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The time has come.... to order my i5 build. Need some advice, ya'


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Hey fellers.  Finally have the finances (kinda) to order my budget i5 build.  I've spent the past 45 minutes on Newegg clicking through stuff and I've come up with what I think is a good build.  Before I spend the $380 I want to get some feedback from you more experienced folks, and possibly identify any problems.  Honestly, the last time I actually built a computer from the ground up was in 2002.

 

Anyway, here's what I'll be re-using from my current system:

 

Nvidia GTX660

CoolBlue 650W PSU

Maxtor Sata-2 (I think) HDD

All fans/coolers.

 

I'll be chucking my optical drive, because it's IDE, and when I typed in "IDE Motherboard" on Newegg I heard faint laughter in the background before it redirected me to the 90's.  

 

The new stuff:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132376 Asus MB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302&cm_re=intel_core_i5-_-19-117-302-_-Product Intel i5 4460 (I can't afford the 4670k T_T)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231744GSkill 2x4GB DDR3 1600

 

By my calculations it should all bolt together just fine...  But my calculations are essentially 13 years old :P  Hows that look, oh great ones?

 

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It's okay. The ASUS motherboard is a good one, but it's a refurb. ASUS warranty is only for 90 days for refurbs, unfortunately. I would grab a Gigabyte, MSI, or EVGA open box, instead. You might get close to the full 3-year warranty leftover from the original date of purchase, and the prices might even be even lower.

 

If you want to wait a few days to a week (or PM me) I'm about to start selling some of my empire of goods pretty soon. For $380, I could get you a delidded 3570K or delidded 4670K (I prefer 3570K's over 4670K/4690K's), and a good 2x4GB memory set (though for 4670K/4690K's, CPU overclock is king, so a good set of memory isn't going to do you much good).

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