PC Part Picker List
Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 3.4GHz Dual-Core Processor ($99.99 TigerDirect)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 ($58.04)
Memory: Team Vulcan 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.00)
Primary Disk: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB Sata III ($255.33 ATD Computers 4/2014)
Video Card: EVGA GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 720MHz PCIe 2.0x16 ($50 reddit 10/2013)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced (Black) Mini ITX Tower ($33.53)
Power Supply: Corsair CX430 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX12V ($18.69)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.34)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (reddit $15.00)
Monitor: HP LA2405x 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (Re-used $0.00)
Total: $303.59
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-02 19:42 EDT-0400
Desktop PC upgrade (March 2014)
CPU: Ivy Bridge i5-3570K 3.4GHz(3.8GHz Turbo) 1MB L2 6MB L3 77W ($115 reddit 4/2014)
GPU: GTX 760 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ($188.11 Newegg open box)
MOBO: Biostar TZ77XE3 LGA 1155 ATX Z77 2x Sata III ($45 reddit 4/2014)
Primary Disk: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB Sata III ($255.33 ATD Computers 4/2014)
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 2x8GB DDR3 1600: 8-8-8-24 1.35V low profile ($140 reddit 4/2014)
PSU: SeaSonic M12II 620W Bronze ATX12V SLI Full Modular ($50 newegg reddit deal)
Mouse: Logitech G502 Proteus Core
Re-use case, PSU, fan controller, cpu heatsink, WD Caviar 640GB
Total Cost - $605
Media Center PC (summer 2010)
CPU/GPU: Intel i3 530 2.93 GHz
Mobo: MSI 20H57M Motherboard
Primary HDD: Hitachi 500GB 3.5" single platter HDD
Storage HDD: 4x Samsung EcoGreen F4 2TB
Storage HDD: 2x Hitachi GST Deskstar 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" (TD $160 ea)
Case: NZXT Whisper Full Tower Case
RAM: GeIL 2x2GB DDR3 1333
Power Supply: Corsair 400W power supply
Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech MK320 USB RF wireless
*SSD: OCZ Summit 60GB 2.5" SATA II MLC
Desktop PC (summer 2008)
CPU: Q6600 Quad Core 2.4GHz 1066MHz FSB 8MB L2 Cache
GPU: EVGA Nvidia 512MB 8800 GTS 670MHz 128 Steam Processors
Mobo: EP45-DS3R 1600MHz FSB DDR2 1200
Primary HD: Intel X25-M 80GB SSD - purchased GC packaging variant
App HD1: OCZ Summit 60GB MLC SSD
App HD2: WD RaptorX 150Gb 10,000RPM 1.5Gb/s 16Mb Cache 2.99ms av latency
Storage HD: WD Caviar SE16 640Gb 7,200RPM 3.0Gb/s 16Mb Cache
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Full ATX 4x120mm fans 1x200mm top fan!
RAM: Kingston ValueRam 2x (2x1Gb) = 4Gb DDR2 800
Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream 700W 4 12V rails 120mm fan
Fan Controller: Sunbeam RHK-EX-BA 6 fan control (full 0-12V) 30W/channel
CPU heatsink/fan: Zalman CNPS 9700 NT 110mm 2 ball ultra quiet
Case Fans: Scythe S-Flex SFF21F 120mm 1600RPM
