Hi folks,
A friend of mine recently decided she needed a new machine since hers is on it's last leg. I've build every machine I've ever had since the 90ies, however, I only need to build one every 3-5 years, and so I am somewhat of a novice.
She needs to keep it cheap, around the $350 mark. Her primary needs from the system are as an office machine (She's a writer and uses her machine frequently for work), but her daughter is also heavy in to Minecraft.
Since an office machine requirements are minimal I've checked out the recommended requirements for Minecraft and came up with this build. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you have on better gear for this price range, better places to buy to reduce cost, or thoughts on how well this hardware will play together.
Your input is greatly appreciated. Through newegg these components are currently coming in at around $450, and so I'd love more inexpensive alternatives.
The build is as follows:
Case
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm
• $49.99
Harddrive
Western Digital WD Black WD5003AZEX 500GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
• $69.99
Power Supply
Rosewill Stallion Series RD450-2-DB 450W ATX V2.2 Power Supply
• $39.99
Memory
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R
• $84.99
Board
ASUS H81M-E LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
• $60.00
Chip
Intel Pentium G3430 Haswell 3.3GHz LGA 1150 54W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646G3430
• $99.99
Video Card
ASUS HD6670-2GD3 Radeon HD 6670 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
• $79.99
Thanks again for checking this out!
A friend of mine recently decided she needed a new machine since hers is on it's last leg. I've build every machine I've ever had since the 90ies, however, I only need to build one every 3-5 years, and so I am somewhat of a novice.
She needs to keep it cheap, around the $350 mark. Her primary needs from the system are as an office machine (She's a writer and uses her machine frequently for work), but her daughter is also heavy in to Minecraft.
Since an office machine requirements are minimal I've checked out the recommended requirements for Minecraft and came up with this build. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you have on better gear for this price range, better places to buy to reduce cost, or thoughts on how well this hardware will play together.
Your input is greatly appreciated. Through newegg these components are currently coming in at around $450, and so I'd love more inexpensive alternatives.
The build is as follows:
Case
Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm
• $49.99
Harddrive
Western Digital WD Black WD5003AZEX 500GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
• $69.99
Power Supply
Rosewill Stallion Series RD450-2-DB 450W ATX V2.2 Power Supply
• $39.99
Memory
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R
• $84.99
Board
ASUS H81M-E LGA 1150 Intel H81 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
• $60.00
Chip
Intel Pentium G3430 Haswell 3.3GHz LGA 1150 54W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646G3430
• $99.99
Video Card
ASUS HD6670-2GD3 Radeon HD 6670 2GB 128-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
• $79.99
Thanks again for checking this out!
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