2nd shot at it

[dipswitcher]

Hey folks, How are Ya?

I postrd a build for your critique a few days ago, and got some wonderful feed back. Using much of the recommended gear, I came up with this. I will use this computer for home office and personal projects with home movies and such. I run two monitors and multitask research. Do you see improovements within the budget? Do I need a aftermarket CPU fan. Do you see any wires, adapters, or anything I left out?

CPU Intel Core i5-3450 3.1GHz Quad-Core
$192.97

Motherboard Asus P8H77-V ATX LGA1155
$109.98

Memory Corsair XMS3 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
$79.99

Storage Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
$88.98
Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" SSD
$94.99

Video Card Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB
$205.98

Case Lian-Li PC-K7B ATX Mid Tower
$79.99

Power Supply Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V
$79.99

Optical Drive Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer
$15.99

Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit)
$124.00

Keyboard Lite-On SK-1788/BS
$14.97
Mouse Cooler Master SGM-2001-BLON1 Wired Optical
$20.32

Thanks fellows

 

[Why_Me]

The stock intel h/s will do just fine. The XMS is Corsair's crappy series RAM. Look at this set of G.Skill down below for the same price yet better quality.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231545 $79.99 FREE SHIPPING
G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9Q-16GAO


http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600315498%20600364400%20600007782&IsNodeId=1&name=2GB <----- save some $$ and look at any of these cards other than the Zotac listed on there.

650w is beyond over kill. This 520w down below is over kill for your set up but it's modular which makes for a cleaner build.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151093 $69.99
SeaSonic M12II 520 Bronze 520W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

 

[ScrewySqrl]

Why Me has good suggestions

I'll add this as a better motherboard choice, about $50 cheaper:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681315733

 

[dipswitcher]

Why Me has good suggestions

I'll add this as a better motherboard choice, about $50 cheaper:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681315733

Newegg says that one is deactivated. Any other?

 

[ScrewySqrl]

this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157335

first post was a bad link

 

[CaedenV]

check the video software you are using as most of the free/cheap stuff will not utilize 16GB of ram. I am using Adobe Premiere, and even then it has to be a rather large project to make use of more than 8GB of ram (or be using uncompressed footage, which frankly my camera is not that good).

Also, Win8 is coming out pretty soon, and I noticed a bit better performance in video rendering when I moved from win7 to the win8RTM as win8 is all-around a lighter, and better at handling system resources. Mind you, it was not a huge difference (~2 minutes less render time on a 30 minute video), but with such huge changes like the new OS I think you would rather pay once rather than twice for the OS.

Not saying that win8 is something you would like or enjoy, as it is not for everyone, but I have really enjoyed using it these last few months. But to be honest there were about 2 weeks of pulling my hair out figuring out the logic behind the new interface before I really fell in love with it. The RTM is free, and will last you for 90 days, which is more than long enough for you to decide if you want to go with the new OS, or stick with the tried-and-true win7.

 

[dipswitcher]

this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157335

first post was a bad link

May I get one or two more suggestions please?

 

[CaedenV]

MSI has a few B75 mobos that have a few more features, and perhaps a little better quality, but that board should be fine and you can't beat the price.

 

[dipswitcher]

Thanks a lot everyone. I am going to post a new thread with my new collection of components I have picked out. I guess the micro ATX board is fine, but I can't decide.
I need to build this thing soon because my son needs one for school.