Building a "budget" PC... what do you guys think?

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ChrisUlrich

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233
Tower: CoolerMaster HAF 912 $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4. $130

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116773
CPU: Intel i3-3240 $120

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130795
GPU: eVGA GTX 640. $95

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028
PSU: Cosair CX600 Bronze Cert. $70

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231445
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series (2x4gb) 240-pin DDR3 1600 (PC12800) $90

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171667
OS Harddrive: SanDisk SDSSDRC 32GB 480mg read, 115mb write $47

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339
Data Harddrive: Western Digital 1TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0 $60

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236331
Monitor: Asus VS24AH-P 1920x1200 $240




I'm open to any suggestion. This is for internet use mostly. With autocad and Master Cam as main software to be used.

Powerful enough? Total is $1016.
 
johnb35

johnb35

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You will need a bigger ssd then 32gb. Any more you don't want anything less then say 90gb. You will be out of space really quick when windows 7 default install will run you almost 25gb.

Might want to think about changing to an AMD system.

Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128651 99.99

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113286 119.99

The haf 912 is a good case, great cooling and cable management features.

Do you really need a $240 monitor when this should work just as good.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236117
 
Jiniix

Jiniix

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I built a PC for work recently, with a GPU edition of the GT 640 I'd never seen before.
It had reduced bit bus, but had 75% more CUDA cores than a reference 640. If you don't game, and AutoCAD and Master Cam can utilize CUDA, this would be a big benefit. Neither of them would game decent anyway :)
 
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ChrisUlrich

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I love the suggestion on the monitor... I guess having the 1200 resolution isn't really necessary.

I chose intel because it's what I am familiar with. I've had intel for every build since the E6600 (i'm on my 3rd build since that). I have no real reason to go with Intel other than comfort levels.

The specifications says it will support the DDR3 2400. Thank you for noticing that poor choice of RAM

What does every one think about this SSD?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148697
 
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Cisco001

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ChrisUlrich said:
I love the suggestion on the monitor... I guess having the 1200 resolution isn't really necessary.

I chose intel because it's what I am familiar with. I've had intel for every build since the E6600 (i'm on my 3rd build since that). I have no real reason to go with Intel other than comfort levels.

The specifications says it will support the DDR3 2400. Thank you for noticing that poor choice of RAM

What does every one think about this SSD?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148697
Click to expand...

SSD - SATA?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148693
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147247
 
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