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Cardless - i5 7400

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Part List View full price breakdown

CPU
$175.44
Intel Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core
Motherboard
$74.99
ASRock B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151
Memory
$54.88
Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133
Storage
$89.89
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" SSD
Storage
$48.44
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Case
Corsair Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower
Power Supply
$30.98
Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX

$494.62
Subtotal:
$20.00
* Mail-In Rebates:
$474.62
Total:

Details

Date Published

Jan. 24, 2017

CPU Clock Rate

3.0GHz

Description

I wanted to build a PC. Whats more, I wanted to build a Kaby Lake PC. So I set of choosing parts. The computer needed to be budget, and ready to upgrade in the future, as I wasn't planning on any intense gaming, I was able to sacrifice a graphics card for a better proccesor. I spent a while thinking about parts for this build and how I could get the best bang for my buck. The name cardless comes from there being no GPU yet.

The computer has worked fine, runs light games, and will game even better when I get a 1060, as I plan too in a few months time. There were few issues building the computer, and I am relatively happy with the quality, and asthetics of the build.

All in all, this build has been successful, it was my first build, and does what I want it too.

Part Reviews

CPU

Intel - Core i5-7400 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor

Works fine, awesome budget i5 proccesor

Motherboard

ASRock - B250M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

I am happy with this motherboard, easy to use, and looks awesome

Memory

Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory

Don't like asthetics.... But RAM is RAM

Storage

Kingston - SSDNow UV400 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Awesome for keeping up speeds, but could have gotten something faster.

Storage

Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Works fine, is trustworthy and is cheap.

Case

Corsair - Carbide SPEC-M2 MicroATX Mid Tower Case

I didnt like cable management, but the case looks nice.

Power Supply

Corsair - Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply

Don't like the cables, but worked ok for me.

Comments Sorted by:

gugu96 17 Builds 3 points 5 months ago

Ram is not always only ram, this pc can take advantage of 2 things: 2400 clock speed and dual channel. If you're going to add a discrete GPU forget about my remark on dual channel. overall, great kaby!

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Tabbott submitter 1 Build 2 points 5 months ago

I'm adding a GPU. Will upgrade RAM too. Thanks!

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joelikespcs 2 points 5 months ago

psu looks nice

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Catarino. 2 points 5 months ago

Why 7400?the 7500 is like 10$ more

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Tabbott submitter 1 Build 2 points 5 months ago

No need for what I am doing on it

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FACUNDO 12 Builds 2 points 5 months ago

I call it

GPUless

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Tabbott submitter 1 Build 1 point 5 months ago

:) Won't be GPUless for long

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HeavenlyDust30 0 points 4 months ago

GPUseless

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jackboo1 1 point 5 months ago

Why not wait for ryzen ? Performance and value

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ajpinton 11 Builds 1 point 5 months ago

IMO at least we have waited too long for AM4, we have been teased that it is just around the corner for almost 2 years now. There is no telling when it will actually release it.

That and I will never pronounce Ryzen they way they want us too.

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Dalton334 1 point 5 months ago

because he doesnt have $500 to spend on a cpu alone.

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Astrocyte 3 Builds 2 points 5 months ago

Ryzen is going to be a whole family of CPUs

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Dalton334 1 point 5 months ago

fair enough

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KegiMasters 1 point 5 months ago

Nice Build!

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Tabbott submitter 1 Build 1 point 5 months ago

Thanks

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Cam84 2 Builds 1 point 5 months ago

Nice build, I like the mobo!

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Tabbott submitter 1 Build 1 point 5 months ago

Same

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RhettRO55 1 Build 1 point 5 months ago

Very nice for your first build, stayed budget friendly and managed to build a very decent rig with some options to upgrade. +1

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Tabbott submitter 1 Build 1 point 5 months ago

Thankyou

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RhettRO55 1 Build 1 point 5 months ago

Welcome!

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D2KINSANEKING 1 Build 1 point 5 months ago

Great cable management for your first build. I plan on upgrading my rig (from an old amd build) with that motherboard and I'm thankful I can see it in an actual build.

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