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||CPU||Core i7 (or 4 x core or better) (Corei7 3770)||NetPlus $309, MSY $303|| ||CPU||Corei5 3570 - but quad core?||NetPlus $213||
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||HDD||SSD as main boot drive (128GB or better) - ranz will donate 1TB drive for storage if reqd||NetPlus $109||
||PSU||Corsair 600w||MSY $70||
||CASE||Coolermaster or Thermaltake?||MSY $50||
||||Total build||$750||
||HDD||SSD as main boot drive (128GB or better) - ranz will donate 1TB drive for storage if reqd. <<BR>> You will need more space than that if you want it to be a gaming linux machine -- BobAdamson ||NetPlus $109||
||SSD||What about a solid state revodrive?|| Cost unknown... ||
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PSU||Corsair 600w (Zanchey has a 450W Corsair)||MSY $70||
||CASE||Coolermaster or Thermaltake? Case not needed - use existing case||MSY $50||
||||Total build||$711||

Porcupine's specs (started by [RNZ]):

Item

Description

Prices

MOBO

Gigabyte H77M-D3H

as donated by [TRS]

CPU

Corei5 3570 - but quad core?

NetPlus $213

RAM

8GB or better DDR3 1600Mhz or better (mobo has 4 slots - so get 2 x 4gb chips)

$60 for 1 x 8GB

GPU

NVidia GeForce 660 GTX 2GB (Gigabyte coz MOBO is also this)

MSY $209

HDD

SSD as main boot drive (128GB or better) - ranz will donate 1TB drive for storage if reqd.
You will need more space than that if you want it to be a gaming linux machine -- BobAdamson

NetPlus $109

SSD

What about a solid state revodrive?

Cost unknown...

PSU

Corsair 600w (Zanchey has a 450W Corsair)

MSY $70

CASE

Coolermaster or Thermaltake? Case not needed - use existing case

MSY $50

Total build

$711

Prices retrieved on: 07-May-2013