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PC for my mom

MaDoHo
By MaDoHo
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Hello

 

So I'm to build a pc for my mom. I'm going for mitx as she hates big clunky computers that takes up alot of space. 

 

So my question is, how is the cooling in the streacom fc8b evo? By that I mean the included passive cooling, would it be sufficient in a case such as mine, where it will be crammed under a desk with somewhat limited airflow? It wont be standing in an inclosure of any kind.

 

I'm thinking of putting an I5 in there with some decent intergrated graphics, as she only uses it for picasa/picaso something like that/ editing and moving pictures about. And of course work and some games of sort. I don't know what but it won't require more than intergrated graphics.

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What kind of games? If they're not intensive I'd just get a NUC. She'll love the fact that you can't see it at all.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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A8-7600 'Nuff said.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($107.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XN-WIFI Mini ITX FM2+ Motherboard  ($92.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate  1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive  ($77.24 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 110 Mini ITX Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($27.50 @ Newegg)
Total: $405.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-20 11:49 EDT-0400

 

And yes, a passive cooler should work fine in a system like this.

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Pentium g3220 

fractal node 

450w PSU

Asus H97M-Plus 

1TB WD Blue

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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