June 2011 Home Workhorse

June 2011's computer kit is going to be much like last months kit, but will a couple of changes.  The video card has been tuned down, and the motherboard replaced. What this will give us is a great PC for the average home user.

It will do anything you want it to as well as 3D games, however, since the video card is a little more modest, you won't be able to crank it all up.  If you really like the kit and want to game, it's a simple fix, just swap the video card out for something that has more punch.

I also did end up swapping out the CPU, simply because the price is too good to resist on the 965.  It also has the option of overclocking if the user feels like this is what they want to do. Motherboard - ASUS M4A87T ATX AMD870 AM3 DDR3 PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 3PCI SATA 6GB/S GBLAN Motherboard

Computer Case - Thermaltake V3 Black Edition ATX Mid Tower Case Black 4X5.25 1X3.5 4X3.5INT Front USB Audio No PSU

CPU - AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Quad Core Processor AM3 3.4GHZ 8MB Cache 125W 45NM Retail Box

CPU Cooler - stock fan included with CPU

RAM - G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Core i5 1.5V Memory Kit

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB

Video Card - ASUS EAH4870 Radeon HD 4870 750MHZ 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP Video Card

Sound Card - on the motherboard

DVD Drive - ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

Network Card - on the motherboard

Power Supply - Ultra LSP550 550-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, SLI-Ready, 135mm Fan, Lifetime Warranty w/ Registration