Hi toms hardwarians i am building this pc for a friend and i am overbudget (as alwais) i was wondering if you could came up with some good idea to come back on track without affecting performance too much
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As it was said in the title, i need to cut back about 200$ of this build.
Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: 1200-1300
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: ncix.com
Country of Origin: Canada
Parts Preferences: Intel and Nvdia (dunno why i dont like ati but its just the way it is)
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: That would be a no right now with a yes when the single card start to fall behind a bit
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: None! ha!
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CPU - Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB - 218.99
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366 LGA1155 LGA1156 120MM - 29.15
Mobo - ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Z68 LGA1155 ATX 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2 PCI B3 Motherboard - 199.69
Corsair Professional HX850W 850W ATX 12V 70A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply Active PFC 140MM Fan - 159.99
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD SC Fermi 797MHZ 1280MB GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI DisplayPort PCI - 339.79
LG BH12LS38 12X Blu Ray Rewriter SATA Black Lightscribe 3D Playback - 85.90
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT SP1 DVD OEM - 95.79
Corsair CML8GX3M2A1600C9B Vengeance Bl Lowprofile 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory Kit - 57.94
Crucial M4 SSD Micron C400 128GB 2.5IN Solid State Disk Flash Drive SATA3 6Gbps - 189.69
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid-Tower Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT USB 1394 No PS - 84.99
Total : 1461.82
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Note : All those price are CAD and while i plan to order from ncix i do pricematch for where it is the cheapest this is why you may see a difference between those price and those on ncix.
The overall tought process for this build was to have a nice rig that also have room for easy upgrades along the way such as a 2nd 570 without the hassle of having to change anything else (This is why the larger than needed power supply)
I also know i didnt include any HD because we all know what is happening to the HD price atm so ill just deal with that later on, old HD will do for now