This will be my first build in over 10 years. I'm looking to spend around $1500 (give or take a couple hundred).
Uses (Most to Least): Gaming, Movies, Programming, Homework
Any suggestions on ways to cut costs without sacrifice performance. Or adding a little cost to give a big boost to performance and/or reliability would be awesome. I added the bigger power supply hoping to add a SLI system down the road and overclock the system eventually.
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz - $229.99 @ New Egg - Link
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO - $30.00 @ New Egg - Link
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 - $114.99 @ New Egg - Link
Power Supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750M 750W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 - $114.99 @ New Egg - Link
Memory: G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $104.99 @ New Egg - Link
Video Card: EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP - $419.99 @ New Egg - Link
SSD: SanDisk Extreme SDSSDX-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $124.99 @ New Egg - Link
HD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - $199.99 @ New Egg - Link
DVD Drive: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - $17.99 @ New Egg - Link
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 CA-PH410-B3 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Orange Trim Computer Case - $99.99 @ New Egg - Link
Total Cost: $1456.91 before rebates
I am also looking for a new monitor. I would like a high quality one and it seems like the price jumps are pretty interesting. Currently I am looking at: HP ZR2440w Black and Brushed Aluminum 24" for $389.99 @ New Egg - Link
Any suggestions on that would be awesome. I don't mind spending to about $500 on a monitor, but I definitely want to get the best bang for my buck and would like to eventually add a second monitor as well (of the same type of course!)
I know there are some similar posts right now, but I wasn't really finding the answers to any of my questions. Or if this build I had going was any good!
Thanks!
Edit 1: I changed my graphics card and power supply to those recommended by inzone and cpu cooler to the one recommended by dish_moose. I'm still thinking the 16GB of ram would be good for me, but maybe I am being overkill. For work and school I often have a lot of applications running at the same time from ArcGIS to VisualStudio to SQL Server and a ton of tabs!
Uses (Most to Least): Gaming, Movies, Programming, Homework
Any suggestions on ways to cut costs without sacrifice performance. Or adding a little cost to give a big boost to performance and/or reliability would be awesome. I added the bigger power supply hoping to add a SLI system down the road and overclock the system eventually.
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz - $229.99 @ New Egg - Link
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO - $30.00 @ New Egg - Link
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 - $114.99 @ New Egg - Link
Power Supply: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750M 750W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 - $114.99 @ New Egg - Link
Memory: G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $104.99 @ New Egg - Link
Video Card: EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP - $419.99 @ New Egg - Link
SSD: SanDisk Extreme SDSSDX-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $124.99 @ New Egg - Link
HD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - $199.99 @ New Egg - Link
DVD Drive: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - $17.99 @ New Egg - Link
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 CA-PH410-B3 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Orange Trim Computer Case - $99.99 @ New Egg - Link
Total Cost: $1456.91 before rebates
I am also looking for a new monitor. I would like a high quality one and it seems like the price jumps are pretty interesting. Currently I am looking at: HP ZR2440w Black and Brushed Aluminum 24" for $389.99 @ New Egg - Link
Any suggestions on that would be awesome. I don't mind spending to about $500 on a monitor, but I definitely want to get the best bang for my buck and would like to eventually add a second monitor as well (of the same type of course!)
I know there are some similar posts right now, but I wasn't really finding the answers to any of my questions. Or if this build I had going was any good!
Thanks!
Edit 1: I changed my graphics card and power supply to those recommended by inzone and cpu cooler to the one recommended by dish_moose. I'm still thinking the 16GB of ram would be good for me, but maybe I am being overkill. For work and school I often have a lot of applications running at the same time from ArcGIS to VisualStudio to SQL Server and a ton of tabs!