Just looking for some feedback/suggestions on this. Parts need to come in under $750 (that's a hard limit) including shipping and excluding mail-in rebates and any promotions that expire in less than a week. No Microcenter, and I'd prefer to limit myself to Newegg, Amazon, and NCIX just to keep things relatively simple.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($190.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($38.25 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $742.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-09 17:35 EDT-0400)
I'd really like to fit in a Core i5 4570/H87 board, because I'd like to offer the HD 7950 as an upgrade to this build and I think the 3350P is a potential bottleneck, but that puts me at about $780 and I can't find anything else to cut. Any ideas?
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3350P 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($178.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($190.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone PS08B (Black) MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($38.25 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($97.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $742.84
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-09 17:35 EDT-0400)
I'd really like to fit in a Core i5 4570/H87 board, because I'd like to offer the HD 7950 as an upgrade to this build and I think the 3350P is a potential bottleneck, but that puts me at about $780 and I can't find anything else to cut. Any ideas?