Sub $500 Build

[Scott Forward]

Hi guys, I'm wondering if everything in this list is going to play nicely. Give it a quick look and any advice is most appreciated:

-Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK Mini ITX Tower/ Desktop Computer Case with 250W 20+4Pin & 2SATA Connectors Power Supply

-Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

-AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini Quad-Core 2.05GHz Socket AM1 25W Desktop Processor AMD Radeon HD 8400 AD5350JAHMBOX

-Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model CT2KIT51272BD160B

-MSI AM1I AM1 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

-Intel 335 Series Jay Crest SSDSC2CT180A4K5 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

[AMD Radeon]

is it for office?
i believe it is better to use intel pentium haswell for that budget

 

[Scott Forward]

is it for office?
i believe it is better to use intel pentium haswell for that budget

Hi Radeon, it is a build for a office computer. You think that there would be significant advantage to going the haswell route? Any reason in particular?

 

[AMD Radeon]

dual core haswell beats even athlon 750K 4 cores clocked at 3.4GHz
you can imagine how athlon 2.0GHz in comparison with pentium

and most office work doesnt utilize cores more than 2

 

[Scott Forward]

dual core haswell beats even athlon 750K 4 cores clocked at 3.4GHz
you can imagine how athlon 2.0GHz in comparison with pentium

and most office work doesnt utilize cores more than 2

Okay, I've incorporated the changes that you have suggested. It brings the build a bit over $500 bucks, but I like the idea of 3.0 ghz, dual core, with a modern cpu design. I've also switched out the memory, I had server memory in for some reason.

Updated: Build:

Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK Mini ITX Tower/ Desktop Computer Case with 250W 20+4Pin & 2SATA Connectors Power Supply

Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Intel Pentium G3220 Haswell Dual-Core 3.0GHz LGA 1150 54W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646G3220

Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TXD38192M1600HC9DC-D

ASUS H97I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

Intel 335 Series Jay Crest SSDSC2CT180A4K5 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

 

[Akhil Potukuchi]

Hi guys, I'm wondering if everything in this list is going to play nicely. Give it a quick look and any advice is most appreciated:

-Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK Mini ITX Tower/ Desktop Computer Case with 250W 20+4Pin & 2SATA Connectors Power Supply

-Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

-AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini Quad-Core 2.05GHz Socket AM1 25W Desktop Processor AMD Radeon HD 8400 AD5350JAHMBOX

-Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model CT2KIT51272BD160B

-MSI AM1I AM1 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

-Intel 335 Series Jay Crest SSDSC2CT180A4K5 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Look at this:http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2186261/building-gaming-budget-500-520-peripherals.html

 

[Scott Forward]

Hi guys, I'm wondering if everything in this list is going to play nicely. Give it a quick look and any advice is most appreciated:

-Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK Mini ITX Tower/ Desktop Computer Case with 250W 20+4Pin & 2SATA Connectors Power Supply

-Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

-AMD Athlon 5350 Kabini Quad-Core 2.05GHz Socket AM1 25W Desktop Processor AMD Radeon HD 8400 AD5350JAHMBOX

-Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model CT2KIT51272BD160B

-MSI AM1I AM1 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 HDMI Mini ITX AMD Motherboard

-Intel 335 Series Jay Crest SSDSC2CT180A4K5 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Look at this:http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2186261/building-gaming-budget-500-520-peripherals.html

Hi Akhil, it looks like a really great build and, if I am looking for something geared a little more towards gaming, I will definitely be taking another look at it. At this time though, I am pretty sure I'm going to be sticking around the mini-itx design and the small form factor case. Thanks for your time though.

 

[AMD Radeon]

you are good to go
but since there is no advantage using H97 mobo over older B85/h87 mobo,
it will be better to pick cheaper B85 itx instead.

 

[Wisecracker]

Your original Kabini build is fine ... here's a similar combo from the Egg for $288 before $20 rebate.

For the next 2 days, the Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB is $100 ... mine boots into Win8 in 8 seconds (with a Temash 8w quad!)

 

[Scott Forward]

Your original Kabini build is fine ... here's a similar combo from the Egg for $288 before $20 rebate.

For the next 2 days, the Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 240GB is $100 ... mine boots into Win8 in 8 seconds (with a Temash 8w quad!)

Damn, at that price point, I would definitely be defaulting back to the previous build. Unfortunately, newegg Canada doesn't offer deals of that quality, so the prices on the builds start to converge a fair amount. Once we get in and around that $500 mark, I would tend to think the updated build will serve better.

 

[AMD Radeon]

btw, if you arent sticking with intel ssd, there is a better deal
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct256mx100ssd1

crucial MX100, new series which is successor of the reliable ssd M500. 256GB at $110

 

[cry0g3n]

Kingston V300 = T_T

http://www.tweaktown.com/blogs/Chris_Ramseyer/93/bait-and-switch-the-sad-state-of-ssds/index.html
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand

 

[Scott Forward]

For those of you who have helped me with this build, I figured I'd post what I finally went with:

- Intel Pentium G3220 Haswell Dual-Core 3.0GHz LGA 1150 54W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80646G3220
- Rosewill RS-MI-01 BK Mini ITX Tower/ Desktop Computer Case with 250W 20+4Pin & 2SATA Connectors Power Supply
- ASUS H97I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel H97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
- Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
- Team Dark 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TXD38192M1600HC9DC-D

You guys are awesome, when I first started the build, the final price was coming out to $600 or so and, with your help, we managed to get it below $500; the exact number was $485.00 and I think that's pretty competitive, especially when you factor in the exchange rate. I think it's going to be a sweet little office build and I know people are going to be blown away by the SSD speed; most computers in the building are plain Jane HDD's.