$1500 Build - Everyday Use / Storage PC

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Squishdini

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Photoshop / Blu-ray Encoding / Web Browsing / Storage
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1500
3) Where do you live?
Boston
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Everything
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Complete New Build
6) Will you be overclocking?
Possible overclock on stock cooling.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
24 inch
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
2 - 3 weeks
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Lots of sata ports.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 64 bit

I am looking for a new pc that can double as a storage machine. Right now I am thinking about 3 of the Samsung 2TB drives in addition to a boot drive. I know that takes up a good portion of the budget, but I think its still doable since I won't be gaming at all. Any input would be appreciated.
 
Did you need a 24" monitor in that $1500 budget?

If not, here's a prelim build:
$455 - Intel Core i7 930 and G.Skill 3x2GB DDR3 1600 combo deal (free shipping on both)
$210 - Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3 X58 ATX Motherboard
$57 - XFX PVT95GYAJ2 GeForce 9500 GT 512MB PCI-E Video Card
$115 - Intel SSDSA2MP040G2R5 2.5" 40GB SSD
$450 - 3 x Samsung Spinpoint F3EG HD203WI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" HDD
$25 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$90 - Corsair 650TX 650W PSU
$70 - Cooler Master RC-590-KKN1-GP ATX Case
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$1472 plus tax and shipping.
 
No, I don't need the monitor. In the hot deals section on I saw the i7-930 for $199 at microcenter. Should I swap out that ssd and add in intel 80GB g2 since I will be saving a bit on the cpu?
 
Squishdini said:
No, I don't need the monitor. In the hot deals section on I saw the i7-930 for $199 at microcenter. Should I swap out that ssd and add in intel 80GB g2 since I will be saving a bit on the cpu?
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Hell yes. If you live near a Microcenter, get the $200 Core i7 930 and put in the Intel 80GB SSD.
 
MC also has combo deals for the motherboards when bought with a CPU, btw. ;)
 
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