Build Ready?

[Dubesta11]

Looking to use a few spare parts around the house to build an upgrade for my parents. The parts I own are marked "purchased":

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

Motherboard:  ASRock 980DE3/U3S3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (Purchased For $70.00) 

Memory:  Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($74.29 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  (Purchased For $20.00) 

Case:  Thermaltake VL800P1W2N (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.34 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive:  Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  (Purchased For $20.00) 

Other: Phenom II x4 965 (Purchased For $80.00)

Other: XFX Radeon 7750 (Purchased For $80.00)

Other: Raidmax Stingray ATX Case (Purchased For $15.00)

Other: CM Hyper 212 EVO? (Purchased For $20.00)

Other: Wifi Adaptor (Purchased For $0.00)

Total: $546.61

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-01-26 23:49 EST-0500)

 

Any suggestions? Total price for RAM/SSD/PSU/Case should be no more than 200-250, and on Newegg or Amazon Prime only. Would 4gb be enough, or is it worth spending a little more for 8gb (about from 40 to 70 dollars)? And the case looks good, should be fine right? I was going to get a smaller PSU but the 500w one is only 5 dollars more.

 

Again, this is mainly for a facebook gaming machine, as well as picture viewer/light gaming machine for me when I decide to step out of my den (i5, GTX 650 TI Boost machine @1080p)

[dizmo]

What do you consider light gaming? I play a few games with 4gb of RAM and it's more than enough. Mind you, don't plan on minimizing the game to do something with the OS. It gets pretty slow.

I have 40 tabs open pretty consistently though so it handles that quite well.

 

I'd go with a V300 or Crucial M500 SSD and save the $20ish.

[ChillKyle]

Do you need peripherals?

Do you just plan on using this PC for surfing the web and word documents? If so, sounds good to me.

[Almercenary]

looks good to me for light work, not sure what you mean by light gaming.

[Dubesta11]

What do you consider light gaming? I play a few games with 4gb of RAM and it's more than enough. Mind you, don't plan on minimizing the game to do something with the OS. It gets pretty slow.

I have 40 tabs open pretty consistently though so it handles that quite well.

 

I'd go with a V300 or Crucial M500 SSD and save the $20ish.

 

By light gaming, I don't mean much. Possibly minecraft as the heaviest game, which runs great with this cpu/gpu combo for the price. I stay away from Kingston SSD's due to horrible reviews, but I will look into the Crucial.

 

Now that I think of it, 8gb would be too much. What should I put an extra 40 dollars into; the PSU for a more efficient one, or a better case?

 

 

Do you need peripherals?

Do you just plan on using this PC for surfing the web and word documents? If so, sounds good to me.

 

This is an upgrade, so everything is already owned. It would be powered up literally to play Facebook games, and load pictures from a camera; and other times where I might need to use it.

 

 

looks good to me for light work, not sure what you mean by light gaming.

 

Minecraft. Flash games, Half life. Super Hexagon. Just games that don't use much ram and such.

[dizmo]

Better case? Or just save the $40. No need to spend money if you don't need to.

Or maybe a 240gb SSD.

[Almercenary]

Minecraft. Flash games, Half life. Super Hexagon. Just games that don't use much ram and such.

Should be fine then, you of course can always upgrade if  you find a lack of power later on

[Titanicium]

I stay away from Kingston SSD's due to horrible reviews, but I will look into the Crucial.

 

Which reviews have you looked at? Kingston sells some of the most reliable SSDs around...

 

@WoodenMarker is only one of many that I can think of which is big fans of Kingston SSDs so I am quite unsure as to which reviews you have looked at...

[brob]

By light gaming, I don't mean much. Possibly minecraft as the heaviest game, which runs great with this cpu/gpu combo for the price. I stay away from Kingston SSD's due to horrible reviews, but I will look into the Crucial.

 

Could you provide some links to these "horrible" Kingston V300 SSD reviews please. I can't find any on the net.

[Dubesta11]

Which reviews have you looked at? Kingston sells some of the most reliable SSDs around...

 

@WoodenMarker is only one of many that I can think of which is big fans of Kingston SSDs so I am quite unsure as to which reviews you have looked at...

 

Could you provide some links to these "horrible" Kingston V300 SSD reviews please. I can't find any on the net.

 

I have had personal experiences with people I know having their drives fail. It's just something I would rather spend a little more to get something better. Personal preference.