Monday 19 October 2015

Build a Q4 2015 PC for $200

Build a Q4 2015 PC for $200

Overview

This is a $200 PC that can perfectly handle daily tasks such as word processing, web browsing, listening music and streaming videos.

At the heart of this build is the low cost AMD Athlon 5350 (codenamed Kabini) based on the AM1 Platform that only consumes a modest 25W of power. The case is a Rosewill FBM-01 and is of black colour. The supply is an EVGA unit capable of suppling a maximum of 430W with will be more than enough to power this build.

Add a stick of 4GB DDR3 RAM and a 320GB Mechanical Hard Disk, you get a cheap computer for daily usage. As a bonus you can play lightweight games such as Dota 2, Minecraft a wide range of casual games such as Angry Birds and Major Mayhem or older games such as Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare.

All builds exclude the price of the Operating System.

Parts List

The required parts are listed below:
Type
Name
Where to buy
CPU
AMD Athlon 5350 APU
Amazon
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-AM1M-S2H
Amazon
Case
Rosewill FBM-01
Amazon
Memory
Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Amazon
Hard Disk
Western Digital 320GB 5400RPM
Amazon
Power Supply
EVGA 430W 80+ Certified
Amazon
Operating System
Windows 10 Home or Linux*
Amazon

The optional parts are listed below:
Type
Name
Where to buy
Optical Drive / DVD
Asus 24x DVD-RW
Amazon
Keyboard & Mouse
AmazonBasics Keyboard and Mouse
Amazon
Monitor
Asus VS228H-P
Amazon
Wireless Card
Intel Wireless AC 7260
Amazon



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