Approximate Purchase Date: in 4-6 weeks
Budget Range: max 1600 after rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, data analysis +spreadsheets, autocad, other modelling programs, misc. multitasking
Parts Not Required: none
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: no preference, can buy from multiple websites
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: none
Overclocking: Nope
SLI or Crossfire: Not sure?
Monitor Resolution: no preference
Additional Comments: Full build below! The only thing I have had trouble with is choosing a case. I would like USB 3.0, and for it to be well-cooled and quiet, and of course there's a part of me that wants it to look really cool, but I can give up the aesthetics part. Looking to spend max $150 on case. Also, having trouble deciding on a monitor. I just picked one that looked reasonable, but any advice on that would be appreciated as well. Thanks in advance!
Motherboard-$170
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Video card-$240
EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Ram-$47
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
CPU-$220
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K
SSD-$95
Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F60GB3A-BK 2.5" 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
HDD-$120
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
cd drive/burner-$20
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
PSU-$150
CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Monitor-$160
Acer S231HLbid Black 23" 5ms HDMI LED-Backlight LCD monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1)
Keyboard-$44
Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Keyboard
Mouse-$29
Logitech M305 Black 1 x Wheel USB RF Wireless 1000 dpi Mouse
Total without case: $1295
Budget Range: max 1600 after rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, data analysis +spreadsheets, autocad, other modelling programs, misc. multitasking
Parts Not Required: none
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: no preference, can buy from multiple websites
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: none
Overclocking: Nope
SLI or Crossfire: Not sure?
Monitor Resolution: no preference
Additional Comments: Full build below! The only thing I have had trouble with is choosing a case. I would like USB 3.0, and for it to be well-cooled and quiet, and of course there's a part of me that wants it to look really cool, but I can give up the aesthetics part. Looking to spend max $150 on case. Also, having trouble deciding on a monitor. I just picked one that looked reasonable, but any advice on that would be appreciated as well. Thanks in advance!
Motherboard-$170
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Video card-$240
EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Ram-$47
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
CPU-$220
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K
SSD-$95
Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F60GB3A-BK 2.5" 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
HDD-$120
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
cd drive/burner-$20
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
PSU-$150
CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Monitor-$160
Acer S231HLbid Black 23" 5ms HDMI LED-Backlight LCD monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1)
Keyboard-$44
Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Keyboard
Mouse-$29
Logitech M305 Black 1 x Wheel USB RF Wireless 1000 dpi Mouse
Total without case: $1295