Sunday, March 26, 2017


Sunday, March 19, 2017

JANE'S ATTEMPT AT BUILDING A COMPUTER:

I have based my computer mainly on one called the "Mini ITX Gaming Build" by someone calling him/herself ChargersDen on PC Part Picker. There are some things he/she does not mention which I have added or altered. The parts are in the order listed by FunTrivia.com :

1) THE CASE
Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX Mini ITX Tower
2) THE POWER SUPPLY
EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
3) THE MOTHERBOARD
ASRock Z270M-ITX/ac Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard
4) THE MAIN PROCESSOR
Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor
5) THE CPU COOLER
CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler
6) THE FAN ASSEMBLY/COOLING SYSTEM:
NZXT RF-FN142-RB 50.0 CFM 140mm Fan




7) THE MAIN MEMORY
EVGA SuperSC 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory
8) THE VIDEO CARD
Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card
9) HARD DRIVE/STORAGE
I ) Hynix SL308 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
II) Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

PARTS I HAVE ADDED, MOST OF WHICH PC PART PICKER SAYS ARE COMPATIBLE. SOME OF THE IDEAS COME FROM A PERSON WHO CALLS HIM/HERSELF JADEGT:

1) The Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive
2) The Syba SD-PEX63034 24-bit 48 KHz Sound Card, partly because Darrell said something about audiophiles wanting a sound card:
3) ChargersDen has chosen this keyboard:
Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro S Wired Standard Keyboard
4) And this mouse:
Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/VfYXsY/logitech-mouse-910004074

5) I opted for this keyboard and mouse combo as they are much cheaper and I know I can return them if I want to:
Insignia™ - USB Keyboard and Optical Mouse

6) And this mousepad:
mp0034 Ouija Board Spirit Mystery Mouse Pad




7) ChargersDen chose these speakers:
Logitech Z200 0W 2ch



I chose these instead:
Insignia™ - 2.0 Stereo Computer Speaker System (2-Piece) - Black

8) JadeGT chose Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
I am told Linux is free.

9) For additional software I chose Microsoft Office 365 Personal:


12) Both ChargersDen and JadeGT have added headphones costing up to $249.99 but I probably wouldn't use them. JadeGT added a webcam and gaming module. Again, I don't think I would use either.