With my taxes in 2013 I am building two rigs. One for me and one for my wife. My current system will be given to my stepson. Our employers get us our W2's very early, so we will likely be receiving the taxes by the end of January. My build will be for gaming and multimedia to be played on a HDTV. My budget is about $800-850. This is my current build:
https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=21721986
My wife is a very light user, only using Word for writing, playing MP3s, and surfing the web/watching videos online. My budget on her system is sub $200. I have the following build here:
https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=16302394
I do not need a hard drive for hers, I have a 500 GB external that I was using for media storage that will no longer be needed with my new system. I will be formatting it and installingit in her system. I also am not concerned with that case/PSU combo because I have an old Corsair PSU that will work fine for her and she likes that case.
Does anyone see anywhere I can shave money off on these without losing performance? Or even increase performance within my budget if needed? Also does anyone think the component prices (outside special sales) will change significantly in the next month and a half? I'd love to get a 7870 graphcs card in my system, I have considered stepping down to the i5 3450 to do this in budget. Would overclocking the CPU or a better graphics card give me more in the way of power for gaming? Any advice is appreciated.
https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=21721986
My wife is a very light user, only using Word for writing, playing MP3s, and surfing the web/watching videos online. My budget on her system is sub $200. I have the following build here:
https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=16302394
I do not need a hard drive for hers, I have a 500 GB external that I was using for media storage that will no longer be needed with my new system. I will be formatting it and installingit in her system. I also am not concerned with that case/PSU combo because I have an old Corsair PSU that will work fine for her and she likes that case.
Does anyone see anywhere I can shave money off on these without losing performance? Or even increase performance within my budget if needed? Also does anyone think the component prices (outside special sales) will change significantly in the next month and a half? I'd love to get a 7870 graphcs card in my system, I have considered stepping down to the i5 3450 to do this in budget. Would overclocking the CPU or a better graphics card give me more in the way of power for gaming? Any advice is appreciated.