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~500 +/- 300 (tower only) (8 yr lifespan)
The 8 year lifespan is unrealistic in and of itself just based on likely part fatigue, but untill parts start giving out I actually dont see a reason why your activities, one's that aren't going to scale up in the future (lots and lots of firefox tabs), would cause your system to be obsolete as quickly as that of an editing PC or gaming PC.
Think of a 2003 PC. It probably had 512MB of RAM. Now imagine trying to run Windows 7 on that.
That machine would be running Windows XP and still perform all the tasks it was meant to. In fact, my parents have got just such a PC, it still works fine, running a relatively fresh install of Win XP. The Pentium 4 and the old hard drive are a bit slow, yes, but it could just about manage all of the intended uses the OP listed, apart from 1080p video.
exactly what i meant price wise (<800). i can get a bigger monitor for free. i dont actually have the antec case, but i was thinking of a sonata or p180. noise is important to me. around 5 years lifespan is fine.
um...mine is on a Pentium D 7th stepping (Revision B0)Think of a 2003 PC. It probably had 512MB of RAM. Now imagine trying to run Windows 7 on that.
um...mine is on a Pentium D 7th stepping (Revision B0)
I HAS 1 GB OF RAMZZZZZZ :awe:
So your budget range is $200 to $800? I'm just going to take that as "$800 max., preferably less".
Mobo Asrock Z68M/USB3 $90
CPU i3-2120 $120
RAM Mushkin 2x4GB 1600 $40
GPU Integrated $0
SSD Crucial M4 64GB $109 or Crucial M4 128GB $197
PSU Corsair CX430 V2 $20 AR
I'm not getting $20 AR for the PSU. Is there another source?
Thanks
well my computer is a pos, its slow af and well thenYeah but Pentium D's came out in 2005. A 2003 PC is going to have a Northwood or Barton at best.
@justinj6
It was $20 AR when I wrote that post. At $35 AR from newegg it's still the cheapest good quality option. Same price without any rebate hassle on ncix, only today.
i like that fractal r3 case alot. i was also considering maybe going matx and ssf.
had no idea processors now include onboard video which should work fine for my needs. i think microcenter has i5/mobo deals, but would that be too much for me?
8 years old is intel 865G with a P4 HT northwood with most likely 512MB of dual channel memory. Such systems are still very functional today for web surfing. Only just recently has youtube become a problem for them, because of flash player bloat. And even then its only 480p youtube that presents a problem.