Help me save money!

[rhylton88]

Hello,

I am building a new gaming computer and I, unfortunately, have gone over my budget, so I was hoping you guys could take a look at my parts list and see if you could advise me on parts I could replace to get the same/(better?) performance.

Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119260 ($149.99)

Processor- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 ($219.99)

Motherboard- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133452 ($241.99)

Video Card- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133452 ($319.99)

Power Supply- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438007 ($99.99)

RAM- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231560 ($84.99)

SSD- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211597 ($189.99)

Optical Drive- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135247 ($59.99)

Total Price- $1,366.92

My budget was $1000-1100, so any help is welcomed. ^_^

Edit 1: Added individual part prices.

 

[tiny voices]

I would get a much cheaper case.

Also, your motherboard links to your GPU.

 

[abbadon_34]

Agreed, you can easily shave 75-100 off the case, and get a 7970 ati gpu for better price/perforance at the moment and use 12.11 beta drivers until whql

 

[Outlander_04]

all the above plus

use 2 x4 gig of 1600 Mhz RAM

and decent Z77 motherboard costs about $120 and will perform the same and one costing twice as much

 

[rhylton88]

The 7970 is about $80 more. Is it worth it, I mean I am already over budget.

Even with a cheaper case I would be breaking even with this different card.

Though I do agree that I went a little overboard on the case. (Looking for a smaller/cheaper one now)

Also, any links to newegg of parts you recommend would really help.

 

[rhylton88]

I was planning on buying another card to run in SLI whenever my computer starts to lag in the performance department so I at least need to have a case that can handle two large video cards in SLI.

Its hard to guess at which mid cases will fit SLI without getting really crowded.

Do you guys know a nice case for around $100?

 

[rhylton88]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130665

How does this cheaper Motherboard look?

 

[abbadon_34]

sorry, card was on sale, made sense at the time

new mobo look better price wise, no need for $200 when trying to lower your budget

 

[Sunius]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130665

How does this cheaper Motherboard look?

Expensive. Try this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

 

[rhylton88]

Okay I went with the ASRock Motherboard that Sunius found, but I still need help with a good case. It needs good cooling;with space for future SLI.

 

[Sunius]

What colors do you prefer?

 

[nix327]

here is an option for the case
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-phan001wt

 

[nix327]

SSD: crucial m4 256gb
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/crucial-internal-hard-drive-ct256m4ssd2

RAM: mushkin blackline 2*4gb 1600mhz cl9
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/mushkin-memory-996995

or if you need 16gb gskill sniper 2*8gb 1600mhz cl9
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31600c9d16gsr

PSU: corsair enthusiast 750w
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cmpsu750txv2

 

[rhylton88]

What colors do you prefer?

I like everything, so long as it isn't monotone.

Anything that's different from the normal.

 

[rhylton88]

Also I like side windows