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re: Building a computer for my brother (Updated 1/23/13)

Posted on 1/16/13 at 4:49 pm to
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18215 posts
Posted on 1/16/13 at 4:49 pm to
I've only had sapphire (since they usually have the cheapest non-reference) and they've been outstanding
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18215 posts
Posted on 1/16/13 at 7:31 pm to
quote:

puffulufogous


The Seasonic x850 is on sale right now for $109.99 after MIR
Posted by Mr Gardoki
AL
Member since Apr 2010
27652 posts
Posted on 1/16/13 at 8:24 pm to
What operating system would you put in a new build right now?
Posted by jcole4lsu
The Kwisatz Haderach
Member since Nov 2007
30922 posts
Posted on 1/16/13 at 8:30 pm to
win 7 64bit

8 is stupid on a desktop
Posted by Lucky Tiger13
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2012
232 posts
Posted on 1/16/13 at 10:20 pm to
quote:

The Seasonic x850 is on sale right now for $109.99 after MIR



Where? If you don't mind me asking
Posted by puffulufogous
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2008
6373 posts
Posted on 1/16/13 at 10:34 pm to
quote:

The Seasonic x850 is on sale right now for $109.99 after MIR



woot!
Posted by bluebarracuda
Member since Oct 2011
18215 posts
Posted on 1/16/13 at 10:58 pm to
It's on newegg
Posted by Lucky Tiger13
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2012
232 posts
Posted on 1/16/13 at 11:25 pm to
Your'e my boy blue.

Just ordered one.
Posted by The Sockster
Grayslake, Illinois
Member since Oct 2006
1030 posts
Posted on 1/17/13 at 7:45 am to
The Corsair TX850M is also on sale for $89.99 after rebate and promo code. Corsair is also one of the few computer component hardware companies that send you rebate out quickly. For those interested.

FYI for those who are new to building computers, NZXT is real, real, slow with mailing out the rebate. I'm talking about 6 months slow.
Posted by Lucky Tiger13
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2012
232 posts
Posted on 1/23/13 at 7:29 am to
***UPDATE*** 01/23/13

So today is ordering day, and after a week of reading info and research I have changed some things around. I have already ordered the case and PS.

$99 LIAN LI CASE

$109 SEASONIC 850W GOLD RATED PS


Here is what I have chosen for the remainder of the build

SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224BB - OEM

$15.99


Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

$79.99


MSI R7970 Lightning Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX

$489.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model

$47.99


ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

$134.99


Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

$229.99


ZALMAN CNPS9500 AT 2 Ball CPU Cooling Fan/Heatsink

$46.99

Subtotal: $1,045.93

Additional $15 in mail in rebates = $1030.93


Total build will be around $1250

Thoughts?
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