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LittleItaly

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Apr 6th 2017, 18:04:35

How's it look?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jMW2f8

Needed to stay around $600

Use case: Internet/Business/Photos/No gaming

I also wanted to design it for possible future expansion hardware wise.

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maverickmd

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Apr 6th 2017, 18:21:01

http://www.mmo-champion.com/build-of-the-month/

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Apr 6th 2017, 18:21:14

The puppy build might work for you.

Marshal

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Apr 6th 2017, 19:16:16

do you need separate wifi-card or would nano usb dongle (http://www.tp-link.com.au/...ts/details/TL-WR702N.html) work?

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LittleItaly

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Apr 6th 2017, 19:51:04

I want it to be AC, and I also never had luck with USB network adapters throughout the years lol.

BTW that is a mini router.

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maverickmd

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Apr 6th 2017, 19:58:22

Any reason a laptop for $399 wouldnt work for you? Does everything fine. Especially if you arent playing games

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Apr 6th 2017, 20:12:55

sorry meant this http://www.tp-link.com/us/download/TL-WN725N.html, I have it on laptop and works fine.

ninong

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Apr 6th 2017, 20:31:32

build looks good to me, and yeah the pci wifi card is too expensive. never had issues with usb wifi, but you could get a good pci-e card for less than $20. if you want to save another $70 or so you could go with an i3 7100 or something lower, you won't feel the difference with regular office apps

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LittleItaly

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Apr 6th 2017, 20:33:01

GF has ALOT of photos. She needs a 2 tb hdd.

no laptop for under 500 will do that. Also, she has a surface, and peripherals to use a desktop. Plus, desktops are cheaper and i dont want crap hardware lol.

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Marshal

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Apr 6th 2017, 20:36:53

2 tb hdd for photos? either she takes alot selfies or she's photographer.

LittleItaly

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Apr 6th 2017, 20:42:22

The $20 wifi cards dont have enough mbps. There is no point having the router we have if the wlan hardware bottlenecks.

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Rasp

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Apr 7th 2017, 13:20:13

No discrete GPU?

As for the Puppy recommendation above, I've heard to stay away from the Kaby Lake 7100 i3. It doesn't make sense and you get better bang for a 6th gen I-5 or pay the extra for the 7400 as you originally have listed.

What will you be using it for?

All I heard so far was that your girlfriend does p0rn for a living and has a lot of photos. About 2TB worth.

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Rasp

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Apr 7th 2017, 13:22:04

Doh, helps to read.

Use case: Internet/Business/Photos/No gaming

Current build looks good man.

LittleItaly

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Apr 7th 2017, 14:44:51

Thanks.

She bought the parts so this is going down!

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Zorp

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Apr 7th 2017, 17:21:07

I would have said you can get a $250 laptop for your use case and get an $80 external 2TB hard drive.

But hey, in your shoes I'd also go overkill just for a better user experience. Your build will absolutely kill it.

Dissident

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Apr 7th 2017, 18:30:43

Why would you build a computer for this? Its basically going to be a glorified storage hard drive anyways... just get something cheap and used. Maybe from your local recycling facility

LittleItaly

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Apr 8th 2017, 3:54:33

Originally posted by Zorp:

Yeah thanks. She does this already with her surface and it just isnt cutting the cheese for her lol. I dunno, its her $$ and Im gonna have fun building it.

She also didnt wanna wait a month or two for me to grab one from work after I decommission it and throw a hdd in it. Lol...

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Academus

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Apr 9th 2017, 10:42:07

the days of building pcs are over except for specialised requirements. best go to an online custom build - more economical and reliable.

ninong

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Apr 10th 2017, 18:48:16

Originally posted by LittleItaly:

The $20 wifi cards dont have enough mbps. There is no point having the router we have if the wlan hardware bottlenecks.

that wifi card you are planning on buying is currently $10 cheaper on newegg until 4/12 with promo code EMCRERG57

https://www.newegg.com/...aspx?Item=N82E16833704237

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Marshal

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Apr 10th 2017, 19:18:56

his gf already bought parts.

Link

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Apr 11th 2017, 2:05:41

Cheap

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Apr 11th 2017, 14:45:17

http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/pc/h/zts386.jpg