How does this build look?

[MichaelKing]

This will be my first build, so I'm really nervous about doing this, but I think I'm going to take a chance. How does everything look? If any changes need to be made, please note: I would like to use a full tower and the 560 ti card, unless something better can be had.

Budget around=1045.00

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
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IN WIN Dragon Rider Black 1.0 - 0.8mm SECC Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
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SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3EG HD503HI 500GB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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EVGA DS SuperClocked 01G-P3-1567-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...
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OCZ ZS Series 650W 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandy Bridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom
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G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
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MSI P67A-G45 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
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Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 ...
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[linkin]

Not a bad system, but the case is junky. 0.8mm steel is thin and will bend easily. I'm also guessing the case won't have rolled edges on the steel, so you're likely to get cut. You'll probably want to get the 2500K if you want to overclock in the future.

For the price of that case you could get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139010

It is a much higher quality case. It's also cheaper.

It's also worth going with 8GB of memory these days: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144496

I'd also grab this PSU instead of the OCZ: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207014

Everything else looks fine.

 

[MichaelKing]

That brings the cost up to about 1076.00 My budge is 1045.00

 

[linkin]

You could go with this case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008

That should bring it into budget.

 

[MichaelKing]

I think I've got everything in order now. Just a quick question, what's the lowest wattage PSU I can go with, with this build? I was going to have this custom built (Nearly identical model) and they told me that I HAD to have a 700 watt power supply.

 

[MichaelKing]

Also, building a PC doesn't look as difficult as I thought it would (Thanks to the Newegg build video). I was mainly worried about mounting the case standoffs, but it seems that most cases come with pre-mounted standoffs.

 

[jonnyp11]

it's very easy and the 700w is what they tell people cuz most pick out pure crap, an ocz isn't the best but it will work fine, that build could easily run off a quality 500-550w

 

[linkin]

I'd build it yourself, it's not difficult and it saves you some coin. Also gives you a sense on achievement, ie "I built this, it's mine, I can do what I like with it"