Thoughts on a build

[mrcool]

• Case w/PSU -- Rosewill R2036-BK Black Computer Case 400W Power Supply - Retail - $30
• Mobo -- MSI 760GM-E51 AM3 AMD 760G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $69
• CPU -- AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADX240OCK23GQ - OEM - $53
• RAM -- OCZ Gold 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1333LV4GK - Retail - $106
• HD -- Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $55
  

Cost of parts listed: $313.

I have monitor, keyboard, mouse, OS. Any thoughts?

This is my fourth build, so I'm not a complete noob, but I don't keep up with tech when I'm not thinking about building so I might be missing something.

Thanks

 

[reflex99]

Do you have a heatsink for that CPU?, because it doesn't come with one.

Also that PSU is really lame, find it in your budget to get something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008

Also if you are expecting the onboard graphics to play TF2 you will be sadly dissapointed.

 

[mrcool]

Do you have a heatsink for that CPU?, because it doesn't come with one.

Also that PSU is really lame, find it in your budget to get something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008

Also if you are expecting the onboard graphics to play TF2 you will be sadly dissapointed.

Thanks, I didn't think of the heatsink. I would have realized that before building it.

No, this is not a gaming PC at all. I already have one.

And yeah, I just kinda grabbed a case. I should probably look at that closer.

Thanks!

 

[Ric]

If you're looking towards storage or something along those lines why not buy a bigger hard drive instead?
I got a 1tb SATA for 67 bucks @ CompUSA.

Also, here at BestBuy in Florida, they sell 500GB SATA's for under 50 bucks or about 50 bucks. Might be worth checking out if you're near one. It's not too much of a difference, but hey..Saving 5 bucks is always good, I guess.

 

[Toasteddude]

I wouldn't go with that Rosewill PSU either.

 

[Angeal]

You could also make the CPU: a Athlon II X2 250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103681

 

[mrcool]

If you're looking towards storage or something along those lines why not buy a bigger hard drive instead?
I got a 1tb SATA for 67 bucks @ CompUSA.

Also, here at BestBuy in Florida, they sell 500GB SATA's for under 50 bucks or about 50 bucks. Might be worth checking out if you're near one. It's not too much of a difference, but hey..Saving 5 bucks is always good, I guess.

Ric - I'm not looking for storage. It's for my sister to replace her laptop. I don't remember how big her drive is but it's nowhere near 500gb, so 500gb should do for a long time for her.

Angeal - Thanks. That looks like pretty good idea. Might as well get that instead of adding a heatsink.