Input On New Build

[NutDeep]

1. Used for gaming, video editing, and browsing the internet
2. Budget = $1000.00 max
3. USA is where i will be buying parts
4. No brand preference, just want quality
5. Going to use existing case, DVD drives, monitors, keyboard and mouse, external hard drives and (2) internal WD 250GB SATA drives for storage.
6. Need an operating system.
7. No overclocking
8. 1920 X 1080 resolution or whatever maximum is for games to be played.
9. I needed to build this last weekend.

EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $134.99

ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $149.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM $139.99

OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $139.99

OCZ ZT Series 750W Fully-Modular 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 ... $136.98 for power supply and memory combo deal

Intel Core i5-2310 Sandy Bridge 2.9GHz (3.2GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 ... $179.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL Combo deal with power supply


Grand total of $881.93

Any thoughts on what I picked out? Does any thing look like it wont work with one another?

 

[Ken g6]

Lots of thoughts.

GPU: That's terrible! (Sorry, but it is.) Depending on the games you play you might even want to sacrifice CPU performance to get a better GPU. For now, we can start with a 7850, $237 with shipping, and stay within your budget no matter what else happens.

MOBO: OK. You could go cheaper.

Win7: Do you need features Pro provides that Home doesn't?

SSD: Get an M4.

PSU/RAM: PSU might be OK if you insist on fully modular. I don't think it's top quality although I'm not sure. I know you don't need one that powerful. RAM's OK; you could go cheaper if you get a different PSU.

CPU: If you've got $20 to spare, bump it up to at least a 3450, assuming you still insist you'll never overclock.

Compare also to [thread=2192841]Mfenn's standard $1000 build[/thread].

 

[mfenn]

Lots of thoughts.

GPU: That's terrible! (Sorry, but it is.) Depending on the games you play you might even want to sacrifice CPU performance to get a better GPU. For now, we can start with a 7850, $237 with shipping, and stay within your budget no matter what else happens.

MOBO: OK. You could go cheaper.

Win7: Do you need features Pro provides that Home doesn't?

SSD: Get an M4.

PSU/RAM: PSU might be OK if you insist on fully modular. I don't think it's top quality although I'm not sure. I know you don't need one that powerful. RAM's OK; you could go cheaper if you get a different PSU.

CPU: If you've got $20 to spare, bump it up to at least a 3450, assuming you still insist you'll never overclock.

Compare also to [thread=2192841]Mfenn's standard $1000 build[/thread].

:thumbsup: You're reusing the case and HDD, so just drop those from my build and add the Windows license. That should still be around $1000.

 

[NutDeep]

Thanks for the input, but I went a totally different route. After trying to find the pieces and parts in stock at local stores and not having much luck. I ended up buy a laptop, Asus G55VW. Just got it last night and have not had much time to play with it yet, but so far I am very happy. Now I just need to figure out wich of the 91 proccesses that are running that I can kill.

 

[mfenn]

No worries, glad you found something that you're happy with.

 

[Nizzzlle]

Aw man, that feeling you get when all you parts arrive is unbeatable!

Maybe next time!