Hi everyone, thanks for viewing my thread. I've been researching quite a bit through these forums, since I've owned a laptop for the last 4 years as a student, and now leaning towards getting a new desktop. The desktop that will be constructed will be primarily be used for gaming, as well as not too demanding programs to use for my Master's degree in medical science. One of the important things that I'd like to point out is that I want this desktop to last about 4-5 years, without falling too behind. Although hopefully in 2 years, I'd be matured enough to stop gaming once and for all (probably won't happen).
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week
BUDGET RANGE: ~$1200 MAX, including a monitor.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming -> Multitasking/Presentations, etc.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Need pretty much everything, but a mouse.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS:Newegg, NCIX, Memoryexpress.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
PARTS PREFERENCES: Core i5 730, or AMD Phenom II 954 or 955?
OVERCLOCKING: I'd like to keep this option for the future, also to crossfire as well.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920X1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: See above.
This is a build that I came up with; however, I exceeded my budget by about 150 dollars. This was all calculated in NCIX, which proved to be cheaper than newegg, since shipping was free with NCIX.
CPU:
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T - $201.00
This was from a special deal, which rendered all shipping costs free. I also would really like to have i5 730, but seems kind of out of my budget. If anyone could help, please do!
MOBO:
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO - $169.01
HSF:
Coolermaster 212 - $30
HDD:
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB - $70.69
GPU:
XFX Radeon HD 5770 - $179.99
RAM:
G. Skill Ripjaws DDR3 16000 - $101
Case:
Antec Six Hundred - $79.99
PSU:
Corsair TX750W - $113
Monitor:
LG W2243T-PF 21.5IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1080 - $159.99
OS: Windows 7.
The grand total comes out to about 1330 (without shipping insurance, do I really need this?), which is quite excessive for my budget. If anyone could help me "tone down" this system to $1200, I'd HIGHLY appreciate it. I've been trying to plan a computer spec for a long time, but each time I've been getting more than what I can afford.
just FYI, this is my first time designing/building a computer, last time I had someone else do it, I got ripped off by receiving the wrong specs than what he proposed =/ lol. Please please help me out! Thank you.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: This week
BUDGET RANGE: ~$1200 MAX, including a monitor.
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming -> Multitasking/Presentations, etc.
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Need pretty much everything, but a mouse.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS:Newegg, NCIX, Memoryexpress.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
PARTS PREFERENCES: Core i5 730, or AMD Phenom II 954 or 955?
OVERCLOCKING: I'd like to keep this option for the future, also to crossfire as well.
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920X1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: See above.
This is a build that I came up with; however, I exceeded my budget by about 150 dollars. This was all calculated in NCIX, which proved to be cheaper than newegg, since shipping was free with NCIX.
CPU:
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T - $201.00
This was from a special deal, which rendered all shipping costs free. I also would really like to have i5 730, but seems kind of out of my budget. If anyone could help, please do!
MOBO:
ASUS M4A89GTD PRO - $169.01
HSF:
Coolermaster 212 - $30
HDD:
Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB 7200RPM 32MB - $70.69
GPU:
XFX Radeon HD 5770 - $179.99
RAM:
G. Skill Ripjaws DDR3 16000 - $101
Case:
Antec Six Hundred - $79.99
PSU:
Corsair TX750W - $113
Monitor:
LG W2243T-PF 21.5IN Widescreen LCD Monitor 1920X1080 - $159.99
OS: Windows 7.
The grand total comes out to about 1330 (without shipping insurance, do I really need this?), which is quite excessive for my budget. If anyone could help me "tone down" this system to $1200, I'd HIGHLY appreciate it. I've been trying to plan a computer spec for a long time, but each time I've been getting more than what I can afford.
just FYI, this is my first time designing/building a computer, last time I had someone else do it, I got ripped off by receiving the wrong specs than what he proposed =/ lol. Please please help me out! Thank you.
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