New I5 Build

Twist86

Twist86

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So I am back to build my father a PC. Now the budget is $1000 but I don't plan to buy a GPU until he finds a new game so I can get him the best at the time. I am hoping by the time he finds one I can get him a DX11.

So budget is $750 or so.

Motherboard $169.99 (combo 1 $10)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131405

CPU $199
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

Cooler $39.99 (have better thoughts? Will be overclocking)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103055

Power Supply $108 ($20 MIR)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006

Memory $95.99 (combo 1)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

HDD $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395


Antec 900 will be the case I have one left over from last year.

Price = $678.94


Now I like the PSU for the fact I use it and love it and he can later on SLI say 2x GTX 260s or w/e nvidia brings out (if they keep to the "green" movement)

The cooler I see has good reviews...has both auto fan + controller and has all the kits needed to hook up to the board...size is a issue but I found a link at tomshardware where it appears to fit like a glove.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/251775-29-antec-cooler-master-install-pictures

My question is there better for the price? I plan to overclock the chip to 3.2ghz or so (and when he needs it further) I like the fact the cooler has a mirror finish (plan to buy one for me too :D over my Xigmatek S1283 )

This system will be used for World of Warcraft and solitaire but he only upgrades once every 3-4 years and he asked me for a quad-core with the bells and whistles. I will also try to get him some better games as time goes by though.

I wanted to go I7 but he wanted to surprise my mom with some new stuff so the price went out of the range to much (and I just spent $360 on monitors so I am tapped)


Thanks for any opinions please note I do "hunt" for free shipping...less I spend on useless things the more I can dump into the system but I don't sacrifice quality.
 
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I personally wouldn't waste $180 on a P55 motherboard, since you can't
fully take advantage of SLI, so why get a board with 3 PCI-E slots?

There's plenty with one PCI-E slot for around $100
 
I miss looking at your avatar by the way...:D

I think you will like the V8...there are better coolers on the market but it performs well. It keeps my quad nice and cool. It also looks really nice inside of any case. Most of the better coolers look like a huge chunk of scrap metal with a fan jafoo rigged on it...they look horrible.

Have you looked at the Egg's combo deals? There are some really good deals to be had right now. Here is a few to consider.

Asus P7P55D Pro and Corsair Dominators for $250
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.287738

Evga P55 and Corsair Dominators for $250
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.287786

There are tons of combos with the i5 processor. There is like 10 pages...ya save $20 here, $30 there...it adds up quick.
 
Yeah but I get to see it on other forums daily so I don't miss it :P
I see I didn't even think of the combo deals and also thanks I missed that I thought it was SLI ready.
BTW looks are not that important for me but cooling...will it be superior to the S1283 in terms of cooling?I can't seem to find any solid cooling benchmarks.
 
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Yeah I only deal with single platter drives. The 3 multi-platter ones I have bought have all died within 1 year. Not a single 1 platter drive has died in over 7 years of using them.

Perhaps its just luck but I will stick with singles for a primary unit.

Thanks for the deal though Jamin43 I appreciate you helping me out.
 
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