Awesome.
Awesome.
I'm just saying that had you shopped around a bit more, you could of probably got faster memory for even cheaper. CAD is worth less than USD right now, and I still got it cheaper "in-country".
That isn't bad memory by all means though, and the price you got it as was def worth it in comparison to the non-sale price.
Oh well, I'm sure it'll be fine. Anyways, unless anyone has any objections I'll be ordering this later today:
Intel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz
ASRock H77 Pro4-M
ZALMAN Z11 Plus HF1 Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
E: Also, I realized that my PSU is actually 550w not 500, so that should give me a bit more clearance.
Ew, Ivy Bridge. If you're going to spend $200 on a CPU, you might as well spend the $20 to get the unlocked Core i5-2500K, that way you can overclock it and stay competitive even when the tech moves on.
What's wrong with Ivy Bridge, isn't it just the newest iteration of Sandy Bridge? You're right, the $20 is probably worth it in the long run, but I'm worried about power consumption. It might now be worth it if I have to spend another $100 or so on a new PSU.
e: Fuck it, I'll just go for it.
Last edited by Corndogman; September 22nd, 2012 at 12:17 AM.
They run hot versus their predecessors and the performance gain isn't really worth the price premium or the heat premium in my book. I mean, it enables PCI-E 3.0 on Z68 boards, but that's a moot point unless you plan on doing multi-GPU. That board I suggested can't realistically do multi-GPU, and getting one that can for Intel CPUs would drive your costs up considerably.
My main issue here was how close to the price of an unlocked CPU you were.
Alright, well I went with the i5-2500k and a motherboard that was slightly cheaper, but had free shipping, so that balanced the cost a little. I'm happy with my build and am pretty excited to get it running.
I don't know nuthin about computer components anymore, so i'm coming here for one of you tech savvy duders. I'm asking for someone to list the best pc components for around 750 bucks to build a complete person pc with the exception of a mouse, keyboard, and speakers. Don't need a super fancy case, if it can be cheap and cool(air flow shit) to apply more funds towards primary components; do so.
I will shower you with colon cobras upon reception of said list.
Last edited by mech; October 1st, 2012 at 10:26 PM.
Intel i9-6660X Super-Turbo CPU
128GB 4800Mhz DDR5 Memory
Nvidia XTR 7000 16GB GPU
1.2TB SSD
2000W PSU
Heh, that's way under his budget. I think you should suggest something with a bit more power since he has more to spend.
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