Hello all,

The Budget is $1200 U.S. with monitor. This is what i have. Anyone have any helpful advice that will still keep me in budget? 

I have keyboard, mouse and a OS. Also is it necessary for a after market cooler for the intel cpus?

Thank You

Doesnt look too bad at all my friend.

Quick browse and imo - and this is just mine, would look at the Antec 300 and spend an extra $50 on the gfx card.......but thats just me, good cases can be found for a lot less than $100+.

Quiz will tell you about the PSU as that seems very expensive for what tou are actually getting although it is quite likely i could be wrong.

Would also suggest the Samsung 830 as your SSD if you are looking at a 90% gaming machine, or at the very least an OCZ 3 series

Would also think people will suggest an "Z" range mother board as well, but i havent read up to much on them.

After market cooler will depend on if you wish to OC the system or not, though a few people here will say the cooler intel pack isnt too good.  Again this will depend on how much if any OC'ing you wanna do.

I just ordered this case instead of the 900:

http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Three-Hundred-Two-Gaming/dp/B006TVQTHW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341748641&sr=8-1&keywords=antec+300+2 

It's on sale at JR Computer World through Amazon for $59 with free shipping (only 4 left in stock as of now).   It's plenty big for large cards and has usb 3.0 support.  It's not perfect but at $59 it's tough to beat IMHO.

NewEgg will have the Samsung 830 on sale on July 9th with code (EMCYTZT1880) for $89 : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?SID=qrR5_sj0EeGW9bbn-seCtg0_gFT43_0_0_0&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16820147163 
 

I'm not familiar with the MB but you may want to check out the asrock Z77 extreme ($135): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

I'm sure Quizzical will stop in and give you some advice soon so if his differs go with his.

The power supply is pretty good, but too expensive for what you get unless you're mainly after the semi-modularity.  The same price tag could get you something higher end:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182071

Or you could get something about as good as what you picked for considerably cheaper:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817116014

Don't be scared of the lack of reviews there.  It's basically the same as this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020

except launched later, modular, and usually more expensive, and NZXT doesn't have Corsair's reputation in the power supply market.  But they're both rebranding the same thing from Seasonic.  The NZXT version is modular, too.

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The case you picked was nice in 2006, but it's somewhat dated now.  Cases tend to age a lot better than most other computer parts, as they're not on anything analogous to Moore's Law, so it's still not a bad case.  But for slightly cheaper, you could get the next step up in Antec's line--and a much more recent design with whatever modern amenities Antec came up with in the meantime:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129178

The downside of the Eleven Hundred is that you only get two fans--but one of them is 200 mm, so it's still a lot of airflow.  But it's also larger and features SSD mounting bays, USB 3.0 front ports, and a variety of other adjustments that Antec dreamed up in the five years between the launches of the two cases.

Or you could get something cheaper, as others have recommended, or even leave Antec's gaming line of cases entirely.

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The motherboard is fairly low end.  If that's what you want, then go ahead; it's not in the cheap junk category that I'd advise against.  But it offers no CrossFire/SLI, no processor overclocking, and isn't crammed full of various other features.

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You can get the same SSD for $20 cheaper from a different brand:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820171545

Or, if Slapshot's promo code works, that's a very good deal on a Samsung 830.  The promo code isn't listed on New Egg right now, though, and a Google search for it said it works tomorrow only, and not today.

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You're completely missing an optical drive.  Trying to install the OS from a DVD without anything that can read a DVD doesn't sound like fun.

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If you already have a legitimate Windows 7 license, then have at it.  But you can't just reuse one from a previous computer unless you have a retail license, which you probably don't.

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Since you're getting an SSD, you don't really need to pay extra for the speed of a WD Caviar Black hard drive.  You could get a cheaper hard drive of whatever capacity you need, and it won't matter that it's slower if you don't run real programs off of it.

Thank you all who replied. Sorry forgot to add I have an optical drive already. Also I do not plan on overclocking or using Crossfire. Well I reconfigured my list and this is what I have.

UPDATE: On the SSD I am looking at the Samsung 830 I will more than likely go with the samsung.