Discussion. Can anyone beat this pre-built system at the same price point for general home, non-gaming, use? Using same G4560 processor.
Edit: Must include Windows 10. No peripherals or monitor needed.
I think eventual SSD and Ram upgrades are obvious areas for improvement. But all around, I haven't come up with anything better.
Posted May 9, 2017, 1:34 PM UTC · edited
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Easy:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
EDIT: This does NOT include windows, since you could use a version of linux. Also, for $15 more you could get a 1TB HDD and it would still be less than $300.
You could just not pay for Windows and use the free version that just gives upu the watermarl and removes some personalization features. Including Windows in builds really is not necessary IMO because you can use Windows without paying for it and without pirating it.
As I said to someone else with the same comment
Saying just use the free Windows (not inputting a key) is against the rules? It is not pirating and it is a legitimate way to use the OS.
I've had this discussion with the mods, and it is actually against the microsoft TOS
Thanks! But I guess I should have specified including windows 10, which means the hardware total will have to be sub-$200.
Since windows is about $100, you probably can't beat it without really cheaping out somewhere like the hard drive or powersupply, neither of which is a good idea.
I definitely would prefer this micro ATX form factor, and I don't need 8GB RAM afaik. This is close to being worth an extra $25-30 over the OP system (when you add windows) for the form factor difference.
You probably don't, but stuff like google chrome does love to eat RAM if you have too many tabs open, and having dual channel RAM will make the PC a bit faster. 4GB will be fine for just general use though.
Also I'm pretty sure the prebuilt is microATX.