<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Running these parts and prices past anyone who cares for Committee to approve on a new desktop for the clubroom.</span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">$1000 limit will be hard to keep with cost of monitor</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Build recommendation</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><u>MSY and Dell prices, competition is almost $300 - 400 more expensive</u></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<b>New Monitor as recommended by [BOB]</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica"><font color="#000000">Dell - UltraSharp U2412M 24 Monitor with LED $449</font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica"> </span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>CPU</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Intel 4460 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial">Core i5-4460 3.2GHz 6MB LGA1150 $201</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Motherboard</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Asus H97M-E $115<br>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div><b>Graphics Card </b>(only need 2gb as not high resolution display)</div>
<div>Ranked according to fan efficiency.</div><div>1. EVGA GTX760 2gb SC ACX $299</div>
<div>2. Asus GeForce GTX760 OC 2gb $295</div><div>3. Gainward GTX760 2gb $267 (stock nVidia design)</div><div>Card at best price point -</div><div>Asus GeForce GTX770 OC 2gb $386</div><div><br></div><div>The cost of the above components - $1064<br>
</div><div><br></div><div>If the following parts are ok won't need them -</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>RAM</b> (maybe, need to run memtest on current RAM)</div>Kingston Hyper X Fury 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz HX313C10FK2/8 $95<div>
<div>G.Skill 8GB (2x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz - F3-1600C9D-8GAO $98</div><div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><b>Power Supply (need to check rating on current one)</b><br></div><div>Corsair CS550M $115</div><div>Corsair CS650M $135 (option if using a 770) <br>
</div><div><br></div><div><b>SSD </b><br></div><div>Samsung 840 Evo 250gb $155<br><div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Best Case Scenario -</div><div>Components required + monitor = $1064</div><div>
Components required + monitor + SSD = $1219</div><div><br></div><div>Dead RAM -</div><div>Components required + monitor + RAM = $1162</div><div>Components required + monitor + RAM + SSD = $1317<br></div><div><br></div><div>
New PSU required -</div><div>Components required + monitor + PSU = $1179<br></div><div>Components required + monitor + PSU + SSD = $1374<br></div><div><br></div><div>Worst case scenario - </div><div>Components required + monitor + RAM + PSU = $1277<br>
</div><div>Components required + monitor + RAM + Power supply + SSD = $1432<br></div><div><br></div><div>I personally don't feel that dropping from the nVidia 760 any lower would make no sense in the mid to long term. </div>
<div>On the contrary paying $90 extra and upgrading to a 770 would be the best price point for performance however this would likely require a 550W+ powersupply, if the current one is stuffed or underpowered for the build (under 550W) then my recommendation would be to with a 650W power supply and a 770 card however for the cost of ~$110 extra ($20 extra for the 650W over the 550W and $90 to go up a card). </div>
<div><br></div><div>The need for an SSD is not here nor there and can be upgraded to later if required, it's just become a standard for build that I do now and the Samsung EVO range are quite affordable.</div><div><br>
</div><div>I will check the power supply and RAM when I have time this week, may need to run memtest overnight.</div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Regards</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">[VIJ]</div></div>