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Before I commit to this, I'll just toss up what I have in my Newegg shopping cart at the moment:
CPU: Intel Core i3-530 Clarkdale 2.93GHz 4MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D-E LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH
Video Card: XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ,comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
CPU Fan: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long life sleeve CPU Cooler
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
DVD/CD Reader/Writer: Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD/CD Rewritable Drive - OEM
Total Cost: around $880 (after shipping, factoring in rebates, etc.)
This is based on the budget systems found on this thread. As I said, I'm not too much worried about having top of the line stuff now, just enough to play current games reasonably well with the option for upgrading later as needed or as desired (without having to do a total rebuild again).
I'm still open to suggestions, and am somewhat willing to go a bit higher on the price to get better stuff (up to maybe $1000, perhaps a wee bit more if there's an absolutely gotta-have part or something that I'm missing), but this is pretty close to what the final build will probably be.
As stated in a previous post, I don't need keyboard, mouse, monitor, HDD, speakers, etc, as I'm just going to use what I have.
I'll leave this up for a few days, until, say, sometime early-to-mid next week, and if I don't see any definitive "Stop! Don't make such a horrible mistake!" comments by then, I'm going to hit the button and put in the order.
(UPDATE)
I've replaced the CPU and Motherboard listed above with:
CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D-E Pro LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
These are from the "Gamer" build on the Tom's Hardware thread.
Also, I removed the extra CPU fan and thermal paste altogether.
This increases the price from around $880 to around $950 (the cost of the different CPU and mobo, minus the cost of the fan and thermal stuff), which really isn't that big of a difference overall.
These changes are based on recommendations by Yamen on the Facebook version of this post, though I had been really tempted to go with those to begin with, honestly.
Also, I'm tentatively thinking of replacing the case listed above with this one instead, which would only be another $20 (after the instant rebate + mail-in rebate and such). In the end, it'll probably just come down to a coin flip or something as to whether I do that or not.
As such, this is likely will be the very near final version, barring any other suggestions.
(/UPDATE)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7D-4GBRH
Video Card: XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ,comes with Three Fans-1x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan, 1x Top 140mm Fan, 1x Rear 120mm Fan, option Fans-2x Side 120mm Fan
Power Supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM
DVD/CD Reader/Writer: Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD/CD Rewritable Drive - OEM
Total Cost: around $880 (after shipping, factoring in rebates, etc.)
This is based on the budget systems found on this thread. As I said, I'm not too much worried about having top of the line stuff now, just enough to play current games reasonably well with the option for upgrading later as needed or as desired (without having to do a total rebuild again).
I'm still open to suggestions, and am somewhat willing to go a bit higher on the price to get better stuff (up to maybe $1000, perhaps a wee bit more if there's an absolutely gotta-have part or something that I'm missing), but this is pretty close to what the final build will probably be.
As stated in a previous post, I don't need keyboard, mouse, monitor, HDD, speakers, etc, as I'm just going to use what I have.
I'll leave this up for a few days, until, say, sometime early-to-mid next week, and if I don't see any definitive "Stop! Don't make such a horrible mistake!" comments by then, I'm going to hit the button and put in the order.
(UPDATE)
I've replaced the CPU and Motherboard listed above with:
CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D-E Pro LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
These are from the "Gamer" build on the Tom's Hardware thread.
Also, I removed the extra CPU fan and thermal paste altogether.
This increases the price from around $880 to around $950 (the cost of the different CPU and mobo, minus the cost of the fan and thermal stuff), which really isn't that big of a difference overall.
These changes are based on recommendations by Yamen on the Facebook version of this post, though I had been really tempted to go with those to begin with, honestly.
Also, I'm tentatively thinking of replacing the case listed above with this one instead, which would only be another $20 (after the instant rebate + mail-in rebate and such). In the end, it'll probably just come down to a coin flip or something as to whether I do that or not.
As such, this is likely will be the very near final version, barring any other suggestions.
(/UPDATE)
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Date: 2010-04-16 01:01 pm (UTC)From:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131402
Same memory, oddly enough.