My 8 year old PC is finished and I'm looking to replace it. I'm not a gamer and will only be using the PC for internet, office, SAS and maybe photo/video editing software occasionally. Below is what I have so far...I would really appreciate it if you guys could fill in the blanks, let me know if there are superior components that are similarly priced or whether there are any incompatibilities. I would love to keep this under $500
Processor: Core i5 2500K ($180) http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0354589
Motherboard: I'd like some suggestions ....if there is a mobo that supports both ATA and SATA hard drives that would be excellent. I don't know much about mobos but for now I have my eye on the MSI H67MA-E45-B3 ($99 after MIR)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 1024MB ($20 after MIR)
Power Supply: Already have a Corsair CX430 (or something like that)
RAM: will depend on the mobo I guess but probably 8GB for ~$80
Case: no clue, but preferably something small and cheap with no lights
OS: Windows 7 Pro (institutional license)
Other than that i have a 500GB SATA drive and 2 ATA drives (which I wouldn't mind getting rid of and replacing with a 1TB SATA) and a PCI wireless card (which I might need to replace depending on the mobo). I'll finish it off by buying some cheap (~$20) optical drive.
Finally, any thoughts on how to make this computer as quiet as possible. My current one sounds like there's an airplane taking off in it.
Thanks!
Processor: Core i5 2500K ($180) http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0354589
Motherboard: I'd like some suggestions ....if there is a mobo that supports both ATA and SATA hard drives that would be excellent. I don't know much about mobos but for now I have my eye on the MSI H67MA-E45-B3 ($99 after MIR)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 1024MB ($20 after MIR)
Power Supply: Already have a Corsair CX430 (or something like that)
RAM: will depend on the mobo I guess but probably 8GB for ~$80
Case: no clue, but preferably something small and cheap with no lights
OS: Windows 7 Pro (institutional license)
Other than that i have a 500GB SATA drive and 2 ATA drives (which I wouldn't mind getting rid of and replacing with a 1TB SATA) and a PCI wireless card (which I might need to replace depending on the mobo). I'll finish it off by buying some cheap (~$20) optical drive.
Finally, any thoughts on how to make this computer as quiet as possible. My current one sounds like there's an airplane taking off in it.
Thanks!
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