Approximate Purchase Date: Within two weeks or whenever I'm set on what parts to get.
Budget Range: $800 is the price I'm aiming at, but am willing to go upwards to $950 or so. Am flexible.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Adobe CS5 suite, mostly photoshop. Video editing. Perhaps games like Civ 5. Movies. Internet.
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, Windows 7 64-bit
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, microcenter, I can also do amazon
Country of Origin: United States
Parts Preferences: intel processor?
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: I like having the option to in the future
Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024 -- I probably need to upgrade my monitor as well, but I plan on doing that later.
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This is the build I have so far:
Processer: Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155. $180
Motherboard: ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard. $160
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333. $70
Graphics: SAPPHIRE 100338L Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card. $128
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive. $60
Optical Drive: SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-222AB - OEM. $20
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler. $36.40
Power Supply: CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 (CMPSU-650HX) 650W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $120
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $60
Total (Before rebates): $833 + shipping($21.50) = $840.90
Total (After rebates/promo codes): $803 + shipping($21.50) = $838.10
So it's roughly within budget.
This is going to be my first build. I've been reading up on everything for the past week or so-- looking at other people's build, wrapping my head around everything and looking over parts... Hopefully everything is compatible and whatnot. Just wanted someone to give my build a look over--- see if there's any problems or improvements that could be made. I appreciate any help or input, thanks. If I forgot to include something, let me know.
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End Revised build:
Processer: Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155. $180
Motherboard: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX Intel Motherboard. $160-$40(Microcenter bundle deal)-$15 rebate. $105
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM. $80
Graphics: EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card. $190-$20 rebate=$170
Harddrive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive. $55-$5 promo code. $50
Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B - OEM $25
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler. $50 (Or $36.40 on amazon when it's not out of stock)
Power Supply: Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $65-$15 rebate. $50
Case: Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 Black Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case. $140 -$20 rebate. $120
-$10 for using the newcustomer10 promo code on newegg
Total (Before rebates): $913
Total (-$70 After rebates): $843
Overall I'm really happy with this so far. Now to wait for the parts to put it all together. Thank you everyone for the help, really appreciated your comments and it helped me pick out better components in the end for roughly the same price. Will probably improve it in the future by buying more ram/HHD and/or a SDD for the OS and programs, and a monitor.
Budget Range: $800 is the price I'm aiming at, but am willing to go upwards to $950 or so. Am flexible.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Adobe CS5 suite, mostly photoshop. Video editing. Perhaps games like Civ 5. Movies. Internet.
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, Windows 7 64-bit
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, microcenter, I can also do amazon
Country of Origin: United States
Parts Preferences: intel processor?
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: I like having the option to in the future
Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024 -- I probably need to upgrade my monitor as well, but I plan on doing that later.
---------------------------------------------
This is the build I have so far:
Processer: Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155. $180
Motherboard: ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard. $160
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333. $70
Graphics: SAPPHIRE 100338L Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card. $128
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive. $60
Optical Drive: SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-222AB - OEM. $20
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler. $36.40
Power Supply: CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 (CMPSU-650HX) 650W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $120
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $60
Total (Before rebates): $833 + shipping($21.50) = $840.90
Total (After rebates/promo codes): $803 + shipping($21.50) = $838.10
So it's roughly within budget.
This is going to be my first build. I've been reading up on everything for the past week or so-- looking at other people's build, wrapping my head around everything and looking over parts... Hopefully everything is compatible and whatnot. Just wanted someone to give my build a look over--- see if there's any problems or improvements that could be made. I appreciate any help or input, thanks. If I forgot to include something, let me know.
-----------
End Revised build:
Processer: Intel Core i5 2500K LGA 1155. $180
Motherboard: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX Intel Motherboard. $160-$40(Microcenter bundle deal)-$15 rebate. $105
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM. $80
Graphics: EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked EE 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card. $190-$20 rebate=$170
Harddrive: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive. $55-$5 promo code. $50
Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model AD-7260S-0B - OEM $25
Cooling: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler. $50 (Or $36.40 on amazon when it's not out of stock)
Power Supply: Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $65-$15 rebate. $50
Case: Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 Black Aluminum / Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case. $140 -$20 rebate. $120
-$10 for using the newcustomer10 promo code on newegg
Total (Before rebates): $913
Total (-$70 After rebates): $843
Overall I'm really happy with this so far. Now to wait for the parts to put it all together. Thank you everyone for the help, really appreciated your comments and it helped me pick out better components in the end for roughly the same price. Will probably improve it in the future by buying more ram/HHD and/or a SDD for the OS and programs, and a monitor.