Help Lower the price of my build please!

siege_templar

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Hello my friends,
This is my build so far
Approximate Purchase Date: November
Budget Range: >$1600 ($100 give or take)


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Programing for iOS Android, web development, Adobe flash suite, Gaming, Video editing, Game recording, General use


Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers, OS, screen

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: MSy.com.au cpl.net.au altech.com pccasegear.com.au


Country of Origin: Australia


Parts Preferences: Intel CPU (for obvious reasons) Nvidia GPU (driver support is better) otherwise fine.


Overclocking: Yes


SLI or Crossfire: Maybe


Monitor Resolution: 1920x1020


Additional Comments: so here is the parts so far:
ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3 Motherboard pcg $309.00
i5 2500k cpl $218.00
Corsair 8G C8Vengeance cpl $115.00
MSI 1G GTX560OC TIHAWK cpl $295.00
Noctua NH-U9B-SE2 cpl $59.00
Corsair HX-750W cpl $189.00
C/Master Strom Scount No Psu cpl $93.00
1TB Pipeline cpl $79.00
OCZ 2.5" 240G V2-E cpl $379.00
LG Blu-Ray Combo CPL $78.00
total atm is $1814
I would still like a big ssd for apps, even if i just get an ssd. PLEASE HELP, i would like to multitask heaps as well
PLEASE NOTE:
IVY BRIDGE UPDATE NEXT YEAR, reasoning for the motherboard and i5.
THANKS HEAPS GUYS :D
 
Solution
Simplest thing to do is to drop the SSD.

Yes, I know. Everybody wants an SSD. Otherwise, you could save a little on the PSU. You could drop the Blu-Ray drive and get less expensive memory.

But the only thing that would leave your core capabilities untouched would be the SSD.
Simplest thing to do is to drop the SSD.

Yes, I know. Everybody wants an SSD. Otherwise, you could save a little on the PSU. You could drop the Blu-Ray drive and get less expensive memory.

But the only thing that would leave your core capabilities untouched would be the SSD.
 
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