Alright, looking to get a good gaming machine going for under 1k
Ive priced out one and have it sitting at exactly 1k with tax and shipping and all the promo codes. Let me know what you guys think of the build and if it could be improved in any way.
antec case:
Newegg.ca - Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
OCZ 550w PSU:
Newegg.ca - OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE:
Newegg.ca - AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX
ASUS AM3 AMD 785G (has ddr3, USB2, 2 PCIe):
Newegg.ca - ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
Saphire HD5770 1gb:
Newegg.ca - SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VX-2L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity
Samsung 1Tb SATA 3, 32mb cache:
Newegg.ca - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Liteon 24/16 cd/dvd:
Newegg.ca - LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X 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 CD/DVD Burner - Bulk - CD / DVD Burners
G Skill Ripjaw 2x2GB (4gb) ram 1333:
Newegg.ca - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL
Windows 7 64 Bit
Logitech G15 keyboard
Logitech MX 518 mouse
So its everything but a moniter, which I have a 22" samsung. A lot of the pieces choosen were because of promos (mobo, HDD) which help keep the costs down. the total before tax and shipping is 930, and 1k with tax and shipping (cnd)
Ive priced out one and have it sitting at exactly 1k with tax and shipping and all the promo codes. Let me know what you guys think of the build and if it could be improved in any way.
antec case:
Newegg.ca - Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
OCZ 550w PSU:
Newegg.ca - OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
AMD Phenom II X2 555 BE:
Newegg.ca - AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition Callisto 3.2GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Desktop Processor - C3 Revision HDZ555WFGMBOX
ASUS AM3 AMD 785G (has ddr3, USB2, 2 PCIe):
Newegg.ca - ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO AM3 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard
Saphire HD5770 1gb:
Newegg.ca - SAPPHIRE Vapor-X 100283VX-2L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card w/ Eyefinity
Samsung 1Tb SATA 3, 32mb cache:
Newegg.ca - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Liteon 24/16 cd/dvd:
Newegg.ca - LITE-ON Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X 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 CD/DVD Burner - Bulk - CD / DVD Burners
G Skill Ripjaw 2x2GB (4gb) ram 1333:
Newegg.ca - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-4GBRL
Windows 7 64 Bit
Logitech G15 keyboard
Logitech MX 518 mouse
So its everything but a moniter, which I have a 22" samsung. A lot of the pieces choosen were because of promos (mobo, HDD) which help keep the costs down. the total before tax and shipping is 930, and 1k with tax and shipping (cnd)