29th June 2018, 2:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 29th June 2018, 4:01 AM by Fresh Cookies. Edited 4 times in total.
Edit Reason: Bumped up the extra TB for another $10. Worth it.
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Planned Budget Build, which has links to all of the products listed below
I guess I'm asking for advice. This is me cost-scraping as much as I want to (I was originally looking up near the $1,800 range) but I want to know if there's any ways I can push the price down further, whether it be a cheaper way of getting the Win10 OS or perhaps a different config that'd enable me to go cheaper. This'll be my first desktop and I'm a bit nervous about it, to be honest, but at worst this'll end up being a serviceable mini-PC with upgrade ability, and at best this is a stepping stone to a better PC. Thoughts and advice welcome -- should this be built (hopefully I'll have enough saved up by the end of the year to outright buy this or get family to fill in the gaps to have it as a birthday present), I may or may not put it in a separate thread. If anything, point me to a site where I could get advice if none is available.
Hopefully this'll bring me back up towards the top of the folding food-chain soon enough! Might be time for me to make a return...
Quote:(All prices listed from here-down are in USD and are from either Newegg or Amazon, I will add a (N) or an (A) to signify which of these the cheaper price is from, and, as I have Prime, all Amazon pieces have zero shipping/handling!)
Performance-Effecting Specs:
Other Important Items:
- (A) CPU: Intel - Core i3-8350K 4GHz Quad-Core Processor - $168.49 (+$0.00 s/h) - $168.49
- (A) RAM: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory - $159.99 (+$0.00 s/h) - $159.99
- (A) Graphics: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card - $179.99 (+$0.00 s/h) - $179.99
- (A) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler - $29.99 (+$0.00 s/h) - $29.99
- (N) Motherboard: ASRock - H370M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard - $106.05 (+$0.99 s/h) - $107.04
- (A) Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive - $69.99 (+$0.00 s/h) - $69.99
- (A) Hitachi - Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive - $53.88 (+$0.00 s/h) - $53.88
- (A) Case: RAIJINTEK - Metis Plus (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case - $66.66 (+$0.00 s/h) - $66.66
- (N) Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply - $54.90 (+$0.00) - $54.90
- (A) Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit - $99.99 (+$0.00 s/h) - $99.99
Total Wattage: 247W
Total Cost (before any extra build-day supplies*): $989.93 (+0.99 total s/h) - $990.92
*Including potential pick-ups such as an extra fan, thermal compounds, etc.
Currently Owned Items:
- Audio: Harman/Kardon CN-04N567-48220 (literally a couple speakers I found downstairs, works great once I've cleaned the cobwebs off) - can be found on eBay in the $20 range
- Monitor: Acer S220HQL Monitor (1920x1080 60Hz) - found around $100
- Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech MK320 (Keyboard: K330/Mouse: M215) - found in the $20 range
- Western Digital 1TB My Passport - approx. $60
I guess I'm asking for advice. This is me cost-scraping as much as I want to (I was originally looking up near the $1,800 range) but I want to know if there's any ways I can push the price down further, whether it be a cheaper way of getting the Win10 OS or perhaps a different config that'd enable me to go cheaper. This'll be my first desktop and I'm a bit nervous about it, to be honest, but at worst this'll end up being a serviceable mini-PC with upgrade ability, and at best this is a stepping stone to a better PC. Thoughts and advice welcome -- should this be built (hopefully I'll have enough saved up by the end of the year to outright buy this or get family to fill in the gaps to have it as a birthday present), I may or may not put it in a separate thread. If anything, point me to a site where I could get advice if none is available.
Hopefully this'll bring me back up towards the top of the folding food-chain soon enough! Might be time for me to make a return...
