Case+SSD+PSU for $200?

[sendekyo]

If you only had ~$200 to buy a case, SSD, and PSU what would you get?

Cases:

NZXT S340, NZXT H440, Fractal R5, Other?

120GB SSD:

Crucial MX100, OCZ Arc100, SanDisk UltraII, Plextor M6S, Samsung 850 EVO, Other?

750W PSU:

EVGA 750-B1, Antec TP-750C, Corsair CX750, EVGA 750-B2, Other?

I'm trying to save money without cutting corners and hurting myself too badly. Here's a rough estimate of what I'm working with via PCPartPicker. Please keep in mind I'm getting the larger PSU with the anticipation of upgrading my GPU later this year.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (Purchased For $59.99)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $39.62)

Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Purchased For $63.99)

Storage: *Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($52.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 6570 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)

Case: *NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($72.90 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: *EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Monitor: Asus VN248H-P 23.8" Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)

Monitor: Asus VN248H-P 23.8" Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)

Mouse: Cooler Master CM Storm Spawn Wired Optical Mouse (Purchased For $0.00)

Other: Western Digital RE2 WD4000YR 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" (Purchased For $0.00)

Other: ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U/W/G/ACI/AS Computer International Direct External Slim White 8X DVD-RW - Stylish Diamond Cut Design External Slim DVD-RW Optical Drive ($24.99)

Total: $349.47

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-04 18:17 EST-0500

[dadasmithywinkle]

If you only had ~$200 to buy a case, SSD, and PSU what would you get?

Cases:

NZXT S340, NZXT H440, Fractal R5, Other?

120GB SSD:

Crucial MX100, OCZ Arc100, SanDisk UltraII, Plextor M6S, Samsung 850 EVO, Other?

750W PSU:

EVGA 750-B1, Antec TP-750C, Corsair CX750, EVGA 750-B2, Other?

I'm trying to save money without cutting corners and hurting myself too badly. Here's a rough estimate of what I'm working with via PCPartPicker. Please keep in mind I'm getting the larger PSU with the anticipation of upgrading my GPU later this year.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (Purchased For $59.99)

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (Purchased For $39.62)

Memory: Kingston Savage 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Purchased For $63.99)

Storage: *Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($52.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 6570 2GB Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)

Case: *NZXT S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($72.90 @ Amazon)

Power Supply: *EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)

Monitor: Asus VN248H-P 23.8" Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)

Monitor: Asus VN248H-P 23.8" Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)

Mouse: Cooler Master CM Storm Spawn Wired Optical Mouse (Purchased For $0.00)

Other: Western Digital RE2 WD4000YR 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" (Purchased For $0.00)

Other: ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U/W/G/ACI/AS Computer International Direct External Slim White 8X DVD-RW - Stylish Diamond Cut Design External Slim DVD-RW Optical Drive ($24.99)

Total: $349.47

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-04 18:17 EST-0500

EVGA PSU (love them), OCZ SSD (I have one and it's a great performer for the price), NZXT Source 210 Case (Built in a ton of em, but the case is a personal pref.).

[Unilision]

@sendekyo

Case wise it's preference. Though out of the ones you listed I'd get NZXT S340, Crucial MX100 128Gb, & EVGA 750B2 PSU.

[spartaman64]

dont get the kingston ssdnow v300 its like as slow as a hard drive

[sendekyo]

dont get the kingston ssdnow v300 its like as slow as a hard drive

Yep. PCPartPicker just selected it since it's the cheapest option, but I know better. My list actually starts at the OCZ Arc 100 ($59.99) and up.

[Imakuni]

@sendekyo

Case wise it's preference. Though out of the ones you listed I'd get NZXT S340, Crucial MX100 128Gb, & EVGA 750B2 PSU.

Pretty much this.

[sendekyo]

I grabbed the prices of several SSDs from PCPartPicker and their effective speeds according to UserBenchmark.

 

I calculated the value sort of similarly to try to determine which would be the best choice. What do you think?

=(Capacity*Speed)/SQRT(Price)*10

[sendekyo]

Digging this up again for some more user input.

Which would you prefer? Final costs are noted after any rebates.

Option 1

• OCZ ARC 100 120GB ($59.99 @ Amazon)
• EVGA SuperNOVA B2 750W ($74.99 @ Amazon)
• NZXT S340 White ($56.99 @ Micro Center)
• $ 191.97

Option 2

• Crucial MX100 128GB ($62.99 @ Amazon)
• EVGA SuperNOVA B2 750W ($74.99 @ Amazon)
• NZXT S340 White ($56.99 @ Micro Center)
• $ 194.97

Option 3

• Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ($84.99 @ Amazon)
• EVGA SuperNOVA B2 750W ($74.99 @ Amazon)
• NZXT S340 White ($56.99 @ Micro Center)
• $ 216.97

Option 4

• OCZ ARC 100 120GB ($59.99 @ Amazon)
• Antec TruePower Classic 750W ($49.99 @ Newegg)
• Fractal Design Define R5 Black ($109.99 @ Amazon)
• $ 219.97

Some of you may be wondering why the parts are combined as they are, but I assure you it's to save me money out of pocket. I have $140 to spend at Amazon thanks to a gift card. The main problem with any of these options is lack of availability of computer cases. Just about everything I'm tracking is out of stock with no ETA almost everywhere. #sadface