- Oct 5, 2012
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Hey, I was bored a figured I'd toss together a system designed for the person in your life that just wants a good computer that will get their day to day tasks done without worrying about gaming.
A few points...
I wanted a CPU with as many cores as possible, while not being worried about it being user powerful.
This isn't a gaming system, so integrated graphics were the way to go.
I wanted a motherboard that supported 6gb/s sata.
8GB of ram was a must, speed is far less important, since this isn't a gaming rig.
For storage I wanted two things, both size and speed without forcing the end user to fumble with more then one drive. A hybrid drive is the clear winner here. It offers the size of a hdd, and the speed of a SSD when using the system for the same general tasks day in and day out.
The case was more of a it's cheap and small pick, and the dvd drive could be replaced with a blu-ray if desired.
The PSU is bronze rated, and more then enough for this build.
For the OS I picked win 7 64, but this could easily be replaced with windows 8 if desired.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Co05
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Co05/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Co05/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD A8-5500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($59.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $489.88
As you might of noticed, this build includes windows. What I didn't include was a monitor, KB&M, or a wireless card.
A few points...
I wanted a CPU with as many cores as possible, while not being worried about it being user powerful.
This isn't a gaming system, so integrated graphics were the way to go.
I wanted a motherboard that supported 6gb/s sata.
8GB of ram was a must, speed is far less important, since this isn't a gaming rig.
For storage I wanted two things, both size and speed without forcing the end user to fumble with more then one drive. A hybrid drive is the clear winner here. It offers the size of a hdd, and the speed of a SSD when using the system for the same general tasks day in and day out.
The case was more of a it's cheap and small pick, and the dvd drive could be replaced with a blu-ray if desired.
The PSU is bronze rated, and more then enough for this build.
For the OS I picked win 7 64, but this could easily be replaced with windows 8 if desired.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Co05
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Co05/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3Co05/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD A8-5500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($95.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A78M-HD+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($59.97 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Micro Center)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $489.88
As you might of noticed, this build includes windows. What I didn't include was a monitor, KB&M, or a wireless card.
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