Aldini10 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I've had an emachines desktop for some time now, and it's come to my attention that it really sucks. After much research and reading others' success stories, I've come to the conclusion of a modest hack, no I will not overclock or anything like that, no need for a bulk cooler. PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sXLVPrice breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sXLV/by_merchant/Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sXLV/benchmarks/CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Amazon)Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87M-HD3 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($86.12 @ Amazon)Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon)Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($37.89 @ Amazon)Case: Cooler Master N200 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($45.49 @ NCIX US)Total: $432.48(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 17:38 EDT-0400) I plan on using this rig for work in AutoCAD, and Sketchup since that is what I work with. I want to dual boot with Windows on separate drives. Also, I excluded an optical drive, good because I don't need that. I already own a Rosewill wifi card, a coolmax v600 from an older build, and an AMD 6570 1 GB card. What are your thoughts on this build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theconnactic Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Should work. Not sure about the rosewill wifi though... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldini10 Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 The wifi card works just fine with Mavericks, I bought it 6 months ago. Thanks for confirming this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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