Heya guys,
I'm currently bulding a PC for my parents, and as I no longer want to mess around with my old P4 for them, I decided on a whole new PC altogether. Here's what I came up with:
CPU: Athlon II x4 Quad Core 645 Socket AM3 3.1Ghz Box/Core i3 2100 3.1Ghz s1155, 3MB, GPU Core, Tray
Mobo: ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 AM3, 870, DDR3 1600, PCI-e/ASUS P8H67-M LE B3 s1155 Core i3/i5/i7, Intel H67, DDR3 1333, 2xPCI-E, DVI, HDMI
RAM: DDR3 1333Mhz 2x2GB G.Skill NQ Edition Dual Channel
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB IntelliPower, 32MB, SATA II WD5000AADS
GPU: GIGABYTE HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 DX11 DVI HDMI VGA PCI-E
Optical drive: Sony Optiarc AD-7260S DVD±RW x24 Black Sata
Case: CoolerMaster Elite 370 Black
PSU: SeaSonic 600W Active PFC 80+ 12cm Fan PSU SS-600ET (Oem)
Truth be told, they don't need that powerful a GPU, since this PC is gonna be used for office, HD films, and light gaming (mom likes the sims series and browser games). But, I want to cover it for the future now, rather than get a Geforce 210 (cheapest I found) only to upgrade it in a year. This one is built to last them long. I am also leaning towards the Intel setup thanks to the easy future upgradeability.
I'd also like opinions on the PSU... since I'm buying ALL of this from my own money (present!), does it really need that powerful a PSU? Would a 450watt do for all that? I don't expect extreme GPU upgrades, and only see myself adding RAM later on... provided that I got with the HD5670 now that is.
