Got the parts ordered for a customer. They wanted just a simple desktop and tasked me with building them a solid box on a fairly tight budget. Here is what I came up with.
Lian Li Case
They wanted a very small footprint, and nothing flashy. This little guy should work out just fine and the price was right.
$45
Asrock Mobo
Intel G3220 Haswell CPU
Originally I had planned on going AMD and their new Kabini, but after thinkin about it, I am not real sure if I want to use them as my crash test dummies, so to speak. Went with Intel as I know what we will be getting with it. Plenty of speed and decent power consumption. The board, well, not many choices in mITX for budget Intel builds. This one should work just fine.
$125
EVGA 500W PSU
Not 100% sold on EVGA's new line of PSUs, but for the price, I'll take a chance. (At least their customer service is great, so if there is a problem..
)
$40
GSkill Ripjaws X RAM
1866? I know, don't really need that. These are for me. I have a set of these 1866s and a set of 1600s in my rig. I paid the extra for the faster RAM and will be swapping it for my 1600. Cost $80, but charged them
$45 for the 1600s
Western Digital 1TB HD
I kinda wanted to go with a smaller SSD for Boot and also a mech for storage, but the money wasn't in the budget for it and capacity was more important to them.
$60
LG 24" Monitor
Not many reviews, but for a non-gaming, basic panel, this should be more than capable and give them plenty of real estate to work with. The $20 promo brought this down to
$130. Crazy price for a 24" HD monitor. LOL
Logitech Wireless Keyboard/Trackpad
Again with space in mind, and as little clutter on the desk as they can get.
$40.
ASUS Wireless Adapter
Bought one of these from Wes at the last LAN and it works great. Had a promo code on it which brought the price down to
$15. No brainer.
All total, just a wee under
$500.00. IMHO, heck of a deal considering what $500 gets you at say, Best Buy, WalMart or other name brands.
I will be tossing Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on it (freebie on me) and should be a very capable and solid machine for at least the next few years seeing what they will be requiring it to do.
Once all the parts make it in, I will let you guys know how it all goes.