283916, have you thought about AMD? Posted by xangeluvr, Fri Jun-14-13 06:49 PM
all my PCs have been AMD for the last 10-12 years and i have nothing bad to say. comparable cpus are cheaper than the intels. just a thought. might save you a little bit of money, but i see that you are below your budget anyway.
>and i'm not 100% sure what i'm doing. i'm gathering a list of >parts. trying to do some price shaving. this mostly for high >end graphic work and video editing and A LOT of multitasking. >unfortunately there's no microcenter in TN > >$1500 budget > >PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16t1y >Price breakdown by merchant: >http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16t1y/by_merchant/ >Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16t1y/benchmarks/ > >CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 >@ Microcenter) >CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS9500 AT Ball Bearing CPU Cooler >($30.99 @ Newegg) >Motherboard: ASRock H87M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard >($109.98 @ SuperBiiz) >Memory: Mushkin Silverline 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory >($108.89 @ NCIX US) >Storage: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($189.99 @ >NCIX US) >Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal >Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US) >Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 3GB Video Card ($233.98 @ >Newegg) >Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Arctic White) ATX Mid Tower >Case ($89.99 @ Microcenter) >Case Fan: Noctua NF-P12-1300 54.4 CFM 120mm Fan ($22.99 @ >NCIX US) >Power Supply: Rosewill 350W ATX Power Supply ($29.99 @ >Newegg) >Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($17.98 @ >Outlet PC) >Speakers: Creative Labs A220 9W 2.1ch Speakers ($25.56 @ >Amazon) > >Total: $1120.32 > >(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when >available.) >(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-14 19:20 EDT-0400)
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