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I put together a wishlist on www.newegg.com for my new computer I'll be getting this Christmas.

Please help me with whatever you think I should add/remove.

Note: I already have a case and psu from my current build that are brand new.

Here's the parts:

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz

Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory

Video Card: HIS IceQ X Turbo H695QNT2G2M Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit

HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

CD/DVD Reader: LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive

CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper N 520

Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition

PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200

Cost: $980.92
Budget: No more than the highest cost ($1,010.92)


DON'T FORGET: I ALREADY HAVE THE CASE AND PSU!!!!!!!!!

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Even if you don't start out overclocking - I think you want your better cooler in place from the beginning. That way you're not disassembling your rig to get a better cooler when you do decide to do some tweaking. It's actually very easy. It only gets hard when you start working on top end overclocking.

Ashbacher7 said:
Updated SSD to a Crucial 64GB Sata III
A good match with the rest of your system.
If you're budget is under pressure the CM Hyper 212+ will get the job done keeping your CPU cooler than the wimpy stock cooler.

Ashbacher7 said:
I don't need 128GB. That's too much and awful expensive. 60+ is good. I'm only using SSD for Win7



I used a 64gb SSD for my boot drive and I was surprised at how fast that thing filled up . You also don't want to fill it more than 3/4 of the way , it will tend to slow down. I didn' put a lot on it just one game and some apps. I now use a 180gb SSD for my boot drive and I have no games on it and some small apps and it has 99gb of free space.

Usually, you can expect to spend about 15-20% of your budget on the case and PSU.
Your Level 10 GT & Corsair AX1200 clock in about $580. That's a huge chunk of your budget. At least they're quality parts you'll be able to use in future builds as well.

Ashbacher7 said:
What about a student edition of Win7? What's the difference between it and Home Basic besides price?
I think the Student deal is for Win7 Pro edition.....and that it's an upgrade only offer.
You have a link to the deal so we can check?

Ashbacher7 said:
$1200 now. Added 128GB SSD. What about a student edition of Win7? What's the difference between it and Home Basic besides price?



The student edition is fine , it's just Microsofts way of giving students a break in the price. I got the students MSOffice and it was just like the retail version.

You should probably mention where you on your budget and if you're still looking for places to trim costs.

There is always the option of using Intel Smart Response, a small SSD (~40GB) that acts as cache for the HDD.

Is there a specific way to set up Intel Smart Response? Also, I will look for a usb3 connector board. I'm not selling my psu because I plan on doing CrossfireX and overclocking in the future with it.

Nothing special in the setup. You just tell your Z68 board to use the SSD drive as cache and it does it for you.

But the price between a cache only 32GB SSD $70 and a full boot drive 64GB SSD $110 isn't that huge. When you look at the price it turns out you'd end up being better off just saving up for a SSD boot drive and adding it later.
And anything you can add later helps keep the total price down now.
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