Looking for some feedback and/or suggestions on this build...

[Quincy_1]

Here's a budget build that I am doing for my bf. He wants to stay under 600 dollars, doesn't game, and wants a card reader, plenty of space and 2 optical drives because he has a LOT of music and pictures, unbelievable amounts of them. All that in mind, here's what I've come up with on my own by shopping around and reading reviews on newegg and amazon:

CPU: i3-6100
MOBO: Gigabyte LGA1151 Intel H110 Micro ATX
Memory: 2x4gb G.Skill ripjaw v series DDR4 2133
PSU: Corsair CX450m
HDD: WD blue 5400 RPM 2TB drive (couldn't find a 7200RPM for WD blue... is that normal?)
SSD: Silicon Power S55 120GB
Case: Apevia X-Hermes

I also picked out 2 DVD/CD drives, an external hub card reader, and a rainbow backlit but otherwise simple and standard keyboard.. After all this, the total after tax and all the prime discounts from his prime amazon account, the number is $540... which still leaves me plenty underbudget to squeeze in a waffle iron lol..The cooler master power calculator says this build is around 200-250w so I figure the 450 should be more than enough...

So before I pass the cart back to him to order it, anyone see anything I'm doing wrong or that I could be doing better? He just wants a good rock solid computer for speedy but lightweight computer use... Lots of pictures with very minor processing effects added and music storage are the only real burdens it will need to bear, but I don't want any flimsy parts that will compromise the stability of it. He already has plenty of external hdd storage to backup to so a raid shouldn't matter... I'm hoping this is gonna be that build.

 

[synphul]

A couple of things, do all the parts need to be from amazon? I'd suggest a different hard drive and power supply. The 5400rpm drives are really slow, best for cheap bulk storage for things that won't be accessed often such as archives. 7200rpm are much faster. Wd has a 2tb black series for around $120. It comes with a 5yr warranty rather than a 2yr warranty of the blue series, a more reliable drive. I don't believe 7200rpm blues come in 2tb varieties.

https://www.amazon.com/WD-Black-Performance-Desktop-Drive/dp/B00FJRS628/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1475230201&sr=1-1&keywords=wd+black+2tb+7200rpm

I'd probably consider this seasonic power supply over the corsair you've got listed. The wattage is plenty and not the issue, it's more or less quality of components/build. A budget system without a power hungry graphics card and things doesn't need a massive power supply but quality is still something to consider in budget builds. It's not an exciting component but tasked with providing solid stable power to the entire system. Not a component you want to cut too many corners on.

https://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-S12II-430-BRONZE-SS-430GB/dp/B002A17OG0/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1475230263&sr=1-1&keywords=seasonic+s12ii+430b

Without seeing your current cart breakdown, hopefully neither of those suggestions puts you over budget or kills your chances of the waffle iron lol. The wd blue 1tb are some of the cheapest solid 7200rpm hard drives on the market, they run $50 on amazon. You could use 2 of them but then 2tb of space would run you $100 and you'd still have 2 drives with 2yr warranties. For the extra $20 you'd be better off with a 5yr warranty drive. The black series are designed for more heavy use if your bf is moving entire discs worth of data around.