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10/05/12 9:00:37 PM#21
If you haven't placed the order yet, then you're in luck. AVA Direct now has Trinity for sale. http://www.avadirect.com/desktop-pc-configurator.asp?PRID=25793 Unfortunately, they only offer one motherboard at the moment, and as Socket FM2 goes, it's basically the top of the line--and about $60 more than you should be looking to pay for a motherboard. If that's the route you want to go, then the things to change from the default are: Case: Cooler Master Elite 311 (cheap, and adequate for a low power system) Power supply: Seasonic SS-500ET (it would be nice if they offered a cheaper power supply of comparable quality but lower wattage, but they don't) Processor: A10-5800K Memory: Corsair 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) Vengeance PC-15000 DDR3 1866 MHz (the 1866 MHz matters if you're using integrated graphics) OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit As I configured it, it comes to $678.95. If 120 GB is enough for you, then you can also swap out the hard drive for a Mushkin 120 GB Chronos SSD. If you later decide that you need more storage space, then it's easy to add a hard drive later. It would be ideal if you could save some money on the motherboard by getting something cheaper. An A75 chipset model would probably be the best. They'll presumably offer more motherboards at some point, and it wouldn't hurt to ask them about it. For what it's worth, as compared to what you're looking at from Cyber Power PC, this would have a little faster processor, but maybe half of the graphics performance. You could add a video card in the future if you decide you need better graphics performance. It also doesn't give you the Cyber Power PC offer of a 60 GB SSD together with the hard drive. But there aren't the horror stories about AVA Direct that there are for Cyber Power PC. If you buy a computer form the latter, it will probably be fine, but they're cheaper for a reason. |
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10/06/12 10:58:15 AM#22
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10/06/12 11:01:04 AM#23
I meant, if Kilawua hadn't placed the order yet.
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