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July 30, 2013 11:21:50 AM

Hey, I am planning on building my first Gaming PC, and I chose all my parts at the Newegg App, and my total comes down to 1602.86. How can I make this build cheaper? Parts I chose will be below (I want to keep the Video Card though)

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July 30, 2013 11:28:36 AM

Case: NZXT Tempest 410 Elite
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Profesionnal-M
Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB
OS: Wndows 7 Home Premium
HDD: Western Digital WD Black 1TB
PSU: Rosewill HIVE Series 750W
Video Card: Asus MATRIX HD7970Ghz Platinum
Optical Drive: Samsung Black Sata ROM
Monitor: Asus VS Series 21.5" 5ms
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July 30, 2013 11:33:45 AM

I am pretty sure that smaller PSU will do just fine as well, 600-650W?
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July 30, 2013 12:01:52 PM

I would personally switch to the 3570k, and drop the the rosewill to the Corsair CX600 that's on sale and use the 50 bucks to see if you can buy a 60GB SSD so that you can run SRT so that all your common stuff fells really snappy.

Not really cost savings, but it would be a faster feeling machine.
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July 30, 2013 12:35:45 PM

To start saving money on your current list, set it up at pcpartpicker.com. It will find combo's for you and shop around at multiple sites for the best price. For example, I plugged in your existing parts list for you and it comes up to $1360.93:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Professional-M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($63.00 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card ($469.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Tempest 410 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Hive 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Asus VS229H-P 21.5" Monitor ($134.02 @ Amazon)
Total: $1360.93
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-30 15:32 EDT-0400)

That said, I agree that you should get the 3570K and consider a Corsair PSU. You may also want to consider a Haswell build with a Z87 chipset.
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July 30, 2013 1:25:53 PM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($112.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Ed 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card ($469.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Tempest 410 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Asus VS229H-P 21.5" Monitor ($134.02 @ Amazon)
Total: $1292.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-30 16:25 EDT-0400)
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