Personal computing discussed
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Thatguy wrote:I had considered going down to an i3 but i know he will keep this computer as long as he keeps all his other electronics, he will have it for years. The budget is loosely 800 so 50 or more over budget is fine. As it stands after price checking the components on amazon and counting the MIR before i try to add an SSD with the i5 still in the build it comes to 760$. I could fit a 90gb force gt or a 128gb crucial m4 into the budget. If he doesn't like that the i3 was next up for lowering the price.
Keep the input coming!
rogue426 wrote:Going ahead with this proposed build without an SSD just seems foolish. I would make every attempt to put one in it.
Savyg wrote:rogue426 wrote:Going ahead with this proposed build without an SSD just seems foolish. I would make every attempt to put one in it.
I'd rather have the power without the load times than the load times without the power.
Thatguy wrote:How about some of these?I decided for a non enthusiast, less bells and whistles, name brand board would help the budget and do no harm to him.
$77½ MSI B75MA-P45
Seems like a solid board. I currently have an MSI board, in sig, and it has treated me well. It has all the new tech and none of the excess I would buy for myself.
JustAnEngineer wrote:Thatguy wrote:How about some of these?I decided for a non enthusiast, less bells and whistles, name brand board would help the budget and do no harm to him.
$77.55 MSI B75MA-P45
Seems like a solid board. I currently have an MSI board, in sig, and it has treated me well. It has all the new tech and none of the excess I would buy for myself.
$137 -20 combo -15MIR Asus P8Z77-V LK
$97½ -12 combo ASRock Z77 Pro3
$70 ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP
Thatguy wrote:Scope creep.How does 800 always stretch to almost 900? EVERY TIME!
Thatguy wrote:Free shipping makes the more feature-rich H77 motherboard less expensive than the B75 board.Thatguy wrote:JustAnEngineer wrote:The Pro4 is pretty close but all he gains is some PCI lanes which I doubt he will use and and HDMI which will be on the video card and largely irrelevant for his uses.$70 ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP
JustAnEngineer wrote:Thatguy wrote:Scope creep.How does 800 always stretch to almost 900? EVERY TIME!
JustAnEngineer wrote:Thatguy wrote:Scope creep.How does 800 always stretch to almost 900? EVERY TIME!Thatguy wrote:Free shipping makes the more feature-rich H77 motherboard less expensive than the B75 board.Thatguy wrote:JustAnEngineer wrote:The Pro4 is pretty close but all he gains is some PCI lanes which I doubt he will use and and HMDI which will be on the video card and largely irrelevant for his uses.$70 ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP