Thoughts on a micro desktop for a friend
I am looking at building a micro ATX desktop for a friend. The needs are as follows;
I have picked the following and think it should work. Not sure about the MB and case for the most part. I have built several systems with the PSU I listed and they are all fine.
Total $639.92 not counting shipping
Please let me know how I may improve on this. Is the onboard video reliable on the board I selected? I personally have always used a graphics card and never been a fan of onboard video for even a simple machine.
- It needs to be aesthetically pleasing since it will be in a professional office.
- It will be on the top of a desk and needs USB's readily available (4 will work).
- It will be used for Word, Excel and Access.
- The only games will be Solitare and Majong, That's it!
- There will be some DVD's watched.
- I wish to keep under $800 and I have an OS, monitor, KB and mouse.
I have picked the following and think it should work. Not sure about the MB and case for the most part. I have built several systems with the PSU I listed and they are all fine.
- SILVERSTONE Sugo SG01-SF Silver Aluminum / Steel MicroATX Desktop SFF Chassis Computer Case $99.99
- Rosewill RP500 500W ATX12V v1.3/ EPS12V Power Supply $59.99
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz $164.99
- ASUS P5E-VM HDMI LGA 775 Intel G35 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard $124.99
- G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 $44.99
- MSI RX3850-T2D512E OC Radeon HD 3850 512MB $66.99
- eagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $54.99
- LG Black 22X DVD Burner - OEM $22.99
Total $639.92 not counting shipping
Please let me know how I may improve on this. Is the onboard video reliable on the board I selected? I personally have always used a graphics card and never been a fan of onboard video for even a simple machine.
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Total $575 plus shipping.
The case has a 300W 80+ Certified PSU with it, and the onboard graphics should do what he needs. You can add in a normal graphics card if you want, but I don't think it'd be necessary.
//edited. I linked and listed the wrong board.
That looks better than anything I hoped to find. I knew I could count on this place! According to Silverstone I can use either a 2.5" or 3.5" HD in that case. I found some reviews on the board and the video will be quite adequate for the application and the wifi even works well. I guess she is going to have to settle on black.
What are you going to upgrade, really? It's going to run a browser, and office and other office where far into the future. Slap some more ram into it and a bigger harddrive and that's about all you'd ever need to do with it.
As for fun. It's a business computer for his boss, this will score points.
...But it is a 2.0 CPU/ 1066 FSB with only 1 GB of RAM and a 120 GB HD. The system I want is a 3.0 CPU/ 1333 FSB with 4GB of RAM and a 250 GB HD. I will go for performance over looks to make it more versatile and future proof.
Then there is the fun of a build and don't forget about those brownie points!
In all seriousness your requirements would be covered on a P4 with 512ram. You won't have a speed or future proof issue with whatever you go with.
Besides if you get a macmini in 3yrs or so if it's decided it's obsolete buy it off him and take it home for your entertainment system.
At any rate have fun with your new machine.