finalizing build

[spzmt]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
*** Gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
***1100 with shipping and tax included
3) Where do you live?
*** Huntington Beach CA
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
*** CPU, RAM, Case, GPU, Mobo, PSU, HDD, disk drive
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
*** Just mouse,keyboard, and monitor.
6) Will you be overclocking?
*** Nope
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
*** 23" ASUS VH236H
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
*** thursday/friday of this week
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
*** neither, just your basic mobo
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
*** No


These are the parts I was thinking about:
$238 - AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition CPU + GIGABYTE GA-770TA-UD3 AM3 AMD 770 Motherboard combo
$105 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$280 - Sapphire 100282-3SR Radeon HD 5850 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$44.99 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3250318AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
$19.99 - LITE-ON Black SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 - OEM
$59.99 - Coolermaster Centurion 5
$99.99 - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W
$99.99 - Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

$1,056.72 after shipping and taxes, $1,026.72 after $30 in rebates.

getting ready to order, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything, or missing out on something cheaper.

 

[Dangman]

Spend the extra $5 for this significantly faster drive:
$50 - Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Ditch that old and outdated case for this better cooling case:
$60 - Antec 300 ATX Case

Spend the extra $4 for the ability to burn a DVD:
$24 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner

If you haven't noticied already, all of the above are Amazon.com links. Amazon.com doesn't charge us CA residents tax and has free shipping on most parts. So try to buy as many of your parts from Amazon.com to save on taxes.

 

[spzmt]

Thanks for the updates, I had no idea that amazon didn't charge tax in CA.

 

[stephen0983]

looks like a nice build

 

[hossdaddy]

heres a nice psu/case combo,

Antec TWO HUNDRED S Black ATX Mid Tower + Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W $104.99 - $10 mir

yes he may get some tax but it should still be cheaper in the end.

 

[engiNURD]

surf city? ditch the comp and go surfing.

Danny and Hoss got you covered. MC really needs to get the i5 750 back down to $150.

 

[spzmt]

I do, gaming has always been something to kill the downtime between surfing and school.

I was thinking of getting an i5 from MC but it would still be just out of my budget

and will I have to do anything through MIT for the RAM?

 

[engiNURD]

not really, unless you plan on OC'ing or have any issues.