SanDisk Ultra SSD SDSSDH-120G-G25 120GB SATA 3.0Gb...
An SSD for a $350 computer? Really?
Take out the unnecessary SSD and the build cost drops down to $343
Here's my recommendations:
Intel Build

Change: Actually it's better if the cpu be the Pentium G850 since it supports 1333 MHz RAM frequency. The Pentium G600s only support up to 1066 MHz RAM frequency fhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116397. It's $20 more but the total cost will only be $355.
or AMD Build

both within the budget.
I see you want your friend to have room for future upgrades so I had $100 motherboards with nearly the best chipsets and sockets. AMD 990FX with AM3+ and Intel Z68 with LGA1155 socket.
The processors have about the same performance, but according to this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-2.html
The Pentium G CPU is the has the best bang-for-buck below $100. Also it is part of Intel's Sandy-Bridge line of processors (2nd generation i3's, i5's and i7's) so it is both pretty strong and efficient in power consumption.
DVD Burner is good, the RAM is of the popular G. Skill brand, and I cheaped out on the power supply since this build honestly is not that powerful at all.
Hard Drive I assume is very similar to the popular Samsung Spinpoint F3, a very fast 1 TB HDD that's priced like any other 1 TB drive. This is one of, if not the, fastest 7200 rpm 500 GB HDD on some of these charts
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2012/benchmarks,134.html
The Caviar Blue you listed is near the bottom of the charts.
And don't worry, each part is rated 4-5 eggs with lots of reviews.
Hope this helps
Edited by Bitech - 6/11/12 at 12:09am
An SSD for a $350 computer? Really?
Quote:
Why? He can get a simple DVD Burner for $15 off Newegg.He doesn't want/need the best of the best.
Take out the unnecessary SSD and the build cost drops down to $343
Here's my recommendations:
Intel Build

Change: Actually it's better if the cpu be the Pentium G850 since it supports 1333 MHz RAM frequency. The Pentium G600s only support up to 1066 MHz RAM frequency fhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116397. It's $20 more but the total cost will only be $355.
or AMD Build

both within the budget.
I see you want your friend to have room for future upgrades so I had $100 motherboards with nearly the best chipsets and sockets. AMD 990FX with AM3+ and Intel Z68 with LGA1155 socket.
The processors have about the same performance, but according to this:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-2.html
The Pentium G CPU is the has the best bang-for-buck below $100. Also it is part of Intel's Sandy-Bridge line of processors (2nd generation i3's, i5's and i7's) so it is both pretty strong and efficient in power consumption.
DVD Burner is good, the RAM is of the popular G. Skill brand, and I cheaped out on the power supply since this build honestly is not that powerful at all.
Hard Drive I assume is very similar to the popular Samsung Spinpoint F3, a very fast 1 TB HDD that's priced like any other 1 TB drive. This is one of, if not the, fastest 7200 rpm 500 GB HDD on some of these charts
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/hdd-charts-2012/benchmarks,134.html
The Caviar Blue you listed is near the bottom of the charts.
And don't worry, each part is rated 4-5 eggs with lots of reviews.
Hope this helps
Edited by Bitech - 6/11/12 at 12:09am























