Builds – SmackDataS

Budget Production Build – 2016 (Nov) Final!

October 28, 2016December 7, 2016 shawn@smackdatas.com

Final! As I edit this build live (meaning I am adding parts to the list as I research and benchmark), I am looking for affordable prices with a great amount of performance. This build is centered on the budget minded that doesn’t really need to play games, but does have the power to do so. We’re going for a solid look here, nothing shiny and glossy, we are looking for gritty. We also have to stay withing a certain budget, so basically we are sticking with the i5 for…

$1,800 Mid-High End Computer Build – 2016 (Oct)

October 27, 2016November 10, 2016 shawn@smackdatas.com

Behold! The great computer of the land. Marvel at its structure and temperament! Well, let’s not get too goofy, but let’s have a little fun with this as this computer is priced out of range for I’d say roughly about 95% of the people on earth. We wanted to go high end with the processor but maybe scale back a little for some of the other peripherals yet maintain a high degree of power. The feature part of this build is the computer case, the Cougar Pazner Max. It…

Production Build – 2016 (Sep)

September 14, 2016November 10, 2016 shawn@smackdatas.com

Sometimes you need a computer to actually work. Well here it is, the September version of the Production Build. Now really, it will do all the work stuff just fine, with 32GB of ram, and an i5-6500, it has plenty of power for business work tasks and regular media production. It is however, versatile enough to go on the leisure side as well, so fire up a your favorite game and it should do fine.