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ItsMeSean

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Hey everyone, I'll be getting parts to build my rig during the holiday season. I'm just curious on what everyone thinks (pros, cons). This will be the first computer I build.

1. Chassis: NZXT Guardian Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Case 921RB-BL ---- Amazon: here

2. DVD Drive: Lite-On LightScribe 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive IHAS424-98 - Retail (Black) ---- Amazon: here

3. Graphics Card: XFX AMD Radeon HD 7850 1GB GDDR5 2DVI/HDMI/2Mini DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card ---- Amazon: here

4. SSD: Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT128M4SSD2 ---- Amazon: here

5. Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast Series 650-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Core i3, i5, i7 and platforms - TX650 ---- Amazon: here

6. Monitor: ASUS VH236H 23-Inch Full-HD 2ms LCD Monitor ---- Amazon: here

7. Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Core i3, i5, i7 and Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 ---- Amazon: here

8. Motherboard: Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA 1155 AMD CrossFireX/NVIDIA SLI W/ HDMI,DVI,DispayPort Dual UEFI BIOS ATX Motherboard GA-Z77X-UD3H ---- Amazon: here

9. Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80637I53570K ---- Amazon: here

10. Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2) ---- Amazon: here

If anyone has any suggestions on a cheaper alternative to any of these, that would be great too. I would like to get an external hard drive or two as well.

Edit: Also, should I bother to get an addition internal hdd or just stick with the ssd and some externals?
 
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^ @ newegg, they have good deals if you live in the US.

Also, would the SSD be sufficient? Add 1TB HDD on top of it to store data in there or something (they've gotten cheaper now)

Do not forget the OS
 
Like you asked :P

Pros:

- quality from components
- performance of components
- price/performance components

Cons:

- no HDD, only a small SSD
- Choice of shop (-> newegg is cheaper)
- No other cons...

* Performance aspects:
gaming: good
webbrowsing/other dayly programs: great
3Dmodeling/rendering/multithreaded programs: Moderate
Capacity (hdd/ssd): low
Bootspeed: high

So what I try to say in all this above^^, Buy a second drive (HDD) with a bit more capacity and order from newegg. I can't say any other bad things about your choices in this build :P.
Well done!
 
Thanks a lot guys! I'll look into an additional hdd and some less angry looking memory. I'm not necessarily getting the parts from Amazon, going to price shop, it was just easier to find them there. As for OS, as a student at Rutgers I found a program through Microsoft that allows me to get certain Windows programs absolutely free (including Windows 7 & 8). Anyway, thanks again guys! :D
 
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