Build a PC / office & everyday
$1,000 office PC, part by part
An Intel Core i3-14100F with the ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC, and the 6 parts around them that fit it: $1,143 all in.
A desk that never stutters: browser, documents, calls and 1080p video, on two or three screens. Every part here was checked against every other for fit, and picked for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss. A price marked Amazon US is ScoutPrices' reading of the listing its button opens, dated; the rest are typical prices. Not a checkout total: no operating system, shipping, tax, screen, keyboard or mouse.
The Intel Core i3-14100F and the ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC are well matched at 1080p.
Capable
$1,143 of $1,000
Highest office & everyday score the budget allows next to this card: 4 cores, boosts to 4.7 GHz.
B760 board for the LGA1700 socket, DDR4, 3 M.2 slots, Wi-Fi.
1 swap that still fit
- Gigabyte B760M DS3H DDR4+$12, -10 ptsBuy on Amazon
16 GB DDR4 at 3600 MT/s CL18; 16 GB or more is the floor for office & everyday.
12 GB of video memory, index 35 at 1080p; tuned for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.
750 W, 80 Plus bronze; this build draws about 450 W at full tilt.
1 swap that still fit
- MSI MAG A650BN-$20, -8 ptsBuy on Amazon
3 fans in the box, 3 is the least 300 W of parts needs behind a mesh front. Takes EATX/ATX/MATX/ITX boards and cards up to 410 mm.
2 swaps that still fit
- Montech XR White-$13, -14 ptsBuy on Amazon
- Montech XR-$13, -14 ptsBuy on Amazon
1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe, 7,300 MB/s reads, with cache.
1 swap that still fit
- Kingston NV3 1TB-$91, -28 ptsBuy on Amazon
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