| aragod said: Building by far, but only if you are capable of doing so. The newest processors are pretty hard to put into socket for newbies, and you don't wanna screw your new intel (AMD is just no). You will need to have some knowledge about parts if you are about to do it yourself. I myself have been building PCs for years, but since I've lost my touch, I'm having friend choose and build it nowdays. |
Well I didn't know much about PC components when I started this, but now I'm feeling pretty competent. I've been getting a lot of help from the more knowledgeable users on this site and its made a huge difference.
Heres my latest list, I had to swap some parts because NCIX didn't have the same ones Newegg does.
Corsair TX650W 650W ATX 12V 52A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 120MM Fan 79.99
G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-12800 4GB 2X2GB DDR3 x2 222.98
Intel Core i7 860 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.8GHZ 304.99
Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB SATA2 7200RPM 4.2MS 32MB 99.99
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black 29.99
Logitech S220 2.1 Multimedia PC Speakers Black OEM 31.99
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 Keyboard & Optical Mouse Set USB OEM 25.99
Gigabyte P55A-UD3 ATX LGA1156 P55 DDR3 2PCI-E 2PCI RAID 139.99
Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 725MHZ 1GB 4.0GHZ GDDR5 PCI-E 284.99
Lian Li PC-8N Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Case 4X5.25 1X3.5 3X3.5INT 100.58
Before Tax Total : 1321.48
NCIX has a price matching feature, so what I've done is scour the Canadian online PC part stores and found the best deals I could and asked NCIX to price match all of them. After price matching the list is over $200 cheaper than buying straight from NCIX, hopefully they honor it. Its also cheaper than Newegg.ca by about $80, and I save $60 on shipping because I can pick it up from their store.
Any Thoughts? I'm a bit concerned about the RAM, some people have been saying that they have had to bump it up past 1.5V for it be stable, but it could just be their motherboard.
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