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Your $900 rig - EDevil - 05-04-2014

Simple, you'll get 900 bucks. What parts would you buy? This includes;
  • Case
  • Motherboard
  • CPU
  • GPU (The use of internal graphics is allowed, although you'll need give a good explanation why you went for it Tongue)
  • Storage (The use of 2 or more storage solutions (like SSD and HDD) is allowed)
  • PSU
  • Extra fan's or cooling solutions are nice to see, but no requirement!
  • Also, extra sound cards, RAID controllers, fan controllers etc. are cool, but no requirement!

Please make a little description about your system in your post. This could include the use of the system, why you choose the parts, etc.

[EDIT] After discovering that 700 euros isn't 700 dollars, i bumped the price up to 900 USD. This to hit a price point where we can see a lot of original combinations, rather than the same stuff over and over again.

RE: Your $900 rig - EDevil - 05-04-2014

Template you can use
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Case: ...
Motherboard: ...
CPU: ...
RAM: ...
GPU: ...
Storage: ...
PSU: ...
Extra's: ...
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This case was designed with ... in mind.

Why i went with these parts: ...


RE: Your $900 rig - EDevil - 05-04-2014

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Pearl Black - € 83,95
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - € 55,55
CPU: AMD FX-6300 Black Edition - € 88,94
RAM: Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX - € 60,04
GPU: Asus GTX650TI-1GD5 - € 112,-
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB - € 120,50
PSU: be quiet! Pure Power L8 630W CM - € 75,60
Extra's: Scythe Mugen 4 PCGH Edition - € 36,50
Total: € 633,08 (aka $877,58)

This case was designed with "A good all-rounder that's been made with a strong focus on silent operation" in mind.

Why i went with these parts:
- Case: Nice (cheap?) case that has a lot of possibilities, yet extremely quiet and slick. Includes 2 very quiet fans.
- Motherboard: Good brand with decent chipset on the AM3+ socket. This was also one of the cheapest boards that had angled SATA ports, a must have in every case imo.
- CPU: w/ Price to performance this thing is a beast. That simple.
- RAM: Nice Kingston 2x4GB kit. Why the heck wouldn't you go for Kingston? Big Grin
- GPU: Nice GPU that i managed to fit within the budget.
- Storage: I was debating whether i should go for a 128GB evo and HDD, or just 250GB. I went for the 250GB. I have my NAS on the network, so i'll store most of my shit there. Yet again, you could take this configuration and do something completely different with it. Storage configurations are really a personal thing imo.
- PSU: Awesome power supply that's really quiet, modulair and future ready with this system.
- Extra: I included a kickass CPU cooler with this build. This because i want the system to be silent, and perhaps a bit overclockable? Tongue Anyhow, the price / performance of this thing is just nuts. Buy it. Now.

RE: Your $900 rig - greatgamer34 - 05-04-2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3DVfr

Here she is. Just a tad over $900 but when you subtract the rebates its the best PC a person could buy.
This is designed so the CPU can get a good OC!

Case: Phantom 410
Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard
CPU: AMD 8350
RAM: Quad Channel G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
GPU: Asus R-9 270x
Storage: WD 1TB Black Drive
PSU: Corsair Professional 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 3 113.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler

RE: Your $900 rig - Neogreenyew - 05-05-2014

Computer: Raspberry Pi
Extras: 3 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171753&Tpk=SDSSDXP-480G-G25&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10440897&PID=1796839&SID=49288490

RE: Your $900 rig - Apuly - 05-06-2014

(05-05-2014, 10:22 PM)Neogreenyew Wrote: Computer: Raspberry Pi
Extras: 3 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171753&Tpk=SDSSDXP-480G-G25&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10440897&PID=1796839&SID=49288490


RE: Your $900 rig - tokumei - 05-07-2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/AGausmann/saved/4dir
Done. (I'd find the extra $100 somewhere)

EDIT: Minus the extra stuff like monitors & OS, it's much less than $900

RE: Your $900 rig - David - 05-07-2014

(05-05-2014, 10:22 PM)Neogreenyew Wrote: Computer: Raspberry Pi
Extras: 3 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171753&Tpk=SDSSDXP-480G-G25&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10440897&PID=1796839&SID=49288490

Arduino ftw!

