Budget: under $600, cheapest possible.
More specific use (what games, what programs): Gamecube emulator, etc
Planned time until purchase: 1 week
Do you need an Operating System?: no
Do you have any specific preferred components?: no
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: no
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: stock
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: no
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs): 16117

If possible, I'd like to go with the smallest case I can get away with, I'm building it for a friend that's going to have it connected to his TV only, and he'd like to put it under his TV stand (think alienware alpha size, obviously I don't expect it to be that crammed into a tiny box, but as small as possible)

Thank you kindly.

Nope...now it's YOUR turn.

I'm beginning to think you're posting here for builds and then selling them...either that or you now have like 30 comps in your house.



/e Start with an HTPC case

This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 27 2015 05:42pm

But I don't know anything about the newest hardware! D:
I'm not selling them lol, I just keep convincing friends to build computers rather than buy them!
I have 3 that are used daily, mine, my girlfriends, and her sons lol.
I stoopid

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/X4xcP6

Add $40 if you want to get an A10 instead of an A8.

Is the liquid cooler necessary? I'm not trying to be a smartass, just curious.
He won't really need an SSD, I was thinking more like a cheap 1TB drive.
He pretty much just wants to run emulated games and watch movies on it.
His laptop can't handle running gamecube emulators, so I talked him into selling it and building a desktop.

Thank you.

The liquid cooler isn't exactly necessary no, but in such a small case, you'll get better performance from AIO's than you will from air coolers that will fit.

Also, swapping to a 1TB HDD won't change the price much. You'll save like $10. If that's what you want to do, go for it.


/e

Although, yes, an aftermarket cooler is definitely recommended for an APU.

This post was edited by DeXaFiLaH on Feb 27 2015 06:16pm

Do this instead....

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wc78sY

check the edit...I removed a superbiiz

This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 28 2015 01:20am

Thank you! You're the man, Ghot! You've always ghot me covered!

Saw the edit, thank you broski!

This post was edited by ThePwnEffect on Feb 28 2015 01:21am

Here's ALL Newegg... OutletPC has a really bad reseller rating ;/

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GMgbZL

This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 28 2015 01:30am