Need advise from builders

[beng035]

Going to built a rig after 7 years since my last rig. Many new technology have surfaced and i am pretty out of touch. I have shortlisted what i want to buy. Main concern is the kind of $$$ spend. Will not overclock , if there is no reason for me to do so. Please advise and comment

CPU & Mobo: i5-3570K & Asrock Z77 Extreme4 @ $475
Ram: G.Skill 1866mhz 1x8GB @ $95
ODD: Any DVD DVD RW @ $25
SSD: Plextor M5P PRO 128GB @ $155
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB @ $82
GPU: Powercolor 7870 Myst Ed @ $315
Case: Xigmateck Arc Midi @ $99
PSU: Seasonic M12II 520W @ $109
COOLER : CM Hyper 212 EVO @ $65

Total: $1423

Any advise, hopefull can bring the cost down to 1.2k like dat

*wanted new rig abt 1 year ago, till now still have not get. My new Win7 Pro and BF3 still in box, have not unwrapped yet

 

[nippp0n]

Going to built a rig after 7 years since my last rig. Many new technology have surfaced and i am pretty out of touch. I have shortlisted what i want to buy. Main concern is the kind of $$$ spend. Will not overclock , if there is no reason for me to do so. Please advise and comment

CPU & Mobo: i5-3570K & Asrock Z77 Extreme4 @ $475
Ram: G.Skill 1866mhz 1x8GB @ $95
ODD: Any DVD DVD RW @ $25
SSD: Plextor M5P PRO 128GB @ $155
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB @ $82
GPU: Powercolor 7870 Myst Ed @ $315
Case: Xigmateck Arc Midi @ $99
PSU: Seasonic M12II 520W @ $109
COOLER : CM Hyper 212 EVO @ $65

Total: $1423

Any advise, hopefull can bring the cost down to 1.2k like dat

*wanted new rig abt 1 year ago, till now still have not get. My new Win7 Pro and BF3 still in box, have not unwrapped yet

CPU & Mobo: i5-3450 & Asrock B75M-DGS @ $300
If you don't intend to overclock, drop the Z77 mobo and K cpu to B75/H77 mobo and non-k cpu.
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 8GB @ ~$72
ODD: HP DVD RW @ $25
SSD: Plextor M5P PRO 128GB @ ~$150
HDD: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB @ ~$80
GPU: Powercolor 7950 PCS @ $385
Case: Asgard Midgard II @ $87
PSU: Seasonic M12II 520W @ ~$100

Total: $1199
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