).
Purposes include the usual gaming, browsing, email, Office, etc.
So, how would you build this system?
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