| mrstickball said: Okay, so here is what I am thinking. Newegg has some nice combo deals which cut the cost by 10% or more in some cases: |
You shouldn't do this. Newegg combo deals are generally 50% quality components and 50% complete junk that they bundle with the good components to get rid of it. You'll actually be losing "bang for your buck" that way.
Instead, go for:
-Core i5 750
-That MSI mobo that I linked above
-Antec Mini P180 White (the $65 one)
-SeaSonic SS-550HT PSU
-4 GB of whatever's the cheapest DDR3-1333 or DDR3-1600 RAM you can find
-1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3 (perhaps the speediest 1TB HDD out there; ideal for your needs since you've apparently decided against the SSD)
-XFX Radeon 5770 ($10 cheaper than the one you were looking at, and XFX's customer support rocks)
-A DVD-RW drive from Samsung, Sony, or Lite-On (protip: don't pay extra for LightScribe support)
-Win7 Home Premium OEM
According to a quick calculation in my head, that should come out to a little over $900 before shipping.
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