Building a top end around the board computer

[David Hanna]

Hey I am wanting to build a computer that can last a long time and not have to be upgraded until long way down the road. It doesn't need to be for gaming but would like it to run anything else you would throw at it. What do you guys think?

this is what I got so far....

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=28103147 (dont know if that will work)

Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042

Seagate 600 Series ST240HM000 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820248016

Western Digital WD Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

EVGA 02G-P4-3658-KR GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST SuperClocked 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130910

CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314

ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837

Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

comes out to around 1166 dollars is this a good price already got mouse, keyboard and monitors.

 

[Tradesman1]

A good combo, OS? Think you'll be happy with it.....Now I'll run before everybody comes and tells you to change everything to what they want

 

[David Hanna]

Thanks for looking at it! But sadly the person I am building it for would like it to be around 850-1000. Any sugestions on what I could lower without affecting the quality too much to get it down to around that?

 

[Tradesman1]

Drop the PSU to a 550 or so, drop the SSD to a 128 (should be sufficient to hold OS and apps) and maintain data files and little used apps on the platter drive