How can I cut down my PC build costs?

[Ivan659712]

This my build. I live in Canada so if you can Cad $ and the free things i got for free from friends old computers

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/Hykzqs

 

[sadams04]

You can drop the CPU to the i5-4460 or i5-4590 to reduce costs. The Xeon below will give you i7 performance without integrated graphics. You could drop the SSD to further reduce costs. No overclocking...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($367.25 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.05 @ Vuugo)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.84 @ DirectCanada)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.05 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($439.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($94.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: HP DVD1265I DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($123.00 @ shopRBC)
Monitor: LG E2360V-PN 23.0" Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Speakers: Cyber Acoustics CA-3602 30W 2.1ch Speakers ($34.88 @ Canada Computers)
Total: $1398.53

 

[Victorion]

Is it for gaming or work - and what titles/programs are going to be used mostly?

 

[fredfinks]

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/jtnjwP
thats $1461. New 6 series i5 with a 250gb 850 ssd
i7 unnecessary for games.

 

[mudpuppet]

Just a glance, I don't see a reason to have a full tower so dropping that down to a mid tower would probably give you some better Case options that are up to 50$Cad cheaper. The black and orange version of what I have is about 129$Cad http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=6_112&item_id=074198 however there isn't room for an optical drive so something like http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/fractal-design-case-fdcaarcr2blw

Is there anything special you're trying to do with your build? Others might be able to chime in with their thoughts based on your needs. If you only ever play Minecraft, for instance, you probably don't need the 970.

 

[Wayfall]

Straight I would say get a gold rated PSU that has 100% Japanese capacitors in it. You'll want a good strong PSU and one that isn't going to eat into your electricity bill as a bronze one is very inefficient power wise.

Also I have just replaced my cx 500 PSU as it was getting close to 2 years old and getting noisier with every month. So now I have a EVGA G2 550w Modular Gold PSU and I use ECO mode on it so its dead silent (fans off while pc is pretty much idle' when i'm just doing basic pc stuff.

 

[Ivan659712]

Is it for gaming or work - and what titles/programs are going to be used mostly?

60% editing videos and work and 40% gamming
photshop, premire pro and after effects
justcause3 and gta5

 

[Ivan659712]

Also when my friend built a computer in a mid case he said it was really hard to maneuver in it and told me to get a full tower and i will be overclocking and in the future I might be makeing the 970 in 2 way sli

 

[Victorion]

You want minimum 16 GB ram and at least 2 storage drives for programs.
i-6500 is probably the best cpu price/performance ratio for gaming and work.
You´ll want a cpu cooler for overclocking and a z170 series mobo with SLI ability
A 650+ watts PSU for SLI and overclock with good voltage regulation and good ripple supression and good quality caps.

Down below what you need. I added SSD, Air Cooler and switched a few things around. I don´t want to reuse your old DDR3-1333 mhz ram tbh.

It didn´t get cheaper, but you got a better build-


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($306.50 @ shopRBC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.75 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($203.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($98.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($94.88 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (Purchased For $0.00)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($419.50 @ Vuugo)
Case: Rosewill RISE ATX Full Tower Case ($129.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 750W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: HP DVD1265I DVD/CD Writer (Purchased For $0.00)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM (64-bit) ($123.00 @ shopRBC)
Monitor: LG E2360V-PN 23.0" Monitor (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $1566.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-15 10:03 EST-0500

 

[Wayfall]

Also when my friend built a computer in a mid case he said it was really hard to maneuver in it and told me to get a full tower and i will be overclocking and in the future I might be makeing the 970 in 2 way sli

I have a mid tower Bitfenix case and its okay as long as you keep all the wires safety away from the moving parts. Full towers are the best but are very large and I'd always recommend you get two front fans, a bottom one and of course there is already a back one.

 

[mudpuppet]

Full is generally too big in my opinion/experience. Former coworker went out and got a full tower he thought looked cool but then it was so huge it didn't fit anywhere around his desk. Mid tower shouldn't be an issue as far as working in/around, at least I've never had any issues and most consumer PCs are built in a mid or micro tower. The choice is your obviously, but I didn't want you to brush a Mid off just because you didn't think there was enough room in it. Again, I have pictures in my sig that show my mid tower housing a 4790k with closed loop and 970 FTW without incident. =)