My $1045.44 build, and it's awsome.

[Apoc]

I know it's not the most powerfull but it runs very good. I went to iBuyPower.com and tried to get the same specs and they wanted about $1200 (not including shipping) for the same setup. By the way the NZXT case is awsome.

I bought most of the part from Amazon, a few are from Tiger Direct. So what do you all think?

Intel i5 760 $209.99

HP 24x CD/DVD RW 1270vi $38.54

NZXT Tempest Evo Enthusiast Steel Tower $102.99

PNY XLR8 GTS 450 1024MB GDDR5 $122.99

Windows 7 64bit $99.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB $84.99

Intel DP55KG Extreme Series Desktop Motherboard $159.99

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus $29.99

Corsair 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 $52.99 x 2 = $105.98

Corsair 650-Watt TX Series 80 Plus $89.99

 

[spynoodle]

I know it's not the most powerfull but it runs very good. I went to iBuyPower.com and tried to get the same specs and they wanted about $1200 (not including shipping) for the same setup. By the way the NZXT case is awsome.

I bought most of the part from Amazon, a few are from Tiger Direct. So what do you all think?

Intel i5 760 $209.99

HP 24x CD/DVD RW 1270vi $38.54

Pretty sweet. You might just wanna keep an eye on your video card, since PNY doesn't have quite the best reputation with video cards, but you'll probably be fine.

NZXT Tempest Evo Enthusiast Steel Tower $102.99

PNY XLR8 GTS 450 1024MB GDDR5 $122.99

Windows 7 64bit $99.99

Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB $84.99

Intel DP55KG Extreme Series Desktop Motherboard $159.99

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus $29.99

Corsair 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 $52.99 x 2 = $105.98

Corsair 650-Watt TX Series 80 Plus $89.99

Nice! :good: You might wanna keep an eye on your video card, since PNY doesn't have quite the best reputation with video cards, but you'll probably be fine.

 

[Rocko]

Nice! Hope you're happy with it!

 

[ZachSand]

I would've chosen a different Video card, and probably spent another 14$ on the processor for the 2500k SB.

That's just me though, lovin' the case, should be a great build.

Post some pics when you have it built if you don't mind! Always love when someone follows up with their build after posting parts.

 

[Apoc]

Just as a note, I posted these pic's up on Amazon as well. None of you probally care but I figured I'd point that out anyway.

This computer is fast and im not just saying that to blow smoke up your rear. The i5 760 CPU can max out at 3.33 and idles at a temp of 37c.
I have no intention of going above the normal 2.8 speed, but knowing I can go to 3.33 without having to buy a i7 is pretty awsome.

I ran two 10min stress tests both on the CPU and the memory and they passed. The graphics card can get pretty hot when playing games but idles very well (27c idle).

The NZXT case is very big at 20" inchs tall and 21.5" long.
The 6 fans are very quite and move a butt load of air.
The only problem with the case is it dose not have Multi-Media ports for sd card and what not.

Most of the cables are hidden in the right panel. I know it looks like alot but I managed to hide about half of them.
The CPU cooler was a pain too get mounted on but it works great. The only problem with it is it covers one of the memory card slots.

The front two light strips are very bright.

 

[armysgt1]

I got the same case. I love it. Eventually I'm going to go to water cooling though and might mount a big radiator somewhere.

 

[Manakore]

I love this case, I just build an AMD model in it. My inside looks like your's as well (with the cable problems). My cpu power cable was not long enough to go in behind and down, instead it go directly up over the GPU to the port.

 

[george93pr]

Dang that's a nice build. Very nice processor. I saw something in the skies, is it a bird? Is it an airplane? It's... a computer? Man your computer can fly after all!