$400 Budget AMD Build

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7/28/12 at 12:30am

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diffently the 380 is more then enfo power for the APU

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7/28/12 at 1:03am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt-Matt

I know, that's what I meant. If there's leftover money I'd roll with the 2120. A friend recently built one of his friends an i3 2120 system (without a case) recently for a tad over $450.. seeing as you guys are in America you should be able to do better

better the pentium than the 2100

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7/28/12 at 1:04am

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Originally Posted by truckerguy

diffently the 380 is more then enfo power for the APU

But if you're going with the Athlon x4 build I'd go with the 500W Corsair PSU

It's barely anymore and fits right into the budget!

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16GB Samsung Eco	Samsung Spinpoint	Western Digital Green	Crucial M4
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda	2x OEM DVD Drives	Heatkiller Rev 3.0	XSPC RX360
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Laing D5 + XSPC Res	Primochill Bloodshed Red Tubing	Windows 7 Pro x64	Asus VEH228H
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G510	Silverstone Strider 850W	HAF 932	Logitech G400
Mouse Pad	Audio	Other	Other
SteelSeries QCK Fnatic	Logitech x-230's	Logitech C100 Webcam	TP-Link Wireless N 150MBPS
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500GB Hitachi Sata	LG Sata DVD+RW	Stock OEM soloution	Windows 7 Professional
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RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Samsung Eco	Samsung Spinpoint	Western Digital Green	Crucial M4
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda	2x OEM DVD Drives	Heatkiller Rev 3.0	XSPC RX360
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Laing D5 + XSPC Res	Primochill Bloodshed Red Tubing	Windows 7 Pro x64	Asus VEH228H
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G510	Silverstone Strider 850W	HAF 932	Logitech G400
Mouse Pad	Audio	Other	Other
SteelSeries QCK Fnatic	Logitech x-230's	Logitech C100 Webcam	TP-Link Wireless N 150MBPS
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500GB Hitachi Sata	LG Sata DVD+RW	Stock OEM soloution	Windows 7 Professional
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7/28/12 at 2:08am

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^ Take the expanded budget and spend it on something else.

A top end A8-3850 or A10-5800 APU PC can be powered off a 150W PicoPSU. The Antec EA380 will provide enough power for two A8 or A10 APUs at once with room to spare, for a good price.

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80GB Intel X25M SSD	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)	Noctua NH-D14
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Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o...	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit	ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2]	Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W]
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Antec P182 SE	ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp	Audio Technica ATH-d40fs
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AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V]	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v]	MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB	8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T]
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80GB Intel X25M SSD	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)	Noctua NH-D14
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Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o...	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit	ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2]	Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W]
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Antec P182 SE	ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp	Audio Technica ATH-d40fs
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7/28/12 at 7:10am

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Here is a build courtesy of Gogaijin from my intel thread.

I already have the athlon 2 x4 630 and not needing the optical drive. That would give me another $89 to spend somewhere(or just pocket money for him) Where would that be best spent? A SSD, graphics card, something else?

First build AMD
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/df7J
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/df7J/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/df7J/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 645 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($71.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 760GM-GS3 Micro ATX AM3 Motherboard ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec 380W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($90.65 @ Amazon)
Total: $393.57
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)

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truckerguy's build but being able to save about $40 more dollars to spend else where or pocket from changing to the antech 380 and no optical.

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7/28/12 at 7:16am

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Originally Posted by Invidiafanboy

Here is a build courtesy of Gogaijin from my intel thread.
I already have the athlon 2 x4 630 and not needing the optical drive. That would give me another $89 to spend somewhere(or just pocket money for him) Where would that be best spent? A SSD, graphics card, something else?
First build AMD
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/df7J
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/df7J/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/df7J/benchmarks/
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 645 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($71.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 760GM-GS3 Micro ATX AM3 Motherboard ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Seagate Momentus 7200.4 320GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec 380W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($37.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) ($90.65 @ Amazon)
Total: $393.57
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
OR
truckerguy's build but being able to save about $40 more dollars to spend else where or pocket from changing to the antech 380 and no optical.

He'll want an optical, I'd also go with a Hyper 212+ too.. It's $5 more and yet so much better.

