| Captain_Tom said:
One big problem: your case is WAYYY too expensive. Get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147166 [-$95] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157315 [-$26] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147189 [+$120]
The solid state drive is crazy worth it. It improves ALL performance a lot (Sometimes exponentially). If you need more space, you can add one later. Also the #1 rule to building a PC is "Buy all parts at once." Otherwise if you wait a month or two for the last parts, all your stocked up parts will be cheaper then what you bought them for. Also consider the 7870 LE. It is essentially a 7950 with 1GB less ram for $240. |
The reason I put so much down for the case is that I don't want to have to replace it for another 5-7 years. That, and I just really like that case... I thought about getting an SSD, but the price pushed me away. It's hard to justify spending that much for so little space--especially when I haven't seen the performance benifits with my own eyes. I'm actually tempted to just use the 500gb HDD from my laptop until I can save up for a 2TB drive.
I have really considered buying a 7870, but $200 for the 7850 is already $50 above my current GPU budget, so that might be pushing it. From the looks of things I probably should just wait a bit longer, though, so maybe I will end up with the better card.
Also, I kinda thought I could cheat the #1 rule by taking advantage of sales and Mail-in rebates...
