Christmas build

[etherone]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
heavy gaming and browsing,
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
CAD$1300 i'd prefer to keep it below 1200. shipped and taxed.
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.

Canada. Toronto
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
the lot. CPU, MOBO, PSU, graphics card, RAM, HDD, SSD, DVD burner, monitor, case, mouse, and keyboard.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
headset ^ ^
6) Will you be overclocking?
nope
7) 7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
1920x1080 23.6" and i want to buy another somewhat shortly after to have a dual monitor set up
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
this month
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc.
usb 3.0
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
win 7 64 bit Home Premium


it's been a while, but it's time for a new build. I was thinking of something along these lines

PSU: $74.99 Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W

CPU: $194.99 Intel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz

Motherboard: $121.99 MSI Z77A-G43 LGA 1155

RAM: $65.49 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 1600

SSD: $102.99 Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SSD

HDD: $79.99 SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB

GPU: $184.99 XFX Radeon HD 7850 2GB

Monitor: $159.99 ASUS VS Series VS247H-P 23.6" 2ms LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor

DVD Burner: $15.99 SAMSUNG DVD Burner

Case: $59.99 COOLER MASTER HAF 912

Keyboard: $7.99 Microsoft Keyboard 200 USB Wired

Mouse: $4.99 Microsoft Optical Mouse 200 USB Wired 1000 dpi

this adds up to $1078.38 pre tax shipping etc. and $1286.30 final price

thanks for everything in advance.

 

[Dangman]

Please answer question 6 again.

Also, you didn't mention needing Thunderbolt as a motherboard feature you need. So why that mobo?

Ditch the case: it's not that good for the money. Go for the Coolermaster HAF 912 instead.

OS wise, which version of WIndows 7 64bit do you have? Home Premium? Pro?

 

[etherone]

i don't need thunderbolt as a feature, but i have a friend who has been using it and vouched for it's stability. i trust him to an extent, plus i've had to deal with MSI customer service and they were impeccable with me.
If you have a solid recommendation I'll gladly take it

home premium. although I might just upgrade to windows 8.

case ditched.

 

[Dangman]

Well my point is that if you're not going to use Thunderbolt, no point in paying for it. Since you're not overclocking, the MSI Z77A-G43 should fit your needs just fine.

Since you only have Home Premium, note that you're limited to 16GB of RAM max. If you want to use more than 16GB of RAM, you'll need Windows Professional.

 

[etherone]

I'm fine with 16Gigs, might still upgrade to windows 8 anyways though.
Edited to reflect the changes, just gonna see if any promos pop up this week, if not this is the build im going with.

Thank you very much Danny you're awesome

 

[tiraides]

The "plain" edition of Windows 8 suffers from the same 16GB RAM limitation as Windows 7 Home Premium.

If you want to use more than 16GB of RAM, you have to choose the Professional Edition of either Windows 7 or Windows 8.