- Oct 7, 2013
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Hey tom's Hardware community! I'm looking at building a PC for use in our living room. It'll be used for HTPC stuff (mainly Netflix, Hulu, the odd DVD, and showing pictures) and some moderate gaming (I'd like to play in 1080p at medium/high settings with 30+ frames. Games like Minecraft, Skyrim, and anything new that might come out). Here's really what I'm looking for:
-Something that looks nice (the wife wants something other than a boring old box)
-Something that will run QUIET so we can hear movies without turning up the volume
-The aforementioned gaming (1080p at medium/high, 30+ frames)
-Budget is about $600-650
I'd also like something that I can crossfire/sli in the future. Here's what I came up with so far:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LPGo
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LPGo/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LPGo/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($90.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Predator Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone SST-PS07W (White) MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $605.50
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-07 03:27 EDT-0400)
Can you guys recommend anything else that might be better? Looking to build around the end of the month or beginning of November.
(Also, for the RAM, I chose that due to price. Is the 2133 going to fry my motherboard, or will it just run slow at 1600 (MoBo max)?)
Just trying to get some ideas. Thanks!
-Something that looks nice (the wife wants something other than a boring old box)
-Something that will run QUIET so we can hear movies without turning up the volume
-The aforementioned gaming (1080p at medium/high, 30+ frames)
-Budget is about $600-650
I'd also like something that I can crossfire/sli in the future. Here's what I came up with so far:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LPGo
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LPGo/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1LPGo/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($90.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Kingston Predator Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone SST-PS07W (White) MicroATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $605.50
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-07 03:27 EDT-0400)
Can you guys recommend anything else that might be better? Looking to build around the end of the month or beginning of November.
(Also, for the RAM, I chose that due to price. Is the 2133 going to fry my motherboard, or will it just run slow at 1600 (MoBo max)?)
Just trying to get some ideas. Thanks!
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