Basic build for home usage

[th3pr0]

Hi experts,

I am building a basic rig for living room usage. Wont be playing any games on the system, just browsing, surfing web, watching movie/streaming movie on a 4kHD tv.

Budget: $800
Need: cpu (white or silvery build no window also nvm)
No need: OS, monitor, speaker

Rig:
MSI B150i gaming pro + G4560 - $250
Kingston value ram 8GB - $85
Toshiba 1tb - $64
Zotac GTX1050 2GB - $179
SF sliver 550W - $119
Phantek evolv ITX - $129

Total damage: $826

Question: Do i need a gpu or should i get a I3-6100 running the onboard intel graphic?

 

[Viper0402]

Hi experts,

I am building a basic rig for living room usage. Wont be playing any games on the system, just browsing, surfing web, watching movie/streaming movie on a 4kHD tv.

Budget: $800
Need: cpu (white or silvery build no window also nvm)
No need: OS, monitor, speaker

Rig:
MSI B150i gaming pro + G4560 - $250
Kingston value ram 8GB - $85
Toshiba 1tb - $64
Zotac GTX1050 2GB - $179
SF sliver 550W - $119
Phantek evolv ITX - $129

Total damage: $826

Question: Do i need a gpu or should i get a I3-6100 running the onboard intel graphic?

For my case, living room PC build for the kids too, I reused my old Core™2 Duo Processor E8400 (3GHz), reused old 4x 1GB DDR2-667 Rams Dual Channel, 2nd-hand Asus P5B-E Plus mainboard, 2nd-hand MSI Radeon HD7870 2GB OC, 2nd-hand Philips 220CW 22" Wide LCD, reused old LG 22x SATA DVD-RW Drive and Western Digital VelociRaptor(HLFS) 150GB 10kRPM SATA HDD 16MB, reused old iCute 627, and 2nd-hand Seasonic S12II 520W PSU, reused old Logitech speakers.
With this specs, you can go Garage buy 2nd-hand for less than HALF of your intended budget, and this living room PC rig of mine doesn't lag, can even run latest games smoothly, some with lower settings of course.

 

[LLCSG12]

Agree.

[QUOTE
With this specs, you can go Garage buy 2nd-hand for less than HALF of your intended budget, and this living room PC rig of mine doesn't lag, can even run latest games smoothly, some with lower settings of course.[/QUOTE]

 

[yusoffb01]

yes get 1050 for 4k playback. intel one cmi.

 

[_DeS__]

ASUS H110M-A M.2 + G4560 $195
8GB DDR4 $85
120GB SSD $79
1TB HDD $72
ZOTAC GTX1050 2GB $179
FSP 450W HEXA $58
TECWARE QUAD CUBE CASE $79

TOTAL $747

 

[EatSnakeWarrior]

ASUS H110M-A M.2 + G4560 $195
8GB DDR4 $85
120GB SSD $79
1TB HDD $72
ZOTAC GTX1050 2GB $179
FSP 450W HEXA $58
TECWARE QUAD CUBE CASE $79

TOTAL $747

If im not wrong ladaza can get 1050 2GB @ 14X

You need to bring the mobo to distro to flash the bios

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[_DeS__]

If im not wrong ladaza can get 1050 2GB @ 14X

You need to bring the mobo to distro to flash the bios

Sent from Sony E6853 using GAGT

Built 3 units with this combo already, so far no problems.

 

[th3pr0]

as in no need to flash the bios?

 

[th3pr0]

ASUS H110M-A M.2 + G4560 $195
8GB DDR4 $85
120GB SSD $79
1TB HDD $72
ZOTAC GTX1050 2GB $179
FSP 450W HEXA $58
TECWARE QUAD CUBE CASE $79

TOTAL $747

I was at SIM Lim and saw this case. Any idea if there is a white version?

 

[singupingu]

Yes there is. You need to find which vendor have it though. Pc theme might have you can give them a call

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[_DeS__]

as in no need to flash the bios?

I was at SIM Lim and saw this case. Any idea if there is a white version?

Yea no need, working fine for me.

Yes there is, but double check with vendor please.

 

[th3pr0]

Mobo+CPU: MSI H110i PRO AC ( ITX ) + G4560 - 211
RAM: KINGSTON 2133MHZ CL15 8GBx1 - 85
GPU: ZOTAC Geforce GTX 1050 Mini 2GD5 - 164 (178 with lzd discount 8%)
SSD: OCZ Trion TR-150 480GB - 184 (199 with lzd discount 8%)
Case + PSU: Fractal Design Node 202 mini-ITX Case + FSP 450-60GHS(85)-R 450W 80+ Bronze SFX - 205 (from t258jgn)

Total damage: 849

decide not to go with hdd as i figure i dont need much storage.
decide on this part for now. but since the new amd is coming out soon. i guess im gonna wait a while to see how is it.