New Desktop Build..help me out??

[Night Fox]

That one is worse than the first one I picked out in my first post (bottom link). It's also in the 5xxx series, not the 6xxx so it's older technology, etc. Pick one from the 6xxx series at least.

 

[itsMIkey]

alright..ill look right now..but that one you posted was kinda outta my price range i think...id have to add it all up.

 

[itsMIkey]

came out to $1,300..think i can swing that..i made a couple changes (i think) so to be safe..ill put everything i have in my cart on here just to make sure its all compatible.

Case
Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced RC-932-KKN5-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Compucase Case with USB 3.0 and Black Interior

HDD
Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

Graphics Card
Newegg.com - XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

PSU
Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

RAM (x2)
Newegg.com - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

MotherBoard
Newegg.com - MSI P67A-GD65 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

CPU
Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

Rom Drive
Newegg.com - LG Black 10X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model UH12LS28 OEM LightScribe Support - Blu-Ray Drives

lemme know

 

[Night Fox]

Good, only one thing...the drive you changed to is 3gb/s...which will work, but 6gb/s is faster/newer. Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive It does cost $30 more...it's up to you..

 

[itsMIkey]

ah okay..will get that one then

what kinda system am i lookin at, at this point? seems solid? fast?

 

[flipp1234567]

your build right now looks actually, really solid. only thing i would suggest is that since you originally wanted about 1000$ computer, you should get a cheaper case.... 160$ for a case is alot of money.... i feel that the one Nightfox suggested is better since its cheaper and is also very good.

the 6970 is a good graphics card but most enthusiasts prefer to buy the 6950 because you get more bang for your buck. its not as good as the 6970 but it is atleast 40$ cheaper. the prices range from 260$ (today only(?)) ~ 300$ compared to the 340$

and yes, its fast.

 

[Night Fox]

He is going with the Cooler Master HAF.

 

[itsMIkey]

yeah im pretty set on the case...

im actually looking at having closer to $2,000 now...

so i think i am gonna go with that better graphics card in the end..anything i could do better on within the $2,000 range?

think ima add another drive..or should i just buy 2 of those LG ones..?

 

[Night Fox]

Well, if you have more, I'd keep the graphics card, and get a solid state drive (SSD). They're tons faster, but more expensive. Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) This is one of the best ones out there so far that isn't extremely overpriced (in my opinion). You'll have to find another place to buy it, but this is super fast and will greatly increase your performance/speed. You can use this for your operating system and all of your programs and use your other hard drive for storage, etc.

I found some on amazon:
Amazon.com: OCZ Technology 240 GB Vertex 3 SATA III 6.0 Gb/s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive VTX3-25SAT3-240G: Electronics
Amazon.com: OCZ 120 GB Vertex 3 SATA III 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive VTX3-25SAT3-120G: Electronics

 

[itsMIkey]

i was wondering what a SSD was..
will do that then!

is it ment only for the OS and programs? ie.the size?