[tech] New Computers

[James Cox]

MSY is clearing out Asus Turbo (i.e. dual-ball-bearing fan models) 960s for
$224: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/239487

[RME]~Coxy

On 17 March 2016 at 23:05, jordan meerwald <jmeerjt11 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I’ve been narrowing parts down by vendor to what the best choices could
> be. I have done this for PLE, MSY and PCCG, except the graphics cards which
> are not cheap at any of these vendors and the Centurion case Bob
> recommended which is not at any of these stores (without a crappy PSU
> thrown in). I have suggested a cheaper case from each store too.
>
>
>
> It’s a good thing we didn’t buy anything yet as PLE is having a 10% off
> most things sale this Saturday (www.ple.com.au/25years)
>
> PLE 25 Year Anniversary Sale (Saturday 19/3 only):
>
> Intel i5 6400                                      $276
>
> Gigabyte B150M D3H                    $125.10
>
> Kingston 2x8GB 2133 DDR4          $109
>
> SanDisk Plus 240GB SSD                $89
>
> or Samsung 850 Evo 250GB         $121.50
>
> Seagate Barracuda 2TB                  $98.10
>
> SeaSonic 550RM G-series             $134.10
>
>
>
> $831.30 or $863.80 with samsung SSD, excluding case and GPU
>
> Coolermaster N300 case               $62.10
>
>
>
> Most parts are cheaper at MSY normally but the sale changes things.
>
> MSY:
>
> Intel i5 6400                                        $269
>
> Gigabyte B150M D3H                    $129
>
> Kingston 2x8GB 2133 DDR4          $124
>
> Samsung 850 Evo M2 250GB       $131
>
> Seagate Barracuda 2TB                  $99
>
> Antec TPC-550W                             $117
>
>
>
> $869, excluding case and GPU
>
> Coolermaster K282 case                $59
>
>
>
> PCCG is competitive with MSY on most prices but I haven’t included
> shipping.
>
> PCCG:
>
> Intel i5 6400                                      $269
>
> Gigabyte B150M D3H                    $135
>
> Corsair 2x8GB 2133 DDR4             $129
>
> Samsung 850 Evo 250GB               $129
>
> Seagate Barracuda 2TB                  $99
>
> Seasonic M12II 520W EVO           $115
>
>
>
> $876, excluding case and GPU
>
> Thermaltake Versa H24 case       $59
>
>
>
> The only GPUs with ball bearing fans are EVGA with ACX2.0 fans and ASUS
> Turbo models.
>
> Of these you can get the EVGA GTX960 SC for USD$192.16 on amazon sold by
> EVGA, or AUD$251.73 last I checked. This includes shipping.
>
> The cheapest in Australia I found was from Kogan for $258.67, no idea on
> shipping costs though
>
>
>
> The Coolermaster Centurion 6 is hard to find, but netplus in Perth has
> them for $109, or ebay has them for $134.90 including shipping. I’m not
> sure what we look for in a case other than ‘be able to drill a hole in the
> side’ but I like the layout of this one.
>
>
>
> Here’s some of my reasoning behind parts choices:
>
> CPU: i5 6400 is the cheapest Skylake i5, pretty much the only logical
> choice.
>
> M/B: B150M D3H has 4 DDR4 DIMMs at 2133MHz, an M2 slot and Sata Express,
> and the only difference between it and more expensive H170 boards I could
> find is lack of RAID support and no USB3.1 gen2, which we don’t really
> need. mATX gives us the option of smaller cases but I haven’t gone with any.
>
> RAM: any 2133MHz DDR4 that’s not from a dodgy company is fine, I went with
> 16GB but if 8GB would probably suffice and can be increased later.
>
> SSD: Samsung are good and not overpriced, MSY only charges $2 more for M2
> so I went with that there. PCI Express SSDs are too expensive and 120GB too
> small.
>
> HDD: Barracuda, 2TB stops people complaining that things are being
> uninstalled all the time to make space.
>
> PSU: Seasonic uses ball bearing fans, long cables and the best Japanese
> capacitors, the MSY Antec one is also made by seasonic. iirc these all had
> 5 year warranties too. The Corsair CS450 is $105 at MSY and PCCG too which
> could save a little money if 450W is enough (has only 1 6+2 PCIe for
> example too).
>
>
>
> Please send any suggestions in the next day or so as the PLE sale is one
> day only.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> [JDN]
>
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