Hey Guys,
As tis the season, I have an influx of cash, and am planning to build a desktop. I'm Canadian, BTW.
I'll be doing light gaming (The Sims, Civ, Stalker COP, Spore, maybe Far Cry 3, TF2 and some others), photo editing, video encoding/editing, and browsing.
The current planned rig is $1075, but I'm a can be a bit lenient about the price (+/- $50-$100).
So, here's the plan:
Intel i5-3570K - $209.99
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - $27.99
MSI Mpower - $174.99 with $10 MIR
Patriot Viper 3 8GB 1600MHz - $59.99
MSI 7770 - $74.99 with $40 MIR
Cooler Master Storm Stryker - $119.99 with $25 MIR
XFX 750 Semi-Modular 80Plus silver- $79.99 with $10 MIR
Windows 7 Home Premium - 97.99 (I don't need to link this... I hope)
Noctua NT-H1 Pro Grade Thermal Compound - $3.99
ASUS DVD drive - $16.99
WD Caviar blue1TB - $64.99
Total before tax = $1016.94
with tax = $1149.14
So, what do you guys think of this build? Any suggestions? Please try to use www.ncix.ca for suggestions, seeing as it's easier to only have to go to one store.
As tis the season, I have an influx of cash, and am planning to build a desktop. I'm Canadian, BTW.
I'll be doing light gaming (The Sims, Civ, Stalker COP, Spore, maybe Far Cry 3, TF2 and some others), photo editing, video encoding/editing, and browsing.
The current planned rig is $1075, but I'm a can be a bit lenient about the price (+/- $50-$100).
So, here's the plan:
Intel i5-3570K - $209.99
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - $27.99
MSI Mpower - $174.99 with $10 MIR
Patriot Viper 3 8GB 1600MHz - $59.99
MSI 7770 - $74.99 with $40 MIR
Cooler Master Storm Stryker - $119.99 with $25 MIR
XFX 750 Semi-Modular 80Plus silver- $79.99 with $10 MIR
Windows 7 Home Premium - 97.99 (I don't need to link this... I hope)
Noctua NT-H1 Pro Grade Thermal Compound - $3.99
ASUS DVD drive - $16.99
WD Caviar blue1TB - $64.99
Total before tax = $1016.94
with tax = $1149.14
So, what do you guys think of this build? Any suggestions? Please try to use www.ncix.ca for suggestions, seeing as it's easier to only have to go to one store.