Wanted to get some additional eyes after pouring through a ton of reviews and research over the last couple weeks. Anyway, here is what I came up with:
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $120
Intel Core i5-3550 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo) Processor $210
EVGA 02G-P4-2670-KR GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card $400
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory $50
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite ATX Mid Tower Case $100
CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 (CMPSU-650HX) 650W SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular PSU $130
Total - $1010 (Not included is HDD or DVD burner or aftermarket CPU cooler - planning on stock.)
Primary usage is gaming with a couple VMs off the side for occasional self-study which won't be powered on while I'm playing. Have considered bumping up the RAM to 16GB for the VMs. However, I'm pretty much at my budget limitation already. I have no intention of overclocking (Not as [H] as I used to be due to time constraints.) and thus the i5-3550 selection.
That being said, a few questions: (1.) Any areas I can trim? (2.) Anything I'm messing up? (3.) Any areas that would be drastically improved with a little additional investment?
Thanks.
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $120
Intel Core i5-3550 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo) Processor $210
EVGA 02G-P4-2670-KR GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card $400
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory $50
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite ATX Mid Tower Case $100
CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 (CMPSU-650HX) 650W SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular PSU $130
Total - $1010 (Not included is HDD or DVD burner or aftermarket CPU cooler - planning on stock.)
Primary usage is gaming with a couple VMs off the side for occasional self-study which won't be powered on while I'm playing. Have considered bumping up the RAM to 16GB for the VMs. However, I'm pretty much at my budget limitation already. I have no intention of overclocking (Not as [H] as I used to be due to time constraints.) and thus the i5-3550 selection.
That being said, a few questions: (1.) Any areas I can trim? (2.) Anything I'm messing up? (3.) Any areas that would be drastically improved with a little additional investment?
Thanks.