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<blockquote data-quote="Aus_Snow" data-source="post: 4988177" data-attributes="member: 29112"><p>Well, here's a quick budget build for ya, but still with some room to move down the track. If you could put it together yourself (not as hard as it might sound) or get a buddy to do that for you - or hey, even pay a shop to do it, for cheap - it'll end up <em>very</em> inexpensive indeed.</p><p></p><p>CPU: AMD Athlon II x2 240</p><p>M/Board: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P</p><p>RAM: Kingston [or other OK cheapish brand] 2x2GB dual channel DDR3-1333 kit</p><p>Graphics: AMD HD4650 [?] - should help with general stuff, like HD vids.</p><p>Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 500GB [SATA II]</p><p>Optical: Any [SATA II] DVD-RW (Pioneer, Sony, Asus. . .)</p><p>Power Supply: included below. . .</p><p>Case: Coolermaster Elite 360 with 420w PSU</p><p>Monitor: 22" or 24" full HD LCD (Asus, Samsung, BenQ, Dell. . .)</p><p>Mouse & KB: to taste. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Just some ideas really. I don't know what your budget is, so that makes it a bit tricky! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> The case might seem a bit odd in that mix, but I do believe in getting a decent one, and that particular CM Elite is quite flexible in how it's used, and even how it's placed. The PSU included admittedly isn't the best, but it ain't one of the worst either. And you do *NOT* want any of <em>those</em> time-bombs. The CPU is a budget buy, but not shabby anyhow, and <em>certainly</em> upgradeable at some stage, if needed. Monitor is an item you might as well spend a bit on, because you're staring at that for possibly hours at a time. But the good thing is, full HD is standard now, and 22 or 24 inch is around the sweet spot.</p><p></p><p>USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 are both being included in new motherboards as of, well, <em>right now</em>, but they're <em>very</em> new tech, so I wouldn't worry about either thing for qutie some time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aus_Snow, post: 4988177, member: 29112"] Well, here's a quick budget build for ya, but still with some room to move down the track. If you could put it together yourself (not as hard as it might sound) or get a buddy to do that for you - or hey, even pay a shop to do it, for cheap - it'll end up [I]very[/I] inexpensive indeed. CPU: AMD Athlon II x2 240 M/Board: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P RAM: Kingston [or other OK cheapish brand] 2x2GB dual channel DDR3-1333 kit Graphics: AMD HD4650 [?] - should help with general stuff, like HD vids. Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 500GB [SATA II] Optical: Any [SATA II] DVD-RW (Pioneer, Sony, Asus. . .) Power Supply: included below. . . Case: Coolermaster Elite 360 with 420w PSU Monitor: 22" or 24" full HD LCD (Asus, Samsung, BenQ, Dell. . .) Mouse & KB: to taste. ;) Just some ideas really. I don't know what your budget is, so that makes it a bit tricky! :D The case might seem a bit odd in that mix, but I do believe in getting a decent one, and that particular CM Elite is quite flexible in how it's used, and even how it's placed. The PSU included admittedly isn't the best, but it ain't one of the worst either. And you do *NOT* want any of [I]those[/I] time-bombs. The CPU is a budget buy, but not shabby anyhow, and [I]certainly[/I] upgradeable at some stage, if needed. Monitor is an item you might as well spend a bit on, because you're staring at that for possibly hours at a time. But the good thing is, full HD is standard now, and 22 or 24 inch is around the sweet spot. USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 are both being included in new motherboards as of, well, [I]right now[/I], but they're [I]very[/I] new tech, so I wouldn't worry about either thing for qutie some time. [/QUOTE]
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