2013-09-05, 20:57
Approximate Purchase Date: this month (sooner is better unless there's good reason to wait).
Budget Range: 400 Before Shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Email/play music, Streaming to TV/xbox, light gaming (Civ5 etc).
The system will be in the living room so noise reduction was a primary factor behind the selections below. I also tend to buy a system and hold onto it for 4+ years which is why I've opted for more oomph than I likely need. That said, I'm frugal so if I can get better value for the money/should dial things back, show me how! Some comments on the OS route would be helpful as well.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD A10-5700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($128.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: will re-use some old SATA drives from my last desktop and laptop. Will look at an SSD/SATA combo in late 2013.
OS: I was thinking of making the move to Linux and forgoing a paid OS this time around.
Total: $335.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-05 14:54 EDT-0400)
Budget Range: 400 Before Shipping
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Email/play music, Streaming to TV/xbox, light gaming (Civ5 etc).
The system will be in the living room so noise reduction was a primary factor behind the selections below. I also tend to buy a system and hold onto it for 4+ years which is why I've opted for more oomph than I likely need. That said, I'm frugal so if I can get better value for the money/should dial things back, show me how! Some comments on the OS route would be helpful as well.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD A10-5700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($128.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M Micro ATX FM2 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 300W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($43.98 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: will re-use some old SATA drives from my last desktop and laptop. Will look at an SSD/SATA combo in late 2013.
OS: I was thinking of making the move to Linux and forgoing a paid OS this time around.
Total: $335.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-05 14:54 EDT-0400)