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Anony
@140.202.10.x

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Replaceing Girlfriends Laptop

Thoughts on build? Best places to tweak to save money while maintaining performance?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Water 3.0 Performer 99.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($8.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z97I Gaming AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Urban S1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($50.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)
Total: $913.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-28 13:22 EDT-0400

darcilicious
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Forest Grove, OR

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Maintain performance for what exactly? What are the typical tasks/activities that this laptop will be used for?
davidhoffman
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join:2009-11-19
Warner Robins, GA

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You are replacing a laptop with a desktop, correct?
The case and cooler choices seemed odd for a laptop.

Gaming rig, correct?
If not, and she is going to be doing work or personal related tasks, do you have a data storage drive that can be depended upon when the drive fails?

Other than that, it looks like a great value.

Msradell
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join:2008-12-25
Louisville, KY

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Without knowing what she is going to use a computer for it's hard to give you an opinion on what you've selected. What type of games or other software does she typically run on this machine? Are you sure she's going to be comfortable changing from a laptop to a desktop machine? If she's used to carrying the laptop around she's going to have to change how she uses a computer. In addition there is no monitor in what you specified, what type of monitor are you planning on having her use?

Do you already have the OS software? If not you might have a hard time finding Windows 7 available these days. Microsoft is trying to push everybody to Windows 8 despite general resistance.

Anony
@140.202.10.x

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She plays WoW on her laptop and then general stuff like bills and some surfing. Since her laptop has a hard time keeping up with WoW, I wanted to build a micro atx build that would meet these needs. I also would like this to last her for a bit before having to do any upgrading. Doesn't need to be portable, she just doesn't have alot of room on her desk for a big PC.

I was more looking for opinions on where bring the cost down a bit or possibly have better suggestions.
asdfdfdfdfdf
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Did you check the dimensions of the case?

You bought a micro atx case. You don't need to buy an expensive mini itx motherboard.

The ax series is the top of the line corsair series. You don't need anything like a 760 watt psu for a system with a 750ti which is a very low power draw card to begin with. I would buy a more midrange power supply and something in the 500ish range. I just recommended a SSR-550RM seasonic G to someone else and it would appropriate here. I don't feel you need a top of the line power supply for this build and that is really oversized for the machine. In fact you could get the 30A 12v 360 G SSR-360GP.

I would forget about liquid cooling and use the stock cooler or, if you don't like that idea, a more standard air cooler such as the coolermaster hyper 212

»www.newegg.com/Product/P ··· -Product

We can talk specifics about the motherboard if you accept that you don't need a mini itx board

Krisnatharok
PC Builder, Gamer
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join:2009-02-11
Earth Orbit

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Here's my take. If you can afford, drop another $50-100 to get a 120/240 GB SSD to act as boot drive.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.74 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-E/CSM Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($97.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.23 @ OutletPC)
Case: Thermaltake Urban S1 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($39.26 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Other: SAPPHIRE 100363L Radeon R9 280X 3GB ($259.99)
Total: $927.14
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 08:07 EDT-0400

Tirael
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join:2009-03-18
Sacramento, CA

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock B85M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard ($77.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($86.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($118.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone ML07B HTPC Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Silverstone 300W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $817.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-29 23:34 EDT-0400

Smaller (the case is about 2 inches wider and 4 inches longer than an XBox One) and cheaper than your build. Tack on another $50 for a decent low profile cooler (if you don't want to use the stock cooler).