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 Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:33 pm Post subject: Building a computer for my dad |
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He wants it to be around $500. He doesn't play games, and he wants his data backed up (he has lots of stuff that he can't afford to lose). I went ahead and put together this:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=22068948
Two SpinPoint F4s (already a lot more space than he'll use), and a RAID controller for RAID 1.
Please leave feedback and suggestions. I was about to go with a Sandy Bridge i5, but I looked up a comparison and the Phenom II x6 beat it.
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Get a 1 TB hard drive and bag the raid card. Raiding two crappy hard drives is a stupid waste of money. You also realize that the mobo has raid 0/1 anyway, right? If your intention was to do raid 1 for data security, don't even bother. Hard drives don't just fail without warning under normal conditions.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136534
Congratulations! You just bought twice the space for 50 dollars less! With that 50, get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161321
Nice silent HTPC card, he'll be able to watch a movie once in a while. To get an 8400 GS would be a terrible idea, those things are outdated pieces of junk. Other than that, it's pretty good. I hate cheap cases, but if it suits you, fine.
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What does he need 6 cores for lol
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elpacco
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Phox wrote: | Get a 1 TB hard drive and bag the raid card. Raiding two crappy hard drives is a stupid waste of money. You also realize that the mobo has raid 0/1 anyway, right? If your intention was to do raid 1 for data security, don't even bother. Hard drives don't just fail without warning under normal conditions.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136534
Congratulations! You just bought twice the space for 50 dollars less! With that 50, get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161321
Nice silent HTPC card, he'll be able to watch a movie once in a while. To get an 8400 GS would be a terrible idea, those things are outdated pieces of junk. Other than that, it's pretty good. I hate cheap cases, but if it suits you, fine. |
I realize backups are unnecessary with today's hard drives, however he is convinced that he needs a backup. Also, he wants to spend $500. No need in saving $100 if he's willing to spend the extra money. Phenom x6s are sweet anyway.
Also, he currently has a 720GB hard drive and he's only using 50GB of it and he's had it for months and doesn't know you have to empty the recycle bin. I'm pretty sure he doesn't need a 1TB drive. He's convinced that he needs his data backed up, so I figure this is a pretty decent way to do it. Also, I got an external card because they give much better performance in RAID configurations than onboard controllers.
Video card was a nice suggestion though.
@slovach, he really isn't computer-savvy. He couldn't even figure out backing up data onto an external hard drive himself, so I figured it'd be better just to have it done automatically without him even really knowing.
edit: Should have mentioned that I already have a 400W corsair.
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Switched it around a bit. Got rid of external RAID controller because I realized it really isn't necessary. Got a cheaper Phenom II x6, Gigabyte mobo with onboard video (4250), switched to slovach's DVD drive.
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| elpacco wrote: | | Switched it around a bit. Got rid of external RAID controller because I realized it really isn't necessary. Got a cheaper Phenom II x6, Gigabyte mobo with onboard video (4250), switched to slovach's DVD drive. |
Why does he need a Phenom? He's not gaming or photoshop, is he?
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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i dont think elpacco's dad needs a 600W PSU...and also Biostar Mobos suck
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| An0n' wrote: | | elpacco wrote: | | Switched it around a bit. Got rid of external RAID controller because I realized it really isn't necessary. Got a cheaper Phenom II x6, Gigabyte mobo with onboard video (4250), switched to slovach's DVD drive. |
Why does he need a Phenom? He's not gaming or photoshop, is he? |
Performance does go beyond games, you know. No game could even use six cores in the first place, so one couldn't even justify that's what six cores were for otherwise. That's like saying you only need a P4 instead of an i5/i7 if you're not playing games.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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there is literally no way you will ever need 6 cores for what you are trying to target.
2 is plenty let alone 6
oh man these SPREADSHEETS run so well on this 6 core system!! no.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Biostar sucks? I have heard their lower end motherboards ($40 below) suck, but not the higher end ones
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| Your build on the OP lacks a PSU.
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