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EpicWaffles
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Hey I am currently planning my first build and i was wondering how it looks.It will be used for light gaming and web browsing. The total cost of the parts is 585.19. Anyways I was just wondering what you guys thought and any suggestions are definitely welcome  :).

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core

 

Motherboard: MSI A78M-E35 Micro ATX FM2+

 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600

 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM

 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked

 

Case: Antec VSK-4000 ATX Mid Tower

 

Power Supply: Corsair 500W ATX12V

 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)

 

Case Fan: NZXT FN-120RB 47.3 CFM 120mm

 

I am on a bit of a budget so I am attempting to keep this under $600

 

P.S I don't care if it's ugly

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save a bit more by buying Windows 8.1 Pro key only

 

 

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Try getting an SSD or a 1TB drive and a 500W-ish PSU... Also a CM Hyper 212 or Noctua NH-D15 because AMD stock cooling is crap...

 

Edit: Typo fixed... I meant 1TB not 1GB...

Mutsuki:

CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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I'd suggest getting 2x4GB sticks so you can use dual channel.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Do you guys think I would be able do survive off of 4gb of ram and upgrade at a later date?

 

You might want to increase that to 8GB using a dual channel config... Programs are getting a bit heavier now and 4GB can be said to be the minimum for a desktop...

Mutsuki:

CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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CPU: AMD Athlon X4 760K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($84.73 @ OutletPC) 


Motherboard: MSI A88X-G43 ATX FM2+ Motherboard  ($58.91 @ Newegg) 

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($72.99 @ Amazon) 


Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cooler Master N400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 


Total: $519.57

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-31 03:19 EDT-0400

 

 

Windows 8.1 here 

 

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