Refurbished Build

[sfynx]

"In total this build cost me 210.97USD and took less than 1 hour to complete."

This was a build I did as a fun project to make a decent 'desktop use' computer for the least money I could, but wanted it to be something I could replicate, at least to a certain degree. It ended up looking something like this: 

The main goal was to pick up a computer for around the price of Windows 10, with windows 10. I was able to grab this for around 119.99USD. As you can tell there was a mislabel on the CPU, it listed an Intel Core 2 Duo E7600, and shipped with an i3-2100. This mislabel makes me a little more wary of refurbished listings, but I won't complain about a small jump in performance. I then picked up a r7 240 (didn't trust the integrated) and a Kingston Digital 120GB SSDNow for the boot drive. These cost me 45.99USD and 44.99USD at the time of purchase. The setup was very simple, I shoved the hardware into the included case, installed Windows 10 pro (for which the key was included), installed the software and drivers I needed, and I was done. The finished product looked something like this: 

While it's not too pretty, it gets the job done for a reasonable price point, I use it mainly for game development, programming, and basic tasks like web browsing. It powers threw all of these tasks easily, this doesn't mean much since I use a 2D engine and basic programming has never been considered hardware intensive, but I still consider this a success. In total this build cost me 210.97USD and took less than 1 hour to complete. I also ran some Firestrike benchmarks just for fun: