Building Help

[KillerTomato]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc

I will be using this machine exclusively for audio production work. Mixing, Mastering, Film Scoring

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?

$1000
after tax + shipping $1100

3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.

USA, CA

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.

I will be building a computer from scratch, want a somewhat portable tower Mini ITX

Case
Mother board
CPU
Cooling
Power
RAM
HDD
Firewire 400 PCIe

Already have monitor


5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?

None

6) Will you be overclocking?

No

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?

24 in
1080p (1920 x 1080) Full HD resolution with 16:9 aspect ratio for perfect image reproduction



8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?

ASAP

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support?

Firewire 400 if possible with intel,

Mini ITX

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?

No, switching over from MAC. I need a 64 Bit operating system



Here is what I have in mind, I would love any feedback about compatibility or anything else!

-BitFenix Prodigy Midnight Black / Black Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case


-ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel
Motherboard with USB BIOS


-Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K



-Coboc 6 ft. Power Cable with 3 Conductor PC power (Black)


- 2x Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive


-G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-16GBXL


-COUGAR CF-V12HP Vortex Hydro-Dynamic-Bearing (Fluid) 300,000 Hours 12CM Silent Cooling Fan with Pulse Width Modulation


-ASUS Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model BC-12B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM


-Rosewill PCIE FireWire 1394a Card 2+1 Ports Model RC-504


- Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM

This all runs about $1035 including shipping on New Egg

Thanks for you help!

 

[Goty]

You're missing a power supply. Since this seems like it will be for work rather than play, don't skimp; A lower-end Seasonic unit or something similar would be a great choice.

One change I'd suggest would be to change the motherboard to an Intel H67-based board instead. Intel board lack a lot of the tweaking options of more "boutique" options, but they're rock solid and generally a bit cheaper. An example would be the Intel DH67BLB3.

Also, I'd recommend you an i7 instead of an i5 and a non-K edition processor. You won't be overclocking, so the "K" versions do nothing for you and you would actually benefit from the addition of hyperthreading in your work. I'd shoot for the i7-3770.