APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: 1-3 weeks
BUDGET RANGE: $4000-4250 before rebates
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, organizing photos/music/videos, web browsing, office work
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Nothing (need everything)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, Amazon (need to limit to 2-3 sites--more details below)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel CPU, ATI GPU, Mid-tower case, 3X monitors in EyeFinity, blue color scheme
OVERCLOCKING: No
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe later
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Would like 1920x1200 but will probably get 1920x1080 to keep costs down
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
I've never built a computer, but I've removed and installed everything inside various computers except a CPU and motherboard. That was back in the Pentium III-IV era though, so it's been a while and a lot has changed.
One of the benefits at the company where I work is that they will pay half of the purchase price of a new PC, up to $2000. I'd like to keep the cost to around $2000-2250 out of pocket, so that would be $4000-4250 total. Also, to keep the billing simple for the accounting department to process, I need to keep the number of sites from which I buy the parts down to two or three.
Ordinarily, I would buy a ~$2000 computer every three years or so, but since my company is paying for half of it, I figure I should get a $4000 computer with the goal of it lasting five years or so.
Right now, my only computer is an underpowered laptop, so I'm really looking forward to having a computer where I can organize all my photos, documents, and bills. I also want to join this century and get an MP3 player and rip all my CDs to the computer.
I also plan on gaming on it. I do most of my gaming on my Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii, but I will do some gaming on the PC. Most of the first-person shooters I'll probably play on the console, but strategy games are much better (and more widely available) on the PC, and I've really missed playing them, having not had a PC fast enough to run any of them for five years. I'll probably go back and catch up on some of the ones I've missed like Age of Empires III and the Total War series, but I also want to be able play ones released in the next five years.
I've been spoiled by dual monitors at work, so I'd like to get more than one monitor. For gaming, though, two monitors would be kind of awkard, so I might as well go for three running in EyeFinity. That said, they'll need to be DisplayPort compatible and preferably IPS to avoid viewing angle issues if I run them in portrait mode. I'm looking for three monitors in the 21-24" range (bigger would be better but not financially reasonable). It's looking like 1920x1200 will be out of the price range, since I'll be getting three of them, so I'll have to settle for 1920x1080. The last time I gamed on a PC, the resolution was 1024x768, so 1920x1080 will be plenty for me.
I don't really want to tinker with the PC much after I've set it up, so I'm going to avoid overclocking unless it's really necessary. I also would rather avoid RAID for now--I might upgrade to it later. For the video card, I'd rather get one powerful now with the option to drop in another one in Crossfire/SLI later rather than having two now.
With all that said, here's the list of parts I've picked out (prices include shipping but are before rebates):
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 II $60
Case fans (top, two side): Cooler Master R4-S4S-10AK-GP 140mm $13x3 = $39
Power Supply: CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-750HX 750W $140
CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz $300
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-UV8-XBU1-GP $60
Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX $305
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 $10
RAM: Corsair Dominator 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 $410
Video Card: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100281VX-2SR Radeon HD 5870 1GB $400
Boot Drive (SSD): OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SATA II $294
Data Drive: Caviar Black 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB cache SATA 3.0 Gb/s $180
DVD Burner: Lite-On iHAS424-98 Black 24X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Burner with LightScribe $32
Media Reader: SABRENT CRW-UINB 68-in-1 $17
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2311H 23”W $289x3 = $867
Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 $42
Mouse: Logitech Performance Mouse MX $88
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 $148
Printer: HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier CB025A $278
UPS: APC BR1300LCD $190
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium Full $183
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security 2010 $50
Office: Microsoft Office Home & Student $124
Total price (before rebates): $4217
Company discount: -$2000
Out of pocket cost: $2217
These are the parts I've chosen after researching all weekend. I'm open to suggestions, though.
Are there any incompatibilities here? Is this overkill?
Thanks in advance.
