Looking at building my first PC

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:22 am

I looking at building my first Pc, this is a list of what i had in mind,,,

Intel Core i5 3570K =$245
Asus Sabertooth Z77 = $280
Kingston 16GB Kit (4x4GB), PC-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3 =$120
OCZ 120GB Agility 3 on RAID 0 x 2 =$250
MSI Radeon HD7750 =$129
Antec 650W Platinum Power Supply =$130
LG Blu-Ray Burner =$100
Aerocool Black Hawk Gaming Case =$115
Win7 =$100
Cooler $50

That's just over $1500 which is really pushing the limit of my wallet

Anyone see any compatibility problems or have any ideas how too save me a couple hundred bucks without lossing to much proformance,,

Thanx Heaps for any help,,

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:22 am

From what I can tell it looks compatible, just watch out for the basic stuff like making sure the motherboard will fit in the case and the CPU cooler is compatible with socket 1155. Other than that you should be good. Smile

You could probably cut back on the motherboard and just put up with having a few less features or you could change the graphics card to bring the price down but that will depend on what you will be using it for.

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:58 am

I would also maybe cut it down to just one SSD, and use that for your OS and boot drive. Then get a larger capacity HDD for your storage of files/movies/etc.

Again that would be for saving a but money and also getting alot more storage space, if you are going to be storing stuff on it. As 240GB aint a lot if you are.

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:18 am

with a bigger ssd it would be faster and wouldn't likely need raid0.i have this in my cart at newegg,it's supposed to be one of the fastest,i just can't bring myself to click pay yet.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233208

i'd also bump the PSU up to at least an 850W in case you want crossfirex at some point.