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1352027	2013-08-25 06:12:00	My laptop was stolen and I'm looking at building a computer around the $1100 mark. It will mainly be used for internet, some video editing/photoshop and a bit of light gaming. I put the following system together on this site: 2moroit.co.nz and it came to $1138.67. These are the specs: Intel Core i5 4570 Haswell 3.2Ghz Socket 1150 Gigabyte/Asus intel B85 chipset Motherboard 8GB(8Gb x1) DDR3-1600 High Performance 500Gb Reliable/Performance Harddrive Gigabyte GZ-M1 Black MicroATX Case No PSU 60Gb SSD SATA3 High Performance Samsung SH-224BB 24x SATA Dual Layer DVD writer 550W(Max) Efficient Power Supply Logitech MK270 wireless Keyboard and Mouse combo Samsung S22B300B 22" (21.5" Viewable) Full HD TP-LINK TL-WN781ND Wireless N 150Mbps PCI-E Card I might add in a graphics card later on but I think the Intel 4600 graphics should be fine for me. Are there any things you would change? I am happy to build myself or just buy prebuilt like the above site. I don't mind what the rest of the components are but it must have: Intel Haswell i5 60GB SSD 6-8GB RAM Full HD monitor Thanks in advance.	sahilcc7 (15483)
1352028	2013-08-25 06:20:00	Correct me if i'm wrong but you haven't listed a graphics card in your list. If your looking at only very light gaming (E.g. TF2) and you want to keep price down you may want to consider a low end workstation GPU. But if your looking for anything more than what would be considered light gaming then a 7850 (around $300) may be your cheapest bet whilst still being able to serve for a decent amount of time.	Slankydudl (16687)
1352029	2013-08-25 06:39:00	Correct me if i'm wrong but you haven't listed a graphics card in your list. If your looking at only very light gaming (E.g. TF2) and you want to keep price down you may want to consider a low end workstation GPU. But if your looking for anything more than what would be considered light gaming then a 7850 (around $300) may be your cheapest bet whilst still being able to serve for a decent amount of time. I was thinking the Intel 4600 integrated graphics would be able to handle *some* gaming. I saw a video of Battlefield 3 running decently on a 4600 i5. Maybe I should try buy all the parts separately to put the cost down and then add in a graphics card..	sahilcc7 (15483)
1352030	2013-08-25 06:51:00	That's not a bad idea (then again I don't know allot about integrated GPU's) but if your running integrated graphics its probably worth getting a half decent cpu cooler as the stock one wont go too far. The best bang for your buck would probably be a hyper 212 evo cpu cooler, cheap as chips as far as coolers go and respectable cooling power.	Slankydudl (16687)
1352031	2013-08-25 06:55:00	www.notebookcheck.net I wouldn't hold out on the 4600... Also that case is horrible (had one and hated it), but then again everything else for its price is also horrible.	icow (15313)
1352032	2013-08-25 08:10:00	Intel integrated graphics suck for gaming. Sorry, they may launch the game, but they're not, imo, playable @ 1920x1080, unless you're talking about playing Doom 2 or something. Even the HD4600 will only pull something like 10 - 15 fps @ 1920x1080 in games like BF3 or Bioshock Infinite. Also, is there a reason it must be a 60GB SSD? 120 is much more practical imo (and far better $/GB too).	inphinity (7274)
1352033	2013-08-25 09:38:00	Theres No Operating system listed -- unless you are using some form of linux, which from all accounts is not the best for gaming ( from what I have heard)	wainuitech (129)
1352034	2013-08-25 20:26:00	500Gb Reliable/Performance Harddrive 550W(Max) Efficient Power Supply I might add in a graphics card later on but I think the Intel 4600 graphics should be fine for me . Reliable harddrive? Really? When it doesn't state the brand?? Efficient power supply? Ditto - no brand? Make sure you use quality brands for both these components . And onboard graphics and gaming are a fail . You will need a proper graphics card - which one all depends on what games you intend to play . For gaming the graphics card is the single most important component in the entire build .	pctek (84)
1352035	2013-08-25 21:33:00	60GB SSD?...really, I would get a bigger spindle and load up on RAM, its so cheap...you could have a RAM drive if you need a scratch drive for editing....	SolMiester (139)
1352036	2013-08-25 22:04:00	The specs are fine apart from the concerns mentioned regarding the brands not listed. I agree a 60 GB SSD is difficult to manage also. I ran a 120 for a while then upgraded to a 256 and still could use a bit more at times. Never heard of that website either, Do a comparison on ComputerLand and or pp.co.nz and see if they are competitive, both have a proven service track record with me. For graphics, I'd build it as listed and see how it goes, just be prepared for the possibilty of adding in a graphics card later.	dugimodo (138)
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