BUDGET RANGE: $4000-4250 before rebates
SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, organizing photos/music/videos, web browsing, office work
PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Nothing (need everything)
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg, Amazon (need to limit to 2-3 sites--more details below)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
PARTS PREFERENCES: Intel CPU, ATI GPU, Mid-tower case, 3X monitors in EyeFinity, blue color scheme
OVERCLOCKING: No
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Maybe later
MONITOR RESOLUTION: Would like 1920x1200 but will probably get 1920x1080 to keep costs down
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
I've never built a computer, but I've removed and installed everything inside various computers except a CPU and motherboard. That was back in the Pentium III-IV era though, so it's been a while and a lot has changed.
One of the benefits at the company where I work is that they will pay half of the purchase price of a new PC, up to $2000. I'd like to keep the cost to around $2000-2250 out of pocket, so that would be $4000-4250 total. Also, to keep the billing simple for the accounting department to process, I need to keep the number of sites from which I buy the parts down to two or three.
Ordinarily, I would buy a ~$2000 computer every three years or so, but since my company is paying for half of it, I figure I should get a $4000 computer with the goal of it lasting five years or so.
Right now, my only computer is an underpowered laptop, so I'm really looking forward to having a computer where I can organize all my photos, documents, and bills. I also want to join this century and get an MP3 player and rip all my CDs to the computer.
I also plan on gaming on it. I do most of my gaming on my Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii, but I will do some gaming on the PC. Most of the first-person shooters I'll probably play on the console, but strategy games are much better (and more widely available) on the PC, and I've really missed playing them, having not had a PC fast enough to run any of them for five years. I'll probably go back and catch up on some of the ones I've missed like Age of Empires III and the Total War series, but I also want to be able play ones released in the next five years.
I've been spoiled by dual monitors at work, so I'd like to get more than one monitor. For gaming, though, two monitors would be kind of awkard, so I might as well go for three running in EyeFinity. That said, they'll need to be DisplayPort compatible and preferably IPS to avoid viewing angle issues if I run them in portrait mode. I'm looking for three monitors in the 21-24" range (bigger would be better but not financially reasonable). It's looking like 1920x1200 will be out of the price range, since I'll be getting three of them, so I'll have to settle for 1920x1080. The last time I gamed on a PC, the resolution was 1024x768, so 1920x1080 will be plenty for me.
I don't really want to tinker with the PC much after I've set it up, so I'm going to avoid overclocking unless it's really necessary. I also would rather avoid RAID for now--I might upgrade to it later. For the video card, I'd rather get one powerful now with the option to drop in another one in Crossfire/SLI later rather than having two now.
With all that said, here's the list of parts I've picked out (prices include shipping but are before rebates):
Case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 II $60
Case fans (top, two side): Cooler Master R4-S4S-10AK-GP 140mm $13x3 = $39
Power Supply: CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-750HX 750W $140
CPU: Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz $300
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master RR-UV8-XBU1-GP $60
Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX $305
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 $10
RAM: Corsair Dominator 12GB (6x2GB) DDR3-1600 8-8-8-24 $410
Video Card: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100281VX-2SR Radeon HD 5870 1GB $400
Boot Drive (SSD): OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SATA II $294
Data Drive: Caviar Black 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB cache SATA 3.0 Gb/s $180
DVD Burner: Lite-On iHAS424-98 Black 24X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Burner with LightScribe $32
Media Reader: SABRENT CRW-UINB 68-in-1 $17
Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U2311H 23”W $289x3 = $867
Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 $42
Mouse: Logitech Performance Mouse MX $88
Speakers: Logitech Z-2300 200 watts RMS 2.1 $148
Printer: HP Officejet Pro 8500 Premier CB025A $278
UPS: APC BR1300LCD $190
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium Full $183
Antivirus: Norton Internet Security 2010 $50
Office: Microsoft Office Home & Student $124
Total price (before rebates): $4217
Company discount: -$2000
Out of pocket cost: $2217
These are the parts I've chosen after researching all weekend. I'm open to suggestions, though.
Are there any incompatibilities here? Is this overkill?
Thanks in advance.
, I forgot the post the PSU, at the list I made it was included, i just forgot to post it, the price that I posted is with PSU, the PSU i had selected was the 
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