2012-04-24, 14:00
I'll let you guess who's build inspired this one ... 
AMD A6-3500 - $59.99 (Tiger Direct.ca rebate offer)
Asrock A75-MITX - $115 shipped
Antec ISK300-65 - $61 shipped
Crucial Ballistix 1866 2 x 4gb - $36 shipped
- Edit: If you are not using the stock cpu cooler, this RAM BARELY fits under the Shuriken SCSK-1100. I had to remove the Shuriken to get the RAM on the board.
OCZ Agility 3 60gb SSD - $54.99 after rebate (hard to beat the price on this one and, knock on wood, I have a 120gb Vertex drive on my laptop for the last year without issues).
Subtotal: $337
Unisen iPazzPort KP-810-10A ~ $30 shipped
Windows 7 license will run me $30 or so (wife's a teacher so she gets an awesome discount rate on it).
$397.
Still debating on the CPU cooler. May actually try the stock one just for fun, though at 70mm it will likely be loud as a freight train, and they don't look like fun to install?
Leaning towards the Scythe Shuriken Rev. B (SCSK1100) as I understand it fits without cutting, and is available locally. Though the 120mm fan of the 2100 is tempting.
First time PC build. I've opened up and torn apart PC's in the way distant past, but never build one from scratch myself. So any assistance or pointers to good online guides would be most welcome!
After seeing Beer40oz's video of his lightening fast UI that puts my ATV2 to shame, I'm looking forward to this.
AMD A6-3500 - $59.99 (Tiger Direct.ca rebate offer)
Asrock A75-MITX - $115 shipped
Antec ISK300-65 - $61 shipped
Crucial Ballistix 1866 2 x 4gb - $36 shipped
- Edit: If you are not using the stock cpu cooler, this RAM BARELY fits under the Shuriken SCSK-1100. I had to remove the Shuriken to get the RAM on the board.
OCZ Agility 3 60gb SSD - $54.99 after rebate (hard to beat the price on this one and, knock on wood, I have a 120gb Vertex drive on my laptop for the last year without issues).
Subtotal: $337
Unisen iPazzPort KP-810-10A ~ $30 shipped
Windows 7 license will run me $30 or so (wife's a teacher so she gets an awesome discount rate on it).
$397.
Still debating on the CPU cooler. May actually try the stock one just for fun, though at 70mm it will likely be loud as a freight train, and they don't look like fun to install?
Leaning towards the Scythe Shuriken Rev. B (SCSK1100) as I understand it fits without cutting, and is available locally. Though the 120mm fan of the 2100 is tempting.
First time PC build. I've opened up and torn apart PC's in the way distant past, but never build one from scratch myself. So any assistance or pointers to good online guides would be most welcome!
After seeing Beer40oz's video of his lightening fast UI that puts my ATV2 to shame, I'm looking forward to this.
