Future PC Rig $1700 budget

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600 -$300
BOARD: BOXDP67BGB3 Board - $212
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 570 Superclocked - $350
MEMORY: Mushkin Blackline 12 GB - $150
Power Supply: Enermax MODU82 - $130
CPU Fan: Scythe Mugen 2 rev.B SCMG-2100 Processor cooler - $40
Hard Drive: Corsair Force Series 120 GB Internal hard drive - $230
Bose Companion 2 Series II : $90
Case:COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic - $60
Mouse,Keyboard: Logitech MK200 Black USB Wired Slim Mouse and Keyboard Combo - $25
CD DRIVE:ASUS Internal 4x Blu-Ray Reader SATA Optical Drive BR-04B2T $46
MONITOR: Hannspree IP221DBB 22 $120

Can someone give me some critisizim/opinions? Also is the power supply compatible with the other pieces?

 

Great computer, but do you really need to spend that much? You could spend $700 less and the difference would be barely noticeable.

The SSD is a good choice though.

 

How so? I see everything as being very essential. What could I change?

 

Yeah I guess so. I see as I'm looking at it more. If you're going to spend $1700 on a computer those are the parts to buy.

If I were to get a gaming rig though. I would get something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883241037
and put a ~$150 graphics card in it.

It would be able to play virtually everything.

But, that wouldn't be nearly as sick as yours.

 

You can build a better rig for less than 1700. Or a better one for 1700.

If it were my machine, I would want faster ram. 1600mhz isn't outstanding and 2000mhz isn't uncommon. You'd need to upgrade the motherboard though for that.

2 gtx 480's are outstanding in SLI,

You can also overclock Ram, gpu, and cpu to get more performance out of everything.

 

So how would I build a better rig for under 1700?

 

Latency is all that matters, difference between 1600mhz and 2000mhz in gaming is very, very small.

GTX 480 is very old card that produces alot of heat and u need alot of power to use two of them and SLI produces alot more problems.

Stick with sandy bridge, maybe GTX 580 and you don't really need more than 4 - 6gb of ram for gaming.

For that price I wouldn't get wtp's suggestion since Phenom is fairly old and BD is coming in few months so SB would be your best bet for gaming.

 

get a different powersupply.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7195038&CatId=106


this is better and saves you money. if you really want me to help you narrow down your price, i can help you tomorrow. theres lots of things you can change, the mother board can also be changed. i just recently build a machine similar to yours for 1400 with a better video card than you have.

 

kk id like help

 

alright.

cpu: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7073159&CatId=6991

cooler: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6101294&CatId=6994

motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...&cm_re=asrock_extreme4-_-13-157-229-_-Product

ram: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7104116&CatId=4534

dvd burner: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6246700&Sku=O451-1017 OEM

psu: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...9021&cm_re=corsair_750-_-17-139-021-_-Product

video card: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150517&cm_re=6970_2gb-_-14-150-517-_-Product

case: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6430030&Sku=C283-3122

monitor: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4642594&CatId=4420

sound card: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4130281&Sku=C44-3394

hdd: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=61389&Sku=TSD-1000AS5
if i was you id just get a 7200 rpm hard drive, a tb should be fine. then again thats just me, you can pick that stuff.

 

You don't need a soundcard, your motherboard already has one and cheap one like that won't make a difference.

 

If the mobo is a piece of shit, which looks it the sound card will take some load off it. So it would definately make a difference.

 

you didn't throw in the price of an OS?
or should I naturally assume that you will torrent and burn some win 7 ultimate disks and activate that

 

who pays for software?