Everything else looks nice,

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Convertible i5 3570k (De-Lidded)	Gigabyte Z77x-D3H	HIS Radeon 7950 IceQ Turbo @ 950/1250MHz (CFX)	Sapphire 7950 DualX @ 950/1250MHz (CFX)
RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Samsung Eco	Samsung Spinpoint	Western Digital Green	Crucial M4
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda	2x OEM DVD Drives	Heatkiller Rev 3.0	XSPC RX360
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Laing D5 + XSPC Res	Primochill Bloodshed Red Tubing	Windows 7 Pro x64	Asus VEH228H
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G510	Silverstone Strider 850W	HAF 932	Logitech G400
Mouse Pad	Audio	Other	Other
SteelSeries QCK Fnatic	Logitech x-230's	Logitech C100 Webcam	TP-Link Wireless N 150MBPS
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Bitspower Dual Red/Orange Cathode kit (30cm)	Lamptron CCFL Sound Activated Module
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Intel Pentium E2140	HP OEM Board	HIS Radeon 4350 (Low profile adapter)	4GB DDR2 667
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
500GB Hitachi Sata	LG Sata DVD+RW	Stock OEM soloution	Windows 7 Professional
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
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RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Samsung Eco	Samsung Spinpoint	Western Digital Green	Crucial M4
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda	2x OEM DVD Drives	Heatkiller Rev 3.0	XSPC RX360
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Laing D5 + XSPC Res	Primochill Bloodshed Red Tubing	Windows 7 Pro x64	Asus VEH228H
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G510	Silverstone Strider 850W	HAF 932	Logitech G400
Mouse Pad	Audio	Other	Other
SteelSeries QCK Fnatic	Logitech x-230's	Logitech C100 Webcam	TP-Link Wireless N 150MBPS
Other	Other
Bitspower Dual Red/Orange Cathode kit (30cm)	Lamptron CCFL Sound Activated Module
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Intel Pentium E2140	HP OEM Board	HIS Radeon 4350 (Low profile adapter)	4GB DDR2 667
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
500GB Hitachi Sata	LG Sata DVD+RW	Stock OEM soloution	Windows 7 Professional
Monitor	Keyboard	Power	Case
42" Toshiba LED TV	Logitech MK260 Wireless Combo	350W OEM	HP Proliant Case
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7/28/12 at 7:36am

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Originally Posted by Matt-Matt

He'll want an optical, I'd also go with a Hyper 212+ too.. It's $5 more and yet so much better.
Everything else looks nice,

I checked on his old optical. I thought it was an ide but it is sata so we can reuse that.

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7/28/12 at 7:47am

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I'd use the Athlon X4 and spend the savings on a gpu

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel 3570K 4.5 ghz @ 1.32v	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD4H	MSI 7950 Twin Frozr 1130/1510 @ 1.163	G.Skill SNiper Gaming Series 16 gb (2x8gb) 1866mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Samsung 840 250	Samsung F3 1TB x 2	WD 640 AAKS	western digital 1tb ezex
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	Monitor
LIte-On 20X DVDRW	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus	Windows 7 Pro x64	HP w237ld 23" 1080P
Power	Case	Mouse
OCZ ModXStream 600 watt	Cooler Master HAF 912	Logitech G400
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Q6600 SLACR - 3.2 ghz @ 1.375vv	Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi	ATI HD 5870	G.Skill PQ 2x2 800 mhz
RAM	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
G.Skill PK 2x1 800 mhz	WD 1 TB AAKX	LITE-ON 20X DVD±R 12X DVDRAM	Tuniq Tower 120
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Win7 x64 Professional	Vizio 37" HDTV	LiteOn SK-9020	Thermaltake TR2 T-500
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Apex ATX Full Tower	Logitech M100	generic	ADI AD1988B
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T4200 2ghz	Wistron 3612	Intel GMA X4500HD	2+1 gig 800 mhz
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WD 500 gig BEVT	24x DVDRW Litescribe	Win 7 x64 professional	16"
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Intel 3570K 4.5 ghz @ 1.32v	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD4H	MSI 7950 Twin Frozr 1130/1510 @ 1.163	G.Skill SNiper Gaming Series 16 gb (2x8gb) 1866mhz
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Samsung 840 250	Samsung F3 1TB x 2	WD 640 AAKS	western digital 1tb ezex
Optical Drive	Cooling	OS	Monitor
LIte-On 20X DVDRW	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus	Windows 7 Pro x64	HP w237ld 23" 1080P
Power	Case	Mouse
OCZ ModXStream 600 watt	Cooler Master HAF 912	Logitech G400
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Q6600 SLACR - 3.2 ghz @ 1.375vv	Asus P5B Deluxe/WiFi	ATI HD 5870	G.Skill PQ 2x2 800 mhz
RAM	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
G.Skill PK 2x1 800 mhz	WD 1 TB AAKX	LITE-ON 20X DVD±R 12X DVDRAM	Tuniq Tower 120
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Win7 x64 Professional	Vizio 37" HDTV	LiteOn SK-9020	Thermaltake TR2 T-500
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
Apex ATX Full Tower	Logitech M100	generic	ADI AD1988B
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T4200 2ghz	Wistron 3612	Intel GMA X4500HD	2+1 gig 800 mhz
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WD 500 gig BEVT	24x DVDRW Litescribe	Win 7 x64 professional	16"
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7/28/12 at 7:47am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Invidiafanboy

I checked on his old optical. I thought it was an ide but it is sata so we can reuse that.

Oh of course!

