Next I wanted to get a PSU also know as the power supply unit. This basically harnesses the power of electricity to bring my PC to life. Talking to my mentor and looking at online sources one PSU keep coming up and it was the EVGA 750 GQ but there was only one problem, it was a little out my price range. Talking to my mentor about this problem he said it was worth the little bit of extra money because buying a better PSU would be better in the long run because it will increase the life of the PC so I went with it. I put a hold on buy it though because I realized that it would be better buying everything else in one order rather than buying on thing every day.
Image https://gyazo.com/83669be2e5edbbd2e7c1368c3d33ad6d Not to due with my PC directly, Weebly itself has been acting funky lately with them randomly deleted my blog posts so I need to contact them about that because I need to keep rewriting.
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Next I needed to get a case for the computer. This for me was not really important, I just wanted something to get the job done since this part was only for show but I did want one that made my job easy so there was not a bunch of wires everywhere. I found the DeepCool TX Mid Tower TESSERACT SW which had a pretty decent price and from the reviews I've seen, it has a lot of space.
Image/ https://gyazo.com/c9c747cc3d831210c65498c12d2b258c Today I took the time to go back to Microcenter with my mentor. We were looking at parts to buy and I was tempted to buy a PSU also know as a power supply unit because they were selling it at such a good price. Before we bought it we made sure to look online at prices and not even a second later we found a better price on amazon. We also talked to representatives that worked there and asked them about our build. They said it was one of the best for our budget since we had a small one for a PC.
After meeting with my mentor he said I was on the right track so I keep doing what I was doing and it was looking for the right parts. Next I wanted to buy a CPU cooler since I already know i'm getting the i3 processor. I found the perfect one since my budget was not big and it was on sale which made it better. It was the LESHP CPU Cooler which was only $15.99 at the time of looking at it onlne. I put it in my cart as soon as I found it.
Image / https://gyazo.com/a1b764e3903a91b15f60c802b7636ac1 Today I had a meeting with my mentor to tell him my progress with what I bought and so on. He told me that the things I bought were very good and were some of the best things for my budget. He also told me the next thing I should buy is the case for my PC which I was planning to do anyways. It was a good meeting and overall, it was good to talk to someone with more experience than me to let me know I am taking the right steps.
Knowing what to buy next was pretty easy is my opinion, I needed a good graphics card so I can play the games I want to in good quality. After looking for graphics card in my price range for awhile one keep popping up so I knew I had to grab it when I saw it on Amazon. The Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Graphic Card, I have only read good things about it so it was worht a shot buying it. The price was really good to at $135.
https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Geforce-1050-Graphic-GV-N105TD5-4GD/dp/B01M4KGTNI/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1495419677&sr=1-2&keywords=GTX+1050Ti After looking all over the internet for the i3 processor in my price range, I finally found the perfect one. I found the Intel Core i3-7100 7th Gen Core Desktop Processor 3M Cache,3.90 GHz I was looking for, for $115 which is perfect for my budget. It was a great find. I ordered it immediately and then began my search for the next item I need to buy.
https://www.amazon.com/Intel-i3-7100-Desktop-Processor-BX80677I37100/dp/B01NCESRJX/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1495419113&sr=1-2&keywords=i3+6100 Today I looked at websites online to help me with my build to find the best parts for my budget. For the countless numbers for websites I looked at, one of the better one was http://www.pcworld.com/article/3120287/computers/how-to-build-a-cheap-but-powerful-gaming-pc-for-500.html. This website fit my budget perfectly although all the parts were not the ones I wanted/ were the best, it still had a lot of helpful information.
Image - https://gyazo.com/9b94cf6cdce6401ea52c2b785e54d677 https://gyazo.com/20fc349a19e06e52ae7198a455940643 I had lunch with my mentor today to ask him about my $500 budget and what I can do with it. He told me that a $500 budget was low but it is very possible to still make something good with it. I could not increase my budget due to not having enough fund but I was pleased that I could still make something good. He gave me parts that would be good for my budget which was very helpful and a great starting point.
For the first day of field work I deiced to start with a bang. I drove with my mentor all the way to Fairfax to visit the Micro Center to look at computer parts. I talked to expects that worked there and included my mentor for parts the would fit my $500 budget. Right now I am still looking at other parts but the part I know I am getting for sure is the Intel Core i3‑6100 3.7 GHz Dual‑Core Processor. The processor is for how fast the computer will run.
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