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New PC for Parents CM N200

Punished07
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My parents have had an old P4 Dell since around 2000 - 2001 and i finally convinced them they needed an upgrade. The system i put together for them is in no way a power house but it will serve its purpose. My mother does picture editing occasionally and plays Zuma and my dad just uses it for email and general internet use. 

 

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Case - Cooler Master N200

MB - Asus M5A78L-M LX Plus

CPU - AMD FX4300

           Cooler Master Hyper 212+

PSU - Corsair CX500M

HDD - 1TB WB Black

GPU - EVGA 9800GT 1GB   ( I had this laying around and didn't see the point in buying a better card for what this system will be used for)

RAM - 8GB (2x4) Crucial Ballistix Sport 1333

          Lite On DVD/CD burner

          Sabrent 68-in-1 card reader

          120mm Cooler Master Blue LED Case Fan

 

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A few shots with everything installed. 

 

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This is why I chose to get an additional case fan. I moved the stock exhaust fan to the front to have an additional intake for positive pressure. 

 

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With the side panel on.

 

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From the front.

 

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The case wasn't that bad to build in considering it is only $50. The sheet mental is thin but it is reinforced with bends in crimping where it counts. The only thing that would make it just a little better would be more space behind the mother board for cable management. The case would make a great LAN rig, it has nice airflow and would be easy to mod with a couple handles on the ends or one the length of the case.

CPU: FX 8350 MOBO: MSI 970A-G46 RAM: 8 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 GPU: EVGA 560ti SLI Case: Corsair 300R Cooler: Corsair H60 - push pull CM Excaliber SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB HDD: 1TB Hitachi, 4TB Seagate PSU: Corsair TX650V2

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The build looks good - should certainly last them a bit of time.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

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personalty 6300 would of been a better "future proof" thing at only 5$ more 2 more cores cant go wrong but i here the 4300 is still awesome. still an awsome build

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why did you bother with a custom cooler?

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Great job!

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why did you bother with a custom cooler?

I went with the CM Hyper 212+ because the system will be in a cabinet . 

CPU: FX 8350 MOBO: MSI 970A-G46 RAM: 8 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 GPU: EVGA 560ti SLI Case: Corsair 300R Cooler: Corsair H60 - push pull CM Excaliber SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB HDD: 1TB Hitachi, 4TB Seagate PSU: Corsair TX650V2

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I went with the CM Hyper 212+ because the system will be in a cabinet . 

Ok fair enough

PC: Corsair C70 Arctic, FX 9370, Corsair H80i, Gigabyte 990fxa-ud3, Corsair Vengence 16gb, Palit JetStream GTX 970, OCZ Vertex 4 128gb and Western Digital Blue 1Tb + 500gb, Antec Gamer 520w

Peripherals: Logitech G19 and SteelSeries Sensei RAW

Toshiba L50-A: i7 4700mq, 8gb, 1TB HDD, GT 740M 2gb

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what do your parents do on there pc just email and internet or crysis 3?

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough it will be believed.

-Adolf Hitler 

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I must say the N200 looks like a really good option for a budget build with elegant looks :).

 

what do your parents do on there pc just email and internet or crysis 3?

 

You can't play Crysis 3 at a decent framerate/settings on a 9800GT :p

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Nice build man! It's a shame that your parents won't be able to appreciate proper cable management :3 (Or at least I think that they won't, I could be wrong) 

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Nice build, fits the purpose.

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what do your parents do on there pc just email and internet or crysis 3?

Just email and general internet usage and the occasional picture editing. 

CPU: FX 8350 MOBO: MSI 970A-G46 RAM: 8 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 GPU: EVGA 560ti SLI Case: Corsair 300R Cooler: Corsair H60 - push pull CM Excaliber SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB HDD: 1TB Hitachi, 4TB Seagate PSU: Corsair TX650V2

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Linus posted his video review of the case a couple days ago.

 

 

He says in the video that you can't rout the 24 pin behind the motherboard tray but as you can see I did. That's not to say that its a very tight fit though. He also mentioned the HDD mounting cage and that it can be removed. In fact it can but also has two different mounting options. In his video it is in the stock position closer to the front, I moved it back to the second position.After watching the review i'm almost positive it would be possible to mount two 120mm fans behind the front bezel in order to achieve push pull with a 240mm radiator in the front. 

CPU: FX 8350 MOBO: MSI 970A-G46 RAM: 8 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 GPU: EVGA 560ti SLI Case: Corsair 300R Cooler: Corsair H60 - push pull CM Excaliber SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB HDD: 1TB Hitachi, 4TB Seagate PSU: Corsair TX650V2

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why not apu?

Honestly its because the FX4300 in the system came out of my system and I upgraded. That and I had the 9800gt that wasn't doing anything and I figured it would more than serve this purpose.

CPU: FX 8350 MOBO: MSI 970A-G46 RAM: 8 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 GPU: EVGA 560ti SLI Case: Corsair 300R Cooler: Corsair H60 - push pull CM Excaliber SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB HDD: 1TB Hitachi, 4TB Seagate PSU: Corsair TX650V2

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Honestly its because the FX4300 in the system came out of my system and I upgraded. That and I had the 9800gt that wasn't doing anything and I figured it would more than serve this purpose.

makes perfect logic then

Main Rig: CPU: 3570k Mobo: ga-z77x-ud5h-wb :RAM: 8gb kingson ddr3 1600 :gpu crossfire amd 290's Case: zalman z9 plus Cooler: h80i p/p SSD: nutron 120gb HDD: 2tb wd green 4tb seagate desktop                                              

Girlfirends: CPU: 8350 Mobo 990fxa-ud3 Ram 8gb kingson ddr3 1600 gpu: his 7850 case: inwin dragon rider SSD: nutron 120gb HDD: 2tb seagate                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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Honestly its because the FX4300 in the system came out of my system and I upgraded. That and I had the 9800gt that wasn't doing anything and I figured it would more than serve this purpose.

oh ok fair enough what is your build specs? u should show us.

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For some reason, I really like the look of that case!

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