amythompson172 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Well, I'm potentially building a new system of my own (just need that damn wife approval). I am a firm believer of more eyes being better than a single pair. Does anyone see any obviously bad choices, parts that could be swapped for roughly the same price, or places to shave off a few bucks? Case: NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3L CPU: Intel i5 750 RAM: g.Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600 GPU: XFX Radeon HD 5770 1GB PSU: Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W Ethusiast Series HSF: XIGMATEK Dark Knight with i5 bracket kit I'm not in need of drives, keyboard, mouse, or other peripherals, as they will be coming over from my old system. I should probably include my usage information. I use my system primarily for WoW, but also play some games on the side (currently Mass Effect 3 and Left 4 Dead 2). I might also be doing some video capture and editing in the future, but I expect it its capable of the above it shouldnt be an issue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Sorry to say I see the entire build as well not right. Go with LGA1155 not 1156 i5 2500k and apropriate motherboard my rec going to a z68 wait I wont go on with what isn't right, instead here you go CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 - $224 much better option in all aspects Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271 - $130 solid mobo with great features and excelent price Ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308 - $39 8GB much better than 4GB and not much more cost Case - Up to you with what you like but imo there are plenty of other options in the same price range which look nicer imo just me tho PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703027 - $90 after rebate and a silver rating with 7 years warranty to boot oh and a bit more power than what you were looking at CPU Cooler - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099 - $34 better cooler option if you would spend what you were going to you should get a noctura d14 or phanteks cooler or silver arrow GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102967 - $149 and dirt 3 for free it is better in all ways and in cf it scales far better from memory the money i just saved you on mobo and cooler mainly you could squeeze quite probably for two 7770s from the get go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandreadstriker Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 Sorry to say I see the entire build as well not right. Go with LGA1155 not 1156 i5 2500k and apropriate motherboard my rec going to a z68 wait I wont go on with what isn't right, instead here you go CPU - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115072 - $224 much better option in all aspects Mobo - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16813157271 - $130 solid mobo with great features and excelent price Ram - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231308 - $39 8GB much better than 4GB and not much more cost Case - Up to you with what you like but imo there are plenty of other options in the same price range which look nicer imo just me tho PSU - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817703027 - $90 after rebate and a silver rating with 7 years warranty to boot oh and a bit more power than what you were looking at CPU Cooler - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16835103099 - $34 better cooler option if you would spend what you were going to you should get a noctura d14 or phanteks cooler or silver arrow GPU - http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102967 - $149 and dirt 3 for free it is better in all ways and in cf it scales far better from memory the money i just saved you on mobo and cooler mainly you could squeeze quite probably for two 7770s from the get go Though I Think you're better off with a 6870 then a 7770... Priced very closely but the 6870 has a better performance (but 7770 benefits from 22nm and ZeroCore tech) XFX Double D HD-687A-ZDFC - $149.99 after MIR and also Dirt3 for free Also the RAM, nothing much but I'd rather go with DDR3 1600 CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 - $44.99 and also a match with the board color that Stonerboy has mentioned (a minor plus) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbris84 Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 Though I Think you're better off with a 6870 then a 7770... Priced very closely but the 6870 has a better performance (but 7770 benefits from 22nm and ZeroCore tech) XFX Double D HD-687A-ZDFC - $149.99 after MIR and also Dirt3 for free Also the RAM, nothing much but I'd rather go with DDR3 1600 CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 - $44.99 and also a match with the board color that Stonerboy has mentioned (a minor plus) Seconded. I was typing almost an identical reply until I scrolled down and saw this. lol. I'll be building my second 2500K build in a week or two. It's going to look something like this: Intel Core i5-2500K ($225) Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 ($150) Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 8GB ($43) XFX HD 6870 ($180) Corsair Force 3 60GB SATA3 ($90) Corsair HX850 PSU ($135) Corsair Obsidian 800D ($280) I'm possibly going to wait for Kepler to launch before buying a GPU. If I do wait, I'll use my old 5770 temporarily. I'm also looking at a Seasonic modular 750watt power supply instead of the Corsair. With all the combo deals and rebates the build is only $990 with a $280 case. It really comes down to nVidia though, if they impress me enough to drop more dough on a new Kepler card the total may increase. We'll see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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