I'm speccing out a cheap system for my girlfriend, she doesn't play many hardcore games, she says she needs it to be able to play The Sims and Amnesia and have enough space for all of her pictures and movies. I've managed to get the planned build to $675CAD, but I I'm trying to fit a fresh Windows license into the budget in case we're not able to use the one from her existing system.
Here's what I have so far, prices are from NCIX.ca
Fractal design Core 1000: $37.99
Asus P8H61-M LE/CSM: $69.99
Intel Core i3 2100: $136.20
Mushkin Silverline Stiletto 2X4GB DDR3 1333: $46.99
XFX Radeon HD 7750 Double D 900MHZ: $124.99
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB: $99.99
LiteON IHAS 124 optical drive: 25.99
Antec Earthwatts Green Series 380W: $59.95
As I said I'm trying to whittle the price down a bit to fit in a windows license, but if her existing license works then I'd rather put saved money towards a quiet CPU cooler, because I'm concerned about the noise the stock cooler makes when under load (and I really don't wanna have to deal with push pins LOL). Also please keep in mind that all prices are in Canadian dollars, so everything is a tad more expensive for us north of the border (I realized this much when trying to mirror the econobox from TR's system guide)