I am going to college this year and need a new computer.
I am an engineering major, I plan on using this for schoolwork and gaming.
I put together a list today of parts that look good, not quite sure yet though.
Mobo: UD4 Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GPU: GTX 570 Newegg.com - EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSU: TX 850 Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
CPU: i5 2500k 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
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M4A1600C9
HDD: C300 64 GB SSD Newegg.com - Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Case: CM 60 II Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN3 CM690 II Basic Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
I have another 1TB HD from my old PC I will be reusing.
I'm trying to keep the cost around where it is at, $1200. That being said, if there are any improvements that could be made for not much more money, please let me know.
I chose the 2500k processor thinking that it is not much different than the 2600k for my purposes, I do not intend to do any major encoding.. Are there any other reasons it may be worth the extra costs?
I am an engineering major, I plan on using this for schoolwork and gaming.
I put together a list today of parts that look good, not quite sure yet though.
Mobo: UD4 Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD4-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
GPU: GTX 570 Newegg.com - EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSU: TX 850 Newegg.com - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850 V2 850W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
CPU: i5 2500k 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
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 Newegg.com - CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX8GX3M4A1600C9
HDD: C300 64 GB SSD Newegg.com - Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Case: CM 60 II Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN3 CM690 II Basic Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
I have another 1TB HD from my old PC I will be reusing.
I'm trying to keep the cost around where it is at, $1200. That being said, if there are any improvements that could be made for not much more money, please let me know.
I chose the 2500k processor thinking that it is not much different than the 2600k for my purposes, I do not intend to do any major encoding.. Are there any other reasons it may be worth the extra costs?