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RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Samsung Eco	Samsung Spinpoint	Western Digital Green	Crucial M4
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda	2x OEM DVD Drives	Heatkiller Rev 3.0	XSPC RX360
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Laing D5 + XSPC Res	Primochill Bloodshed Red Tubing	Windows 7 Pro x64	Asus VEH228H
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G510	Silverstone Strider 850W	HAF 932	Logitech G400
Mouse Pad	Audio	Other	Other
SteelSeries QCK Fnatic	Logitech x-230's	Logitech C100 Webcam	TP-Link Wireless N 150MBPS
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Bitspower Dual Red/Orange Cathode kit (30cm)	Lamptron CCFL Sound Activated Module
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Intel Pentium E2140	HP OEM Board	HIS Radeon 4350 (Low profile adapter)	4GB DDR2 667
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500GB Hitachi Sata	LG Sata DVD+RW	Stock OEM soloution	Windows 7 Professional
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RAM	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
16GB Samsung Eco	Samsung Spinpoint	Western Digital Green	Crucial M4
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	Cooling
Seagate Barracuda	2x OEM DVD Drives	Heatkiller Rev 3.0	XSPC RX360
Cooling	Cooling	OS	Monitor
Laing D5 + XSPC Res	Primochill Bloodshed Red Tubing	Windows 7 Pro x64	Asus VEH228H
Keyboard	Power	Case	Mouse
Logitech G510	Silverstone Strider 850W	HAF 932	Logitech G400
Mouse Pad	Audio	Other	Other
SteelSeries QCK Fnatic	Logitech x-230's	Logitech C100 Webcam	TP-Link Wireless N 150MBPS
Other	Other
Bitspower Dual Red/Orange Cathode kit (30cm)	Lamptron CCFL Sound Activated Module
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Intel Pentium E2140	HP OEM Board	HIS Radeon 4350 (Low profile adapter)	4GB DDR2 667
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
500GB Hitachi Sata	LG Sata DVD+RW	Stock OEM soloution	Windows 7 Professional
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7/28/12 at 12:01pm

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^ If you're going to take the AM3 platform build listed above take it with at least 880G chipset and avoid 760G. 760G's Radeon 3000 fails to meet the minimum modern PC standards I set of supporting full HD media GPU acceleration across all web and file formats.

Anyways, budget... not really a huge issue. You can fit a top-end A8-3870k PC in this budget. If you reuse your 630, your build can have at least a Radeon 7750 at an approx. $400 budget.

My suggestion:

Athlon II x4 630 - [Already have]

ASRock 970 Extreme3 + Team 2x4GB DDR3-1600 - $103 shipped both [Newegg]

Bitfenix Merc BETA - $34 shipped [NCIX]

Antec Neo ECO 450C - $35 shipped [NCIX]

Windows 7 Home Premium x64 OEM - $73 shipped [Discountmountain]

Samsung F3 500GB HDD - $60 shipped [Newegg]

Sapphire Radeon 7750 - $100 shipped, $10 rebate [Newegg]

$405 shipped, $395 after rebate

Although in all seriousness there's also the option for a full-on A8 APU build for under $400.

You can still benefit from a really good GPU by the way as basic tasks are focusing so as to be more GPU oriented nowadays. i.e. Office 2010 uses GPU acceleration, and so does just about every major web browser.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V]	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v]	MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB	8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T]
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)	Noctua NH-D14
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Power
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o...	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit	ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2]	Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W]
Case	Audio	Audio
Antec P182 SE	ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp	Audio Technica ATH-d40fs
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
ARM Cortex A9 dual core [1.2Ghz]	TI OMAP 4430	PowerVR SGX 540	1GB low power DDR2
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS	Monitor
16GB on board storage	32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC card	Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (LiquidSmoot...	4.3" 960x540 TFT capacitive multi-touch screen
Keyboard	Power	Case
Swiftkey 3	Battery	Motorola DROID BIONIC
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
AMD Phenom II x6 1055T [4GHz, 300x13.5, 1.42V]	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ [NB 3ghz 1.35v]	MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB	8GB [4x2GB] G.Skill ECO DDR3 [1600 6-8-6-20-24-1T]
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling
80GB Intel X25M SSD	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1001FALS)	WD 1TB Caviar Black (WD1002FAEX)	Noctua NH-D14
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Power
Scythe GT-15 Gentle Typhoon 1500RPM fans (2x, o...	Windows 8 Pro 64-bit	ASUS PA238QR 23.6" 1920x1080 IPS LED monitor [x2]	Corsair HX520 Modular PSU [520W]
Case	Audio	Audio
Antec P182 SE	ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Headphone Amp	Audio Technica ATH-d40fs
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
ARM Cortex A9 dual core [1.2Ghz]	TI OMAP 4430	PowerVR SGX 540	1GB low power DDR2
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS	Monitor
16GB on board storage	32GB Class 10 MicroSDHC card	Android 4.0.4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (LiquidSmoot...	4.3" 960x540 TFT capacitive multi-touch screen
Keyboard	Power	Case
Swiftkey 3	Battery	Motorola DROID BIONIC
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