Approximate Purchase Date: May
Budget Range: 800-1200 (flexible)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: all purpose computer. Photo editing with lightroom and photoshop, gaming (mostly first person shooters), office work, web surfing. But mostly to finally have a good system that I can tinker with for the pleasure of tinkering.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers. Due to budget constraints I am planning on holding on for a couple of months before getting a GPU, but suggestions are welcome.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Have been dealing with newegg, but I'm open for others.
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Have a preference for ASUS mobo and intel ivy bridge.
Overclocking: Yes.
SLI or Crossfire: Not now. Maybe in the future
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Never had easy access to the "cool stuff" before. So this is my first opportunity to build my own from scratch and I'm obviously lost on a bunch of aspects of it. Also, after years of dealing with a screaming banshee of a notebook I would (really) like a quiet computer. Could really use some input on this.
Intel Core i7-3770K
$350
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
Noctua NH-D14
$85
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=47090&vpn=NH-D14&manufacture=Noctua
No PWM, but everyone seems to love this thing.
ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$285
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131818
Probably overkill, but looks awesome and packed with features to have fun with.
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-8GAB
$60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231550
I really don't know my RAMs. 8gb seems enough at this point, and I understand that I should go for some low profile because of the Noctua NH-D14. Is there a point in going above 1600? Is there a point in going for CAS 8 instead of 9?
Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2BAA 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148525
Not sure about this one. Performance is important, but reliability is really important. Already have a second hdd that will be for holding media.
Case Antec P280 Black ATX Mid Tower
$120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129179
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850 CMPSU-850AX 850W ATX Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold Power Supply
$176
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=53719&vpn=CMPSU-850AX&manufacture=Corsair
Also do not speak the lingo of power supplies. I will add a graphics card later on (maybe one of those nvidia 6xx still to be released) and probably some more hard drives. So I would like to have a quiet power supply that can handle later additions. Is this model good and silent enough?
LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer 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 iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support
$23
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335
No need for Blu-ray.
Budget Range: 800-1200 (flexible)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: all purpose computer. Photo editing with lightroom and photoshop, gaming (mostly first person shooters), office work, web surfing. But mostly to finally have a good system that I can tinker with for the pleasure of tinkering.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers. Due to budget constraints I am planning on holding on for a couple of months before getting a GPU, but suggestions are welcome.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Have been dealing with newegg, but I'm open for others.
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Have a preference for ASUS mobo and intel ivy bridge.
Overclocking: Yes.
SLI or Crossfire: Not now. Maybe in the future
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Never had easy access to the "cool stuff" before. So this is my first opportunity to build my own from scratch and I'm obviously lost on a bunch of aspects of it. Also, after years of dealing with a screaming banshee of a notebook I would (really) like a quiet computer. Could really use some input on this.
Intel Core i7-3770K
$350
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
Noctua NH-D14
$85
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=47090&vpn=NH-D14&manufacture=Noctua
No PWM, but everyone seems to love this thing.
ASUS P8Z77-V DELUXE LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$285
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131818
Probably overkill, but looks awesome and packed with features to have fun with.
G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-1866C9D-8GAB
$60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231550
I really don't know my RAMs. 8gb seems enough at this point, and I understand that I should go for some low profile because of the Noctua NH-D14. Is there a point in going above 1600? Is there a point in going for CAS 8 instead of 9?
Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2BAA 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148525
Not sure about this one. Performance is important, but reliability is really important. Already have a second hdd that will be for holding media.
Case Antec P280 Black ATX Mid Tower
$120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129179
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850 CMPSU-850AX 850W ATX Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold Power Supply
$176
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=53719&vpn=CMPSU-850AX&manufacture=Corsair
Also do not speak the lingo of power supplies. I will add a graphics card later on (maybe one of those nvidia 6xx still to be released) and probably some more hard drives. So I would like to have a quiet power supply that can handle later additions. Is this model good and silent enough?
LITE-ON 24X DVD Writer 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 iHAS424-98 LightScribe Support
$23
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335
No need for Blu-ray.