So, I'm looking at building a new computer. I'm sure that this question is asked a million times a month here on Tom's, and adding to the horde is probably going to annoy some people, but I could really use some help to make sure I don't screw this up.
In advance, let me give a sincere "thank you" to anyone who expends some of their precious personal time to give me a hand with this.
Below are the components for the new build I'm looking at putting together here in a week or two. I'm especially interested in making sure that everything is compatible, and that I have chosen components that are worth the money I'm spending on them. Any advice/critique/help would be most appreciated.
In particular, I'd like to know if it is worth it to get an SSD drive for the operating system, and maybe 1 or two games that I play a lot, or if the increased in performance isn't worth the hefty price tag.
On another note, with the monitor and everything I'll need to get this going, the price is a bit more than I would like to spend, so if anyone has any advice on how to cut down on the overhead without losing a lot of performance, that would be most appreciated as well.
Note: All links lead to their newegg.com pages. If anyone knows a reliable place to get these components cheaper, let me know please
HARDWARE
MOTHERBOARD--- BIOSTAR TZ68A+RCH LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX $129.99
CPU--- Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz $219.99
VIDEO CARD--- XFX HD-695X-CDFC Radeon HD 6950 2GB $279.99
POWER SUPPLY--- CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W 80 PLUS BRONZE PSU $84.99
MEMORY/RAM--- G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) $46.99
CASE--- COOLER MASTER Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $79.99
CPU COOLER--- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 $29.99
SSD DRIVE (OS)--- Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal (SSD) $219.99
HDD DRIVE (Storage)--- WD 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal HD -Bare Drive $79.99
OPTICAL DRIVE--- Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW - OEM $18.99
MONITOR--- ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD W/Speakers $179.99
KEYBOARD--- Logitech Black 106 Normal Keys USB Wired Ultra-thin Illuminated Keyboard $51.99
SOFTWARE
OS--- Windows 7 (64-bit) Operating System [OEM] $99.99
Once again, thank you for your time and attention.
In advance, let me give a sincere "thank you" to anyone who expends some of their precious personal time to give me a hand with this.
Below are the components for the new build I'm looking at putting together here in a week or two. I'm especially interested in making sure that everything is compatible, and that I have chosen components that are worth the money I'm spending on them. Any advice/critique/help would be most appreciated.
In particular, I'd like to know if it is worth it to get an SSD drive for the operating system, and maybe 1 or two games that I play a lot, or if the increased in performance isn't worth the hefty price tag.
On another note, with the monitor and everything I'll need to get this going, the price is a bit more than I would like to spend, so if anyone has any advice on how to cut down on the overhead without losing a lot of performance, that would be most appreciated as well.
Note: All links lead to their newegg.com pages. If anyone knows a reliable place to get these components cheaper, let me know please
HARDWARE
MOTHERBOARD--- BIOSTAR TZ68A+RCH LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX $129.99
CPU--- Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz $219.99
VIDEO CARD--- XFX HD-695X-CDFC Radeon HD 6950 2GB $279.99
POWER SUPPLY--- CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W 80 PLUS BRONZE PSU $84.99
MEMORY/RAM--- G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) $46.99
CASE--- COOLER MASTER Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $79.99
CPU COOLER--- COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 $29.99
SSD DRIVE (OS)--- Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal (SSD) $219.99
HDD DRIVE (Storage)--- WD 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal HD -Bare Drive $79.99
OPTICAL DRIVE--- Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW - OEM $18.99
MONITOR--- ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD W/Speakers $179.99
KEYBOARD--- Logitech Black 106 Normal Keys USB Wired Ultra-thin Illuminated Keyboard $51.99
SOFTWARE
OS--- Windows 7 (64-bit) Operating System [OEM] $99.99
Once again, thank you for your time and attention.