New Build ( Need Advice / Suggestions )

[dabeed]

Approximate Purchase Date: Nov 25 / Black Friday

Budget Range: $800 - $850 Before MIR

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Home, School

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, OS, Monitor, Speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Microcenter ( Yes, I'm near a Microcenter )

Country: U.S.

Parts Preferences: N/A

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: N/A

PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 - $94.99
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 - $124.99
GPU: DIAMOND Radeon HD 6950 2GB - $229.99
CPU: Core i5 2500K LGA 1155 Boxed Processor - $149.99 ( Microcenter 11/25 In-store only )
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB - $29.99
Case: Rosewill BLACKHAWK - $69.99
HDD: [ INSERT HELP HERE ]
COOLER: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus - 19.99 ( Microcenter 11/25 In-store only )
DVD/BURNER: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk 24X - $16.99

 

[dabeed]

Total: $736.92 w/o HDD

 

[vx53c]

It's good. You might want to get a different gfx card. I mean, it sounds like a fantastic deal but i didn't find any reviews on this card.
As for hdd, go to a local store they might have in stock before the floods.
Caviar Black/Seagate Barracuda 7200.12/Samsung F3 Spinpoint. Best gb/$ you can find.

 

[dabeed]

So I tried to look around for other gpu around 250 bucks. And these are some of it:
EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti - $249.99
GIGABYTE GV-R695OC-1GD Radeon HD 6950 1GB - $249.99
MSI N560GTX-TI Twin Frozr II/OC GeForce GTX 560 Ti - $244.99
I think the price of hdd on local store were also affected by the price increase.

 

[FinneousPJ]

That card has a five year warranty. I'd say give the new guy a chance

The user reviews seem positive FWIW.

 

[vx53c]

actually diamond has been in the scene since i was a teen, i doubt it will be bad quality. In fact i owned a couple diamonds back in the day, heh, good times. Hey, how bad could it be?

 

[dabeed]

Thanks both of you. I still gave 25 hrs. Still open for change and violent reactions.

 

[Emelth]

No complaints you should be able to get some of the parts cheaper at microcenter, the 6950 is slightly better than the 560Ti

 

[dabeed]

Should I get and SDD and wait for HDD prices to go down? Or that would be a bad idea? Coz 1TB of HDD at the moment is 150 bucks and up. Ouch.