Lower Price?

[Stretch1414]

Hey can anybody give me any advice on this build? I want to maybe try to lower the price a little to not freak out my parents, but I want to have a good computer to game and to get me through college well.

Case—$109.99
MOBO—$129.99
CPU—$189.99
RAM—$84.99
GPU—$289.99
PSU—$134.99
HDD—$59.99
CD/DVD Drive—$21.99
OS—$99.99
Total--$1121.91

 

[claptonman]

Are you in college now? If so, you can use your school email address and get Win7 Professional for only $30 from microsoft's website.

http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/windows/default.aspx

Get the 64-bit. Would be crazy running 32-bit from a hexcore CPU.

Other than that, looks good. You know, the AMD Bulldozer cpus are coming out in a month or so and are suppose to change the game. I would wait for those and see how much they are.

I don't know much about power supplies, but I don't think I'd buy a product without reviews on it. I would go for this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

2,241 reviews and it still has 5 eggs. Definately would buy this over the one you have. And its $25 bucks cheaper.

I would also go for one of those other GPUs you listed on your other thread. It would save you a little and have the same performance.

 

[Stretch1414]

No, I am not in college yet. I am just finishing my Junior year. I know it may be a little early to begin talking about college computers and stuff. But I plan to go into Computer Engineering and want to start learning as quick as possible so that I'm not an idiot when I go in.

Thanks for the OS information. I know the Bulldozer processors are coming out, I'm not building this now, just soon, and it will truly probably be around the time that those come out, but I'm just working on a tentative build and trying to learn. I will probably get one of those when they come out, depending on the price of them.

And I kinda want a PSU with modular cables. Also, the reason I think that it doesn't have any reviews is because they just changed the Black Edition of that PSU. My RL friend got that same PSU, but it looks different so we can't figure it out. So that may be it, and it is a new arrival too.

I just found one that I think is better.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

Alright thanks. I'm still determining what level of GPU I want, if I want 6870, 6950 1GB, or 6950 2GB.

 

[claptonman]

Ah, that makes sense. Then that power supply would be good. If you build before going to college, I would definitely find someone in college that has no use for a new OS and take advantage of that deal. $30 for an OS that suppose to be $200. And once again, get the 64-bit version.

 

[Stretch1414]

Yeah thanks, I'll try to do that. I already switched my list to the 64 bit. By the way, I think my RL friend tried to get the $30 windows 7 from his cousin and it was just an upgrade, not the complete version. Maybe he tried getting it a different way, but I just remembered that.

 

[Manakore]

Are you in college now? If so, you can use your school email address and get Win7 Professional for only $30 from microsoft's website.

http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/windows/default.aspx

Get the 64-bit. Would be crazy running 32-bit from a hexcore CPU.

Other than that, looks good. You know, the AMD Bulldozer cpus are coming out in a month or so and are suppose to change the game. I would wait for those and see how much they are.

I don't know much about power supplies, but I don't think I'd buy a product without reviews on it. I would go for this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

2,241 reviews and it still has 5 eggs. Definately would buy this over the one you have. And its $25 bucks cheaper.

I would also go for one of those other GPUs you listed on your other thread. It would save you a little and have the same performance.

Your microsoft link for college students wouldn't work for him. That is an upgrade OS, not a full one. Upgrade OS versions will not install on a brand new system without a current OS already on it. His best bet is buying a 64 bit OEM full version.

 

[claptonman]

Your microsoft link for college students wouldn't work for him. That is an upgrade OS, not a full one. Upgrade OS versions will not install on a brand new system without a current OS already on it. His best bet is buying a 64 bit OEM full version.

I bought the exact same thing and did a fresh install of Win7 on my computer. Its an .iso download.

 

[Apoc]

Case - $99 - it's only $10 less. This case is very nice by the way, i got the same one. Very big.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5569252

 

[Stretch1414]

Thanks, I haven't looked around for pricing or anything, as I am not building this really really soon. I just have gone of newegg right now. Thank you for the recommendation, as any money saved would be awesome.