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Here I am. Been waiting on this for other reasons...
I'd grab some drives now—just standard HDDs for the time being—and then add an SSD later on.
I'd still go with the i5. Thanks.
What I really need to know is where to buy it. 😁
Thanks. Aside from Amazon, any other ideas?
Ideally, I'd pick everything up from one spot so they can build it for me right then and there. Thanks for the help.
Robert Rodriguez2 said:Stay away from pre-built configurations. In this one, just like most others, you have no clue what kind of motherboard you're actually getting or if the power supply is just some cheap junk. Too many unknowns for too much money.
One Asrock B75 Pro3M—features an Intel B75 chipset, mATX form factor, and dual Channel 4 xDDR3.
One Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1. Solid choice.
Two sticks of 4GB Corsair DDR3, 1333MHz, CL9, Value series. CMV4GX3M1A1333C9.
Zalman 500-GS_II PSU, 500W, ATX12V V2.31, active PFC.
One Zalman ZM-T2 PLUS micro tower case. 189(W) x 427.5(H) x 364(D)mm.
One Samsung SH-224DB sat Bulk Black SATA DVD burner.
One Sapphire Radeon R7 260X with 1GB of GDDR5 OC memory. It’s got a 128-bit bus and runs on a 28nm process.
One Toshiba 1TB hard drive, 7200rpm, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32MB, DT01ACA100.
$1358
A much better solution for some. $67 Pay more, but at least you know exactly what you're getting.
Two sticks of 4GB Corsair DDR3, 1333MHz, CL9, Value series, CMV4GX3M1A1333C9.
One Zalman 500-GS_II PSU, 500W, ATX12V V2.31, featuring active PFC.
One Sapphire R7 260X. It's got 1GB of GDDR5 OC and a 128-bit bus on a 28nm process.
One Samsung 120 GB 840 evo Basic. It's a 2.5" SSD with 120 GB of capacity.
One AMD FX-Series X6 6300, 3.5GHz, 14MB, 95W, AM3+.
ASUS M5A97 R2.0. AM3/AM3+ socket. AMD 970 chipset. 5200 MHz bus speed. Uses DDR3.
One MSI A88XM midi tower case, ATX, includes a 5.25" external bay. No power supply included.
One Zalman CNPS 5X cooler. Fits sockets 775, 1155, 1156, AM2, and AM3.
$1339
Or just go that route if you're planning on using your own drives and frypan.
I'd grab some drives now—just standard HDDs for the time being—and then add an SSD later on.
mellowtiger83 said:Here’s the deal.
Athlon x4 760, 3.8GHz, FM2 quad core.
MSI A88XM, FM2, SATA3.
Patriot Viper 1866, 8GB DDR3.
MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti, 2GB GDDR5, dual fan setup.
SSD 120GB Kingston HyperX.
Fractal Design Integra R 500W 80+ Bronze power supply.
Writing to the Samsung drive.
$1267Of course, everything is brand new. It doesn't get any better than this.
I'd still go with the i5. Thanks.
Keith Wright2 said:Just grab Robert Rodriguez2's first Intel build and list only the hardware and the price since you mentioned having them available. That should do it. $1167You end up with a much stronger build again. You get a killer processor that you won't need to swap out for five years, and you can pair it with just about any GPU you want.
So, here's how it goes:
One Asrock B75 Pro3M. It’s an Intel B75 board, mATX, with dual Channel 4 xDDR3.
One Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1. Solid little chip.
Two sticks of 4GB Corsair DDR3. They're 1333MHz with CL9 latency. Value series.
1 x Zalman 500-GS_II PSU, 500W, ATX12V V2.31, active PFC
1 x Zalman ZM-T2 PLUS micro tower case. 189(W) x 427.5(H) x 364(D)mm
1 x Sapphire R7 260X 1GB GDDR5 OC, 1GB GDDR5 128bit, 28nm
$1167 I’m just waiting for Robert Rodriguez2 to tell me which shop actually put this together!
What I really need to know is where to buy it. 😁
crimsonstag84 said:You can grab an R7 265 along with an Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1 at Amazon for $1200 😉
Thanks. Aside from Amazon, any other ideas?
Ideally, I'd pick everything up from one spot so they can build it for me right then and there. Thanks for the help.