Help me lower my cost

[yakitoriboy]

Hi. I need help lowering the cost of my planned build. I've already bought some components so I will indicate those in the list below. I am trying to lower it by about $150-$200. Mostly looking at whether I can compromise on my PSU or Motherboard. The current component is what was recommended to me a few weeks back here on this forum. It's my first build and I am new so I'm sorry if I am unfamiliar with some of the features and benefits of each components.

Antec P280 case (already purchased)
Intel i5 3570K
ASUS Sabertooth Z77
Sandisk Extreme 240GB SSD (recently purchased for $179 on amazon 1day sale)
Corsair AX 750w
EVGA GTX 670
Cooler Master 212 EVO
Asus DVD drive
Windows 7 Pro OEM

 

[Niklas_13]

Ok we can do it a few ways, Lets keep the 670 and get away from a sli/crossfire OCing build and keep your same proformance.

MoBo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128543

PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341050

Dont buy the CPU Cooler

This will save about 200 your games will run the same!!!

Just get Windows 7 home also unless you really need to run very old softwhare

GL M8

 

[Augray37]

how bout this mobo...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130645

and this PSU...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073

That should save you almost $150.

 

[yakitoriboy]

Thank you for the recommendations. The Gigabyte mobo looks really good and is really affordable. Not too comfortable with some of the low reviews on the OCZ power supply though. Might go with the Rosewill PSU Augray37 recommended. I will stick with Windows 7 Home.

Thank you!

 

[Niklas_13]

The OCZ ZT PSU is a tier 2 PSU that has good reviews ( read this about PSUs ) http://www.eggxpert.com/forums/thread/323050.aspx

There was some that hade a fan controller bug, The PSU has a 5 year waranty.... I wont tell you to buy junk....

For a Single GPU setup and the 670 you only need a good QL 550W PSU

Some others

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139032