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THE ~$500 PC

vt3c
By vt3c
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Hi guys. Today I'm sharing a build I decided to throw together on newegg. I don't plan on building it, I just like looking at parts, but I'm just curious about this one to see if anyone would do it different. This is designed to be extremely slimline and small. 

 

So , the ~$500 PC I researched/slapped together. I did not use pcpartpicker, sadly, as I don't like it. I just go on newegg and choose parts. I've done it so many times, it's almost a reflex now and pcpartpicker takes 3x longer for me.

 

Fractal Design Core 1000 mATX case.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352032

 

WD Green 1TB HDD

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236070

 

Antec BP550 80+ PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016

 

8GB G.Skill Ripjaws RAM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

 

AMD Athlon x4 750K (I like quad cores thank you :3) 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113328

 

Sapphire Radeon R7 260x

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202081

 

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Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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It doesn't get anymore budget than that. I'd personally suggest for the person save up a bit more for an h97/z97 + G3258 at the least.

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It doesn't get anymore budget than that. I'd personally suggest for the person save up a bit more for an h97/z97 + G3258 at the least.

But it's not that bad of a system, right? I also created a system similar to this with a pentium g3258 for $522

Eric S. Raymond used an E6600 from 2005 until 12/30/14 or open source software creation. Raw data computations in excess of 18GB each. Core 2 Duos still have tons of life left, my friend.

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that psu is waaay overpriced/slight overkill for a system of this caliber so money can be saved there. a cx430 for maximum savings, a cx500 for future proofing but both cheaper and capable than the antec

System: Intel Core i3 3240 @ 3.4GHz, EVGA GTX 960 SSC 2GB ACX 2.0, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Kingston HyperX RAM, ASRock B75M-DGS R2.0 Motherboard, Corsair CX430 W Power Supply

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