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Intel Pentium G3258 @ 3.6-3.8 ($90 in combo with mobo)
2x4GB GSkill Sniper DDR3-1600 ($40 back when DDR3 was cheap)
Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V
HIS 7950 3GB GDDR5 (800/1250, not overclocked) ($130 new, firesale at Newegg)
Crucial M500 240GB SATA6G SSD ($80)
Rosewill PCI-E N150 wifi (Atheros) ($9)
PT-8812AU AC1200 Realtek USB3.0 wifi ($17)
Logitech wireless keyboard / mouse ($20?)
Edit: Forgot case / PSU, sorry.
EVGA 500 B PSU ($45)
RaidMax Cobra Titanium case ($40)
Want to get ECS Z97-PK motherboards for these rigs to replace the Gigabyte H81 mobos, in the hope that I'll be able to get 4.3-4.4 out of these CPUs, along with PCI-E 3.0 and DDR3-1600 speeds.
I think it's around $435 worth of parts so far.
The two wifi cards, are because the Atheros Wifi is recognized without drivers in both Linux Mint and Win 7 64-bit. I have to use that card to download and install the drivers for the AC1200, in Linux. I then disable the Atheros when I get the drivers for the AC1200 loaded.
Edit: To be clear, this is my current PC. I was wondering more about upgrades, that would be cheap. Not really interested in "hardcore" gaming, no BF4 MP, so no need for an i5 / i7.
2x4GB GSkill Sniper DDR3-1600 ($40 back when DDR3 was cheap)
Gigabyte GA-H81M-DS2V
HIS 7950 3GB GDDR5 (800/1250, not overclocked) ($130 new, firesale at Newegg)
Crucial M500 240GB SATA6G SSD ($80)
Rosewill PCI-E N150 wifi (Atheros) ($9)
PT-8812AU AC1200 Realtek USB3.0 wifi ($17)
Logitech wireless keyboard / mouse ($20?)
Edit: Forgot case / PSU, sorry.
EVGA 500 B PSU ($45)
RaidMax Cobra Titanium case ($40)
Want to get ECS Z97-PK motherboards for these rigs to replace the Gigabyte H81 mobos, in the hope that I'll be able to get 4.3-4.4 out of these CPUs, along with PCI-E 3.0 and DDR3-1600 speeds.
I think it's around $435 worth of parts so far.
The two wifi cards, are because the Atheros Wifi is recognized without drivers in both Linux Mint and Win 7 64-bit. I have to use that card to download and install the drivers for the AC1200, in Linux. I then disable the Atheros when I get the drivers for the AC1200 loaded.
Edit: To be clear, this is my current PC. I was wondering more about upgrades, that would be cheap. Not really interested in "hardcore" gaming, no BF4 MP, so no need for an i5 / i7.
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