Gaming/Programming Build, $1500

[Osmose1000]

Bonus at work = New Desktop! I've built my own system before, but I'm terrible at choosing parts and was hoping to get some help from people smarter than I.
■Approximate Purchase Date: Within a week or two
■Budget Range: $1500 after rebate
■System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming > Running a VM > Development > Web Browsing
■Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Operating System
■Preferred Website(s) for Parts: No real preference, I usually use Newegg
■Country of Origin: USA
■Parts Preferences: by brand or type: Intel CPU, would like to get both an SSD and a 1TB HDD, and at least 8 gigs of good RAM
■Overclocking: No
■SLI or Crossfire: No
■Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200
■Additional Comments:

 

[Emelth]

Here is a build for you should be what your looking for and you can even get anoter GPU for SLI and still be under your mark or you can get 1 higher end card like the 570 or 580 and be a little over

Rosewill BLACKHAWK Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - $100.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147107

Intel Core i5-2500K - $220.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

ASRock Z68 Extreme4 - $180.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157250

Enermax ETS-T40 T.B.APOLLISH CPU Cooler - $44.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214024

MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 2GB - $270.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127608

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB - $140.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Crucial M4 64 GB SSD - $115.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $47.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified - $105.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021

Total: $1221.00 (not including MIRs/Shipping)

 

[9_breaker]

cpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 214
mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271 124
ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231358 69 (not sure if you will need this for programming)
hdd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136767 150
odd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151250 16
ssd
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233191 199 (I don't know much about ssd's )
case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197 89
gpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130587 499 (two 560ti"s will do better but you wont be able to upgrade )
psu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703028 (for sli)

1510 before rebates, that's about the end of your budget.

 

[Shallowmist]

CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211&Tpk=i7%20950

mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157189&Tpk=ASRock%20X58%20Extreme3

case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

GPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150530

RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231464

PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021

SSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233223

HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136939

cooler cpu
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181015

No time to check it cause i have work atm but if you give me like a day i can come up with something cheaper and probably better.

 

[Emelth]

whose links?

 

[9_breaker]

never mind.

 

[Emelth]

Okay is there anything else you want help on or have you decided which build togo with?

 

[9_breaker]

the i7 950 is slower than the 2500k

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

 

[Osmose1000]

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