Budget PC Build

[ewm98]

Hi, I need help putting together a PC for $500 or less. I do not need a Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, or speakers as I already have them. The PC will be primarily used as an audio station in our home studio so the only requirements include a dedicated sound card that can hook up to an amplifier and a Windows operating system. I live in Phoenix Arizona so I will not be able to directly buy/pick parts up unless they can be found at Frys Electronics but I am open to purchasing them off of Amazon, NCIX, or Newegg. Thank You!

[Thebman712]

will any gaming be done on this and will you need a large storage ammount and wopuld you like it to me itx size

[ewm98]

No gaming will be done on it, a minimum of a 500GB hard-drive would be nice (Larger is always better), and the size doesn't matter to much I just want to be able to work in it easily.

[Thebman712]

No gaming will be done on it, a minimum of a 500GB hard-drive would be nice (Larger is always better), and the size doesn't matter to much I just want to be able to work in it easily.

ok somthing like this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3MD2A

[i_build_nanosuits]

nice build Thebman, this is an awesome web browsing/working machine!

I would drop 8gb of RAM in it though.

[Shd0w2]

ok somthing like this http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3MD2A

It needs a dedicated sound card too.

[Shd0w2]

Not my best, but its something

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard:  ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  Kingston Blu 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($34.99 @ Best Buy) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.98 @ OutletPC) 

Case:  Cooler Master Elite 130 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply:  Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Sound Card:  Asus Xonar DX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card  ($72.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $507.90

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-18 20:46 EDT-0400)

[i_build_nanosuits]

nevermind

[bobhays]

can't you hook up the amp to the onboard soundcard?

[Probenja]

Something like this?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($114.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard:  MSI H81M-P33 V2 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($54.49 @ Amazon) 

Memory:  A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.43 @ OutletPC) 

Case:  Rosewill Line-M MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($38.14 @ 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  ($19.98 @ OutletPC) 

Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Sound Card:  Asus Xonar DX 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card  ($72.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $519.98

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

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-18 21:05 EDT-0400)

[Thebman712]

It needs a dedicated sound card too.

i left 50$ to get sound stuff, and they way i made it you could upgrade to make it be able to game by droping in more ram and a 750ti, i will make a v2

[Thebman712]

ok v2

it has no sound card but the onboard sound should be good and it has optical out if that helps http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3MEGf

[ewm98]

Thank you all for the suggestions, I'm going to go with Shd0w2's build. Thanks again!!