Friends PC $1000 budget

[wedge22]

I will advise my friend to try and get a 120GB SSD if he can, hopefully there will be some good deals on Boxing Day. :)

[BlueByte]

Samsung 840 120 is $100, and for the same price that power supply should be changed. OCZ is going through some financial issues right now so I would worry about warranty coverage, that and the quality is a bit iffy.

Wait for boxing day though, biggest advice you can get. The deals you get that day will determine what you are buying.

[wedge22]

Thanks guys.

I just found out that the case will only accept Gfx cards up to 10.5 inches in length, the 7870 is 11.6 inches, so looks like a revision is needed, either change the case or change the gfx card.

[great_big_abyss]

Looks good, although you can find an ASUS 7870 DCII for the same price as the HIS that you picked, and IMO, it's a much better graphics card. Also, it's 10.47" long.

I second Bond007's suggestion to put the 64GB SSD (quite useless size I have found from experience) and put the money towards an i5 processor. Then, pick up a 128gb SSD in a couple monthes.

[Jaydu]

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• Intel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.5GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2500 BX80637I53450 Item #: N82E16819116506 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
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ASUS HD7850-DC2T-2GD5-V2 Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814121650Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy
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• ASUS P8Z77-V LX LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item #: N82E16813131824 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy

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[Bond007]

Now your looking great. Just wait for sales tonight. Should be able to save $30 or so on an equivalently good powersupply.

[wedge22]

So my friend just went ahead and purchased everything before the Boxing Day sales as he was so excited, but he also purchased whatever the NCIX rep told him too. Not a bad selection of parts, I built it last night and when I left no issues.

[SolidCree]

Hardware Cost
$43 Keybaord
$115 Cpu FX-6100
$45 Patriot Viper 3 8GB 2X4GB PC3-15000 DDR3-1866
$89 Antec Eleven Hundred Performance Gaming Case XL-ATX
$29 Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3
$84.99 Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT SP1 DVD
$79.99 Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA3 64MB Cache 3.5in
$89.99 XFX 750W PRO750W XXX Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 62A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Silver
$39.99 LG CH12LS28 12X Blu-Ray Reader & Lightscribe DVD Writer Combo Drive
$29.99 A4 Tech by Azio V7 Wired Optical Gaming Mouse 3200PI USB
$229.99 XFX Radeon HD 7870 Core Ed. 1000MHZ 2GB 4.8GHZ GDDR5 DVI HDMI 2XMINIDP PCI-E
Total: $877.94

That's the system I am currently building, Looks like it will be under a $1000 system, surprised I could get everything I wanted for under $1000