I am building my first computer as soon as I get my tax return here in the next couple months. I will probably use it primarily for gaming, movies, and music. Here is what I have come up with…I was just wondering if there is anything I should change, anything that may be incompatible with other parts in my build, anything additional I need such as cables, thermal paste, hardware, etc. All listed prices are from Amazon, and my absolute maximum is ,000, but cheaper is always better as long as they are quality parts.
Case – Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case – $ 99.99
Motherboard – MSI MB-Z68MA45 LGA1155/ Intel Z68 B3/ DDR3/ CrossFireX & SLI/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ MATX Motherboard – 0.99
CPU – Intel Core i5-2500K Processor – 9.99
Video Card – Galaxy Technology GeForce GTX 570 1280 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 DVI/DVI/Mini-HDMI SLI Ready Graphics Card, 57NKH3HS4GXK – 9.99
RAM – G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM – $ 88.99
HDD – Western Digital 2 TB SATA II 64 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Retail Kit – WDBAAZ0020HNC-NRS – 9.95
SSD – Intel 320 Series 80 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive Brown Box – 9.99
Optical Drive – LG UH12LS28K LightScribe 12x SATA Blu-Ray Combo Internal Drive, Bulk (Black) – $ 61.99
Heatsink – Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler, RR-B10-212P-G1 – $ 24.21
PSU – Corsair Gaming Series 600-Watt 80 Plus Certified Power Supply Compatible with Intel and
AMD Platforms – CMPSU-600G – $ 83.24
Monitor – ASUS VS247H-P 23.6-Inch LCD Monitor – Black – 4.99
Keyboard – Cyborg Gaming Keyboard with Tri-Color Backlighting – $ 75.99
Mouse – Cyborg R.A.T.7 Gaming Mouse for PC and MAC – $ 79.99
Sound Card – Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card (70SB073A00000) – $ 97.99
Speakers – Logitech Speaker System Z623 – 2.00
TOTAL_________________,956.28
I actually found all these parts on newegg.com, (except the motherboard), and all of the amazon prices were equal or less than those of newegg.