I'm thinking about getting a gaming desktop, since my laptop can't handle anything fun and I got paid yesterday. Anywho, I'm not looking to spend a ton of money, and the setup I'm thinking about getting is already kinda pushing it price-wise. I want to get something tiny, because if I get a desktop I'll be bringing it with me to college and I also like the idea of having a small yet powerful gaming computer.

Here's what I have so far:

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116506
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813157311
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231428
Video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130625
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136769
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817151093
Water cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835106188
DVD drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827135204
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811112348

The subtotal comes out to $857.91, and I'd be fine with lowering that a little bit if possible. Does anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

bartoron

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Lameeeeeeeeeee.

lol jokes. seems like it will be alright

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But yeah, I think this desktop will be a very nice improvement over my ThinkPad, which has been kinda bugging me for a while and can barely play TF2 without overheating. I'd consider getting an even cheaper hard drive for now, because hard drive prices are still through the roof post-Thailand flood and I may get an SSD a little bit down the line once they come down in price. I think I may also just throw Windows 8 Release Preview on the desktop because I don't feel like paying full price for Windows 7.

bartoron

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Despite having a hate for touch screens, and many questions about windows8. I am kind of excited for windows8 ....maybe this will be when touchscreens stop being awful garbage.

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That's a nifty little build you got there, however I would drop the water cooler. You're not buying a K series processor so the overclocks are not going to be as gaudy. A good air cooler like the Cooler Master Hyper 212+ would more than do the job. You could always just pirate Win7 if you really needed to. Certainly looks like it would be convenient for LAN parties and whatnot.

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. -MLK

Antic Hero wrote:

My new years resolution is 1680x1050.

Rocky Martin wrote:

TheAnimal is one cool dude.

Hideyoshi wrote:

There's a demo. Play the demo. Form your own opinion.

So, it turns out there isn't actually anywhere to mount the water cooler in this case. I wasted $63 for nothing.

Anywho, the only change I made was getting a 560 SE instead of a 550 Ti. I finished building the computer today and I'm now installing Windows 8 Release Preview. This build was a total pain in the ass, but at least I somehow managed to fit everything (except for the water cooler) in.

bartoron

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Niiiiice!

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