RE: Your $900 rig - jxu - 05-08-2014

These computers are really good. You can even add RAM to it!

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RE: Your $900 rig - EDevil - 05-08-2014

Revolution.

RE: Your $900 rig - David - 05-08-2014

But is it better than Vista?

RE: Your $900 rig - Apuly - 05-08-2014

Everything is better than Vista. But nothing 's as good as Gentoo.

RE: Your $900 rig - jxu - 05-08-2014

I'd also like to suggest this bad boy. 64Kb of RAM is probably more than you'll ever need, but what the hell just have it for kicks. It's about $500 over your budget but it's definitely worth it.

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RE: Your $900 rig - David - 05-08-2014

Dat mouse though.

RE: Your $900 rig - jxu - 05-10-2014

(05-08-2014, 09:48 PM)David Wrote: Dat mouse though.

Can't handle a 5000 DPI gaming mouse just because it looks funny?

RE: Your $900 rig - seankingman - 05-10-2014

(05-08-2014, 09:24 PM)͝ ͟ ͜ Wrote: I'd also like to suggest this bad boy. 64Kb of RAM is probably more than you'll ever need, but what the hell just have it for kicks. It's about $500 over your budget but it's definitely worth it.

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I want one!

RE: Your $900 rig - jxu - 05-10-2014

Check out this sweet DIY computer

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RE: Your $900 rig - EDevil - 05-10-2014

Thats just a bunch of relays and contactors...

RE: Your $900 rig - jxu - 05-11-2014

Those are clearly ICs?

RE: Your $900 rig - David - 05-15-2014

That's clearly some copper and plastic?

RE: Your $900 rig - seankingman - 05-15-2014

It's simply matter.

RE: Your $900 rig - Cutlassw30 - 06-28-2014

Case: Corsair 550d mid tower ATX
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3
CPU: Pentium G3258 + cooler master hyper 212 EVO cooler
RAM: Kingston blu 4gb (2x2gb)
GPU: EVGA gtx 760 reference 2gb
Storage: Intel 520 series SSD 120gb + WD blue 7200RPM 750gb HDD
PSU: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ gold semi modular


Grand total: 851$ or 499£

Rational:

Case: Good, clean looking, case. Has noise isolation rubber mounts for fan mounting holes and a sound damping foam built into the case.
129$

Motherboard: Gigabyte boards have always been reliable for me and trades the fancy "oc master race genny" this and "uber fan mode controller thingy" that for reliable SATA controllers, good voltage regulators and a very good price.
109$

CPU: When most people hear pentium they think slow, However the new pentium G3258 haswell when overclocked (which it does very well and only has a 54w TDP (cough AMD cough)) can beat out the likes of the FX 8350 in most games such as BF4 (which is supposed to take advantage of more cores). and paired with a hyper 212 evo that temp is going to stay way low and so will noise level.
60$

RAM: Kingston is a rock solid brand name and is very reliable. 1333 Mhz is fine for gaming and no game will use all of that 4gb, plus its in dual channel mode 2x2gb.
54$

Storage: Intel SSDs are generally the most reliable and don't change speeds over time. While not being the fastest kid on the block its the most consistent. The WD caviar blue is a fast enough hard drive when you have a SSD, and its 750gb so its big enough for most people.
162$

GPU: Look people there is nothing wrong with reference designs, they are not that loud at all (not as loud as a stock intel cooler) and can infact overclock quite nicely. They are also extreamly reliably and don't have non of that fancy "look at me and this plastic that makes me look like a 5 year olds toy" (looking at you MSI with your GPU reactor bullshit). Also if you're overclocking so much that the stock cooler is not doing well, then buy a aftermarket one which will do 2 times better than some MSI or gigabyte shit
240$

PSU: Corsair power supply is nice and solid and semi modular, and 80 plus gold certified. Plenty of power
80$