PC Build

[Gerry Hull]

Have him buy an off-lease i5 2nd-gen off-lease box (Lenovo, Dell), with no
hard disk (~#105-150), and blows away
many low-end mobos.

Add a Samsung 850 256GB SSD (I buy from Amazon Warehouse used (perfect
condition) for between 90-105).
Then add a better graphics card and you are all set.

This system, even running dreaded Windows 8/10, boots in two to three
seconds, and is what I helped my 13-year-old nephew build for his Mindcraft
work.

Gerry

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On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <
greg at freephile.com> wrote:

> My 13-yr-old wants to build a PC and came up with a parts list.
> https://freephile.org/wiki/PC_Build
>
> He's big into playing and hosting Minecraft, plus creating Minecraft
> graphics customizations with blender and gimp.  He currently uses a
> chromebook, plus crouton for a chrooted Ubuntu.  (The minecraft _server_ is
> on another host in a VM -- not on the chromebook.)  Although the chromebook
> is good for portability, it's not very powerful when it comes to 3d
> rendering in blender.  And actually, he broke it (he is a 13 yo boy).  So
> he wants to upgrade to a "entry-level" gamer system using his own money.
>
> I put his list at https://freephile.org/wiki/PC_Build and also referenced
> a system build that the blogger "Canton Matt" (Peteris Krumins) put
> together.  There are also a short list of the resources I've found for
> compatibility checking.
>
> I hardly know anything about hardware and mostly buy from newegg or
> tigerdirect.  It's been years since I built my first linux box from
> scratch.  Any comments, advice from regular or recent builders?
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg Rundlett
> https://eQuality-Tech.com
> https://freephile.org
>
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