Building my first gaming rig

[Porn Shop Clerk]

an i5 build does not cost 1500 bro

About $1800.00 got me this just about a month ago

Cooler Master Storm Scout Mid Tower ATX Gaming Case, Black, No Power Supply

PWS: 600W OCZ ModXStream Pro Power Supply, Modular Cables, 80+ Certified, SLI Certified, Active PFC

Processor:Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor: 3.3GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, On-Chip Graphics,Socket 1155

Motherboard:Intel BOXDZ68DB Motherboard, ATX, Socket 1155, USB 3.0, Sata 6Gb/s, eSATA, RAID, HDMI, Firewire

Memory: 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600MHz) Memory via 2 x 4GB Modules

OS SSD: Crucial C300 Series 64GB Solid State Drive, SATA 6 Gbps, 2.5"

Games SSD: Crucial C300 Series 64GB Solid State Drive, SATA 6 Gbps, 2.5"

Hard Drive: Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black 1TB SATA/6G Hard Drive, 3.5"

Optical Burner Drive: Samsung 22X SATA Dual Layer DVDRW Drive with Lightscribe and Burning Software, OEM, Black

Video Card: nVidia GeForce GTX560 1GB PCI-E Video Card, SLI ready

Monitor x2:Asus VE247H 24" LED Widescreen Flat Panel LCD, HDMI & Speakers, Black

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition DVD, 64-bit, OEM

Picked up the parts and did the assembly myself. Bought it from a local company - Intrex - if your in the Triad or Triangle they have about 10 stores.

-400 for the monitors = 1400$

[SgtJoo]

-400 for the monitors = 1400$

Intrex has a markup that's way worse than Newegg.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4YQ0

900 bucks @ Newegg.

[Kevin Greene]

no, you don't. you can't get the parts as inexpensively as someone that mass produces them.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229283

you could not build that computer for that low of a price

and that's not even counting catching a similar model refurb or open box

an i5 build does not cost 1500 bro

i5 defiantely does not cost that much.

Yeah, so let's price a comparable, i7 rig that PSC linked to at Newegg. It's $960 plus $29 shipping, call it $990.

That price includes a garbage 600 watt PSU you'll want to change out immediately and a butt ugly case. PSU costy $100, live with the butt ugly Thermaltake case, $0. Price now is $1090 and dont think about sending the whole system back for a warranty repair because you've changed out some of the parts on the Cyberpower setup already.

So an i7 with an OCZ 750 watt PSU and a nice looking case goes for $1027 from Newegg, not shown is a $25 promo code on the HD bringing it to $1002 plus $18 shipping cost so call it $1020. This price is before $45 in rebates if you bother to send them in. I didn't bother with matching the crappy mouse and KB with the Cyber deal they're throw aways much like the PSU anyway.

[Kevin Greene]

And as a bonus, I built all this without bending the pins on my i7 processor.....since it doesn't have any. :lol:

[SgtJoo]

Yeah, I don't have an i5, I do have a hex core Phenom. I make up for it with 560 ti in 2 way SLI though.

[Kevin Greene]

Yeah, I don't have an i5, I do have a hex core Phenom. I make up for it with 560 ti in 2 way SLI though.

Yeah the whole overclocking community has dwindled as CPUs have surpassed what is required in most cases and your video card becomes critical to a gamer's ability to play at a native resolution to their LCD/LED with eye candy on full.

[SgtJoo]

Yeah the whole overclocking community has dwindled as CPUs have surpassed what is required in most cases and your video card becomes critical to a gamer's ability to play at a native resolution to their LCD/LED with eye candy on full.

Yeah, the CPU is almost never the bottleneck these days. I have my 1100t ever so slightly overclocked but it's the gpus that are more important to me. I'm kind of sad I added another 560 ti with the Kepler launch soon on the horizon and the 7000 series launching for AMD right now.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

And as a bonus, I built all this without bending the pins on my i7 processor.....since it doesn't have any. :lol:

i've seen bent socket pins too

[Porn Shop Clerk]

lol you guys are backing me on the i5 without even realizing it

[Inimicus]

-400 for the monitors = 1400$

-250 for the DUAL SSDs = $1150

[Porn Shop Clerk]

yay loading screens are faster!

[Porn Shop Clerk]

also you wouldn't let the 12 year old order a pair of ssds?

well, i guess you couldn't stop him.

[Kevin Greene]

I dont know why, but this comes to mind.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

probably because you guys don't feel like the "computer guru" in your clique then you bring nothing to the table