Dev PC

[General Awesome]

Hey everyone! I'm in need of a little help / advice here.

 

I sold my gaming PC a few weeks ago, which was the machine I would typically use to program and develop on. Right now I'm just left with my 2016 Macbook Pro. I want to build another desktop PC that is more than capable of smoothly running Visual Studio and also capable of some moderate graphics processing (nothing too intense - I don't care a lot about running the newest AAA games). Here's my strict requirement: I don't want to spend more than $300.

 

I already have a monitor and everything, so I'm just looking at purchasing the parts and tower case itself. I would also like to keep this of small form, as I don't have a lot of room in my apartment.

[Kibbelz]

I'd be suprised if you could get anything half decent with $300.

[Mighty Professional]

Stick with the macbook pro

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-install-windows-10-macbook

[General Awesome]

2 minutes ago, Marsh said:

Stick with the macbook pro

 

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-install-windows-10-macbook

 

Hmm. Yeah I could always do this and just hook my Macbook up to a monitor 

[Mcadams]

Case: VIVO Micro-ATX Smart Mid Tower ($41.98) https://goo.gl/bYshzp

Processor: AMD FX-4300 Black Edition ($71.95) https://goo.gl/wizjhq

Graphics: EVGA GT 710 ($44.99) https://goo.gl/cdFmrp

Motherboard: AS Rock N68-GS4 ($44.99) https://goo.gl/DtWjVt

RAM: 4GB DDR3 Kingston Value ($33.99) https://goo.gl/KQ4NMX

Harddrive: Seagate 500GB ($26.95) https://goo.gl/E825jn

Power Supply: EVGA N1 400w ($29.99) https://goo.gl/WaW1nu

Total: $294.84 USD

 

Quad core processor, 4GB of ram, 500gb of storage, cheap gfx but superior to integrated, all for less than $300. enjoy.

[General Awesome]

39 minutes ago, MCADAMS said:

Case: VIVO Micro-ATX Smart Mid Tower ($41.98) https://goo.gl/bYshzp

Processor: AMD FX-4300 Black Edition ($71.95) https://goo.gl/wizjhq

Graphics: EVGA GT 710 ($44.99) https://goo.gl/cdFmrp

Motherboard: AS Rock N68-GS4 ($44.99) https://goo.gl/DtWjVt

RAM: 4GB DDR3 Kingston Value ($33.99) https://goo.gl/KQ4NMX

Harddrive: Seagate 500GB ($26.95) https://goo.gl/E825jn

Power Supply: EVGA N1 400w ($29.99) https://goo.gl/WaW1nu

Total: $294.84 USD

 

Quad core processor, 4GB of ram, 500gb of storage, cheap gfx but superior to integrated, all for less than $300. enjoy.

 

Do you think I could fit all of that into this case?

https://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Computer-Front-Panel-SG13B/dp/B00U8IS89E/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1502834224&sr=1-3&keywords=small+pc+case

 

lol

[Mcadams]

18 minutes ago, General Awesome said:

 

Do you think I could fit all of that into this case?

https://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Computer-Front-Panel-SG13B/dp/B00U8IS89E/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1502834224&sr=1-3&keywords=small+pc+case

 

lol

 

That case supports only Mini-DTX/ITX motherboards, so no. If you didn't notice I included a compatible case in the build I posted. If you want to use that case you'd have to essentially make an entirely different build so that the case, motherboard, cpu, and ram are compatible. 

[General Awesome]

7 minutes ago, MCADAMS said:

 

That case supports only Mini-DTX/ITX motherboards, so no. If you didn't notice I included a compatible case in the build I posted. If you want to use that case you'd have to essentially make an entirely different build so that the case, motherboard, cpu, and ram are compatible. 

 

Yeah I'm at work right now so I couldn't look too closely, but size is a huge component of my decision making here. I had a really awesome build I did a few years ago that I sold to a friend because I don't have a lot of room for it at my current place.

[panda]

I would stick with the MacBook Pro. It's more powerful than the build Adams suggested, and quite frankly 4GB of RAM is not enough to run VS (given that it requires the OS running too) well unless that's all that's running. The MBP will almost certainly be more performant and won't require spending any money or take up additional space.

[General Awesome]

6 minutes ago, pandacoder said:

I would stick with the MacBook Pro. It's more powerful than the build Adams suggested, and quite frankly 4GB of RAM is not enough to run VS (given that it requires the OS running too) well unless that's all that's running. The MBP will almost certainly be more performant and won't require spending any money or take up additional space.

 

Yeah the only problem is that I only have a 128GB SSD model :/

 

I guess maybe I could buy an external HDD 

[panda]

11 minutes ago, General Awesome said:

 

Yeah the only problem is that I only have a 128GB SSD model :/

 

I guess maybe I could buy an external HDD 

You said you got the 2016 model, does this mean you have the type C ports?

[General Awesome]

20 minutes ago, pandacoder said:

You said you got the 2016 model, does this mean you have the type C ports?

 

My mistake. I have the 2015 model.

[panda]

Ah ok. I don't really have a suggestion on brand for USB A, but would have said LaCie for C. Go for a cheap 1TB USB3 external. Look at Transcend, WD and Seagate at the very least.