Is this $950 build all right?

[Poltregeist]

Just wanted to see some opinions.

CPU: Intel i5-3570k http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
GPU: XFX Double D HD 7870 GHz Edition http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150605
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157296
PSU: Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 550W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171038
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
OS: Windows 7 HP 64 Bit http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339
Case: Rosewill Challenger U3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147060
CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
Optical Drive: ASUS Black SATA http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135224

Before rebates: $958
After rebates: $928

I made this on a budget of $900, but if anyone can suggest a better build with the same CPU and equal or greater GPU that would be great! No monitor, keyboard, or mouse needed but everything else is subject to purchase!

 

[excella1221]

Change the PSU, CM units are infamous for having high failure rate.
Get the Ares series of the G.Skill RAM for easier CPU cooler installation.

Isn't this like your 5th thread...?

 

[Poltregeist]

Will do! And maybe, lost count I just want to make sure I get the best bang for my buck. And with all of the threads, this build was kind of the mesh of all the suggestions so just wanted to see how others saw it.

 

[excella1221]

I assume you're not gonna Crossfire in the future...?
If so, you can save money by getting the z75 Pro3.

 

[Poltregeist]

I assume you're not gonna Crossfire in the future...?
If so, you can save money by getting the z75 Pro3.

Will do. I won't considering that if I have an extra $300 laying around, I will just save a bit more and get a monster card instead of 2 mediocre ones.

 

[werdna87]

if you go with this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293 it comes with 8gb of ram so you can drop that off of your list also, it has 2 x16 PCIE's which would be better if you did decide to do Xfire

 

[Poltregeist]

if you go with this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293 it comes with 8gb of ram so you can drop that off of your list also, it has 2 x16 PCIE's which would be better if you did decide to do Xfire

Well, it would drop it off my list, but also the mobo will bring the final cost up. I am trying to stay close to $900 or go below it. The only reason I am sticking with the 7870 is because people say it has much better performance than the 7850. Otherwise I would save about $20 and get the 7850.

 

[werdna87]

$109.99 + $39.99 = $150
$134.99 is the price of the extreme4... that costs less...

 

[excella1221]

^Not exactly. If you read our previous posts, you can see he decided to change the motherboard and RAM.
It's gonna be....

$84.99 + $38.99 = $123.98

@Poltregeist - The 7870 outperforms the 7850 in every way significantly, so yes the $20 is a good investment.

 

[Poltregeist]

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