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Hey guys obviously from my label i am extremely new,and only 15 years old, to this so bare with me here....
So i have worked 3 jobs all summer to earn this money which happens to be about 1100 USD
So the reason i am posting to day is for you guys to (hopefully) give me thoughtful and sincere advice to stretch my money as far as i can
So right now i am planning on buying everything but the monitor, os, graphics card (for now), and various peripherals
As i stated previously i will buy the graphics card later with money i earn while working during the school year.
So here is what i have so far...

COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136795

CORSAIR Professional Series HX750 (CMPSU-750HX) 750W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139010

CORSAIR DOMINATOR 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMP8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145313


ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157264

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

And the graphics card i "plan" on getting


EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130590

SLI: maybe
Overclock: once i buy an aftermarket cooler
I will buy all of the components at my local microcenter
Please be positive and dont bash me for not knowing much

Thank You in advance,
Steven


 
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im not saying u r lying .. just that it's illegal 😀
but it's not my concern where u get money .. but how u spend it 😀
otherwise build looks good but remember that at microcenter u can get z68 mobo and i5-2500k with 40$ off
also im not sure how u plan on fitting all this into 1100
and that PSu is not enough for future sli of 580
 
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I actually have never worked over 20hrs a week anyway hmmmm...
yes thank you for your advice I understand 1100 is not enough for a gtx580 that is why i am working during the school year to earn about 500$ and when when (if) i ever sli 580's i will upgrade the psu
 
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What games are you planning to play with and at what resolution? The GTX 580 might be overkill (might be cheaper to just get 2x GTX 560Ti or get one now and see if you need another later).

Since I don't know exactly the reason behind each choice, I can only suggest alternatives you can ponder:
Case: Graphite 600T
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaw X (Dominator is overpriced)
MB: GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (Seems to have the same features, but cheaper)

 
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You've got the right idea, but there are some things you might want to think about.

The professional series PSU is more than you need. To save a little money maybe look at:
Corsair Enthusiast Series Modular 750W - $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139030
Corsair Enthusiast Series Non-Modular 750W - $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 is a better choice for the same price. Same performance, twice the capacity, and quieter.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

You'll want to buy different RAM. With sandy bridge you want to go with 1.5V RAM (your ram is 1.65V). Also, you can get 8GB of ram at about $55. Today's good deal is G.Skill Ripjaw X Series for $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
but the price of memory fluctuates a lot. Look for 1600mhz, cas latency 9, 1.5V, 8GB (2x4GB) ram with a decent brand.

The case you picked is nice, but you can get a really good gaming case for closer to $80-$100 which will take a smaller bite out of your budget.

The mobo you picked is a good choice, but an alternate you might want to check out is the ASRock Extreme3 Gen3 for $125
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271
It has a weak port cluster and there's no usb 3.0 header on the board, but it's a good gaming board at a good price. (By 'good' I mean it supports x8/x8 sli and it has PCIe 3.0 x16 for ivy bridge.)
 
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I do agree the graphite is a nice case but for me it is really a personal opinion for liking the haf x, the ram was chosen almost at random so i agree, lastly the price difference does not seem significant to warrant changing the mobo i picked out.
thank you for your advice!
 
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Also almost exactly the same reply to dan
I do agree the "case "is a nice case but for me it is really a personal opinion for liking the haf x, the ram was chosen almost at random so i agree, lastly the price difference does not seem significant to warrant changing the mobo i picked out.
thank you for your advice!
SEE!
 
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I can understand that, I got the HAF X, it's a beast :). I'm suggesting the 600T simply because it's a bit nicer than the HAF for the cable management.
 
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So how much would the power bill be over my 300 watt system? Enough for my parents to care?
 
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It's hard to quantify without knowing how often you use it and what they pay for kilowatt hour, but basically it will barely rise compared to the cost of powering a whole house and your parents probably won't notice the difference.
 
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Go to the Nvidia forums, EVGA forums, etc... 750w psu doesn't even come close to pushing two of those cards in SLI. Now if you want to burn up your psu in no time flast, then ya, I would say go for dual 580's and a 750w psu.
 
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well with ur 750 psu running at 90% of it's capacity it will be probably 60% efficient so it will pull of the wall 1250W which is 4 times more then ur current system
kinda like a microwave .. running all day .. will be probably extra 20-40$ again hard to say depending on whole energy consumption
 
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Each 100W is 2.4kWh/day if the PC runs 24h/day so if the price is 0.10$/kWh, then ~0.24$/day/100W and ~90$/year/100W. However the system doesn't draw 100% power all the time anyway, but even if it draws only 200W idling, then yes, 24/7 operation will cost close to 200$/year. If you bother to close the PC when you don't use it, it can drop by 33-66% easily. You can also argue that for at least 6 month per year, your PC is also heating the house during winter, so not 100% of that power is wasted 😛.
 
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For heating? It does a bit; my computer room is in the basement and when I come out during the winter, the rest of the basement is a tad cooler. Then again, I'm probably responsible for part of that heat, my body temps being above average. As for my system's spec:

CPU: Intel i5-2500K (@4.5Ghz)
MB: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
MON: Samsung 226BW 22in. 1680x1050
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 (900/2000)
RAM: G.Skill 2x4GB DDR3-1600 CAS9
PSU: Corair 850TX (850W)
HDD1: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB
HDD2: Seagate 7200.11 500GB ST3500320AS
HDD3: Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB HD204UI
 
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