My birthday is in just under two weeks and my amazing husband surprised me with a new PC! He'd been secretly saving up some extra money so he could replace my 8 year old beast. I made it when I had a ton of dispensable income back in the day. I miss those days.
Anyway...here's what I have now.
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352027
Processor/APU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113331
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128628&Tpk=gigabyte
RAM: 8GB DDR3
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227811 (we bought this about a year ago, not new)
Video Card: http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-11200-16-20G/dp/B0093172HQ
We got a few discounts and didn't need to buy everything as I had a power supply and a few other odds and ends. I believe the total came out to just over $300. Not bad at all.
I've always loved doing PC builds. This was definitely an awesome birthday gift. Hoping I can eventually use it for some streaming/making more YouTube videos as well.
See you in the gaming world. :D
Anyway...here's what I have now.
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352027
Processor/APU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113331
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128628&Tpk=gigabyte
RAM: 8GB DDR3
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227811 (we bought this about a year ago, not new)
Video Card: http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graphics-11200-16-20G/dp/B0093172HQ
We got a few discounts and didn't need to buy everything as I had a power supply and a few other odds and ends. I believe the total came out to just over $300. Not bad at all.
I've always loved doing PC builds. This was definitely an awesome birthday gift. Hoping I can eventually use it for some streaming/making more YouTube videos as well.
See you in the gaming world. :D
Very cool! But I don't see a video card in that list.
ReplyDeleteMy brother and I built a pair of identical gaming PCs back in 2006, the Twin Towers we called them. Then I built a bare bones system for my wife about three years ago. Then my computer died so I had to merge parts from the two systems together into what I've dubbed Frankenputer. ;) Luckily she likes her laptop and doesn't miss having a desktop PC.
video card is technically not needed, though Windows 8.1 preview is stupid and won't let me just use my APU. haha Oh well.
DeleteSounds cool! I like the twin towers. haha
Oh whoops, I didn't see the integrated Radeon graphics processor. And yes, now I'm fantasizing about building two more matching computers for me and my older son, but he's probably still a BIT too young to warrant his own PC.
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