Buying parts for a gaming computer:

[Zvvvp]

- Apevia X-Trooper Case - Green
- GeForce GTX 550 Ti
- Intel CPU included with fan
- G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB
- Intel® Core™ i5-2500K Processor
- Z68MA-ED55 (B3)MSI Motherboard
- Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache
- OCZ ZT Series 650W Power Supply
- ASUS 24X DVD Burner (x1)
Tell me what you think, it came out to be being around 950 dollars.

 

[Ecthelion]

at first glace id say you could do alot better for 950 bucks

 

[jasonalwaysready]

if you bought the parts from newegg, the total is about $920. so minus $70 in MIR but add in some shipping and it seems like you could do a little better if you put it together yourself.

swap out some of those parts for a few better ones and you'll do a lot better.


i would change the gpu to
Newegg.com - XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

the psu to
Newegg.com - Antec BP550 Plus 550W Continuous Power ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

and
double the ram to 8 Gb

that comes out to $958 for me and there should be $30 in MIR after a while.

 

[MindoverMaster]

He is building this himself.

 

[Zvvvp]

He is building this himself.

Yeah I am

 

[jasonalwaysready]

from the way the post was constructed and the use of ® and ™ it seemed like you got this from a prefab shop and were trying to compare prices.

 

[Roark]

Don't forget a copy of Windows.

 

[jasonalwaysready]

Don't forget a copy of Windows.

taken into account

 

[Fat.Clown]

for gaming, GPU > CPU.
grab a AMD CPU and level up that graphics card to a GTX 560 Ti

 

[Ecthelion]

id go with

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231426
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130660
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144267
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

totals up at 884.92

or you could go with this motherboard over the other one i linked and save 25 buck http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271

and go with this hdd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145299 over the one i linked and save 50

and then be able to get windows and still be at yout 950 mark