My Personal Desktop for 2014
With all excitements from the mobile devices, we always could count on something more robust.
This is a DIY system, components are mainly form NCIX.
The main objectives: robustness and quietness.
The system
| Component | Product details |
Regular | price | Money | Remarks |
| CPU | Intel Core i5 4670 | $244.99 | $229.99 | "locked" | |
| Mainboard | Asus H87M-E | $104.99 | $99.99 | ||
| RAM | Kingston HyperX Blu Black Series 16GB 2X8GB DDR3-1600 | $170.98 | $139.99 | ||
| SSD | Samsung 840 Evo Series MZ-7TE250BW 250G | $198.99 | $165.00 | ||
| HD | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB | $99.98 | |||
| Display | Dell U2412M | $369.99 | $239.99 | $278.87 | from Dell |
| Case | Corsair Carbide Series 200R | $64.99 | |||
| PSU | Seasonic M12II 520W | $89.99 | |||
| MFD | Brother 7860DW | $418.53 | $199.99 | $231.66 | well, I did not get the "Cyber Monday" price which is $179.99 |
| CPU Cooler | Cool Master Hyper 212 Evo |
$34.98 | $28.99 | ||
| Assembly | comes with a "1 year limited NCIX System Warranty" | $50.00 | $55.50 | ||
| (total) | $1,408.90 | $1,601.88 | |||
| Optical drive | LG WH16NS40 16x Blu-Ray Writer BD-R SATA M-DISC Support Black OEM | $83.98 | |||
| USB 2.0 module | the motherboard supports 8 USB2 ports, but only 2 present |
The recommendations from NCIX
| Component | product | reason |
| CPU Cooler | Cool Master Hyper 212 Evo |
it is better & quieter than the default fan with the CPU package |
| Optical drive | LG WH16NS40 16x Blu-Ray Writer BD-R SATA M-DISC Support Black OEM | the Blu-Ray burners are all the same, but this one could burn the new M-DISK |
| PSU | Seasonic M12II 520W | it is more robust & quieter than the one I had in mind. |
| Assembly | well, I was not so confident to do it myself; and it comes with a "1 year limited NCIX System Warranty" |
The Experiences
| Time | component | Issue |
remarks |
| First day | system |
It has no display, the PSU and CPU fans are spining... |
open up the case, make sure all cables are tight and memory modules are properly seated. fixed. |
last updated @ 2013.12.18