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[Hrodebert]

Hello all
First time computer builder here looking for opinions.
I am most interested in longevity and the ability to upgrade piece by piece in the future.
I will use this computer for light photo editing and large quantity storage of photos, duplicating and storing large quantities of both audio and video, YouTube, I-Tunes, Google Earth, News and Weather , General Web Surfing, and so on.
I have already gone over my intended budget, but am fine with that if the quality is worth the money.
Right now I am at almost $900.00
So here is what I have chosen, and would like to know what you think, good, bad, and the ugly.
Also is this everything I will need or have I missed something?
I will not need a Monitor, Keyboard or Mouse.
One other question is will the Intel HD Graphics 2500 in the CPU do what I have described, or will I need a GPU?
Thanks in advance, and Have a Great Day.

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[PP Mguire]

Looks good, but the HAF and HX are not needed at all really. You can drop the board to an ASRock Pro 3 and the CPU to the i5 3330. Then if you drop the HX to a TX that will save a bit more money. Having such a large case really isn't necessary unless you are gaming and have GPUs that need a lot of air flow.
Depending on how long you want to wait to upgrade you will probably wind up needing a new motherboard/CPU/RAM anyways.

 

[Veraster]

If it's in your budget, you might want to invest in an inexpensive video card. I don't know just how good Intel's integrated 2000 hd graphics are but it may have some trouble playing 720p youtube videos if your internet speed permits that in the first place.
I bought a pc with integrated video (Intel GMA x4500) one time and ended up having to buy a video card and a big enough case after like a year because I couldn't do much. But that's just my experience with intel's integrated graphics.

 

[PP Mguire]

HD2000 and up can play 1080p BD fine.

 

[Veraster]

That's pretty impressive for something made out of leftover 32 nanometer processor parts

 

[PP Mguire]

Ivy Bridge is 22nm. Also, the HD 2000 is when Intel's IGP stopped sucking so hard due to competition from AMD's APU.

 

[Veraster]

Integrated graphics have been infamous for sucking really really really hard for years. I find this interesting that Intel's hd series is actually worth something now. What crazy new thing will they come up with next? Flying pigs?

 

[PP Mguire]

When competition drives somebody to be better, it usually happens.

 

[Hrodebert]

Hello all
First time computer builder here looking for opinions.
I am most interested in longevity and the ability to upgrade piece by piece in the future.
I will use this computer for light photo editing and large quantity storage of photos, duplicating and storing large quantities of both audio and video, YouTube, I-Tunes, Google Earth, News and Weather , General Web Surfing, and so on.
I have already gone over my intended budget, but am fine with that if the quality is worth the money.
Right now I am at almost $900.00
So here is what I have chosen, and would like to know what you think, good, bad, and the ugly.
Also is this everything I will need or have I missed something?
I will not need a Monitor, Keyboard or Mouse.
One other question is will the Intel HD Graphics 2500 in the CPU do what I have described, or will I need a GPU?
Thanks in advance, and Have a Great Day.

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Western Digital Caviar Black WDBAAZ0020HNC-NRSN 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive 188.99
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CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 650W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power ... 119.99
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CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B 44.99
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Intel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.5GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637I53450 194.99
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Anyone else have any opinions?