2-2.5k USD

[Ed]

Would this be good?

Motherboard

ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe Intel Z68 ($260)

CPU

Intel Core i7-2600K ($300)

CPU Cooler

Corsair Hydro H100 CPU Liquid Cooler ($95)

RAM

Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 RAM ($85)

Video Card

MSI GeForce GTX 580 (3GB GDDR5) ($500)

Sound Card

Creative Labs SB X-FI Titanium Fatality Champ ($160)

Hard Drives

Hitachi Deskstar 2TB ($230)

Crucial m4 2.5" 64GB Solid State Drive ($120)

Optical Drive

Lite-On Internal Blu-Ray Writer ($100)

Case

Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower ($235)

Power Supply

Ultra X4 Gold Edition Modular Power Supply 1000W ($150)


Total Cost: $2235 (USD)

[Alen]

> ram looks cheap (look for at least 1600MHz CL8 imo)
> Spinpoint F3 is far more awesome than anything Hitachi can make, but the recent incident with the factories is fucking up prices
> Crucial m4 is a great all-rounder, but you can probably get other SSDs with similar performance cheaper
> 800D is huge and made for modding imo, only get it if you have everything planned out
> sound card is already integrated, if not the ASUS Xonar Essence STX is awesome
> dvd/bluray unit is obsolete imo, most of the things you need (installations etc.) are done via usb or online, only reason I would see in getting one is watching movies (which can be, yet again, also downloaded)

Solid build otherwise, I would only suggest rethinking the case & bluray drive, perhaps finding better ram and a better deal for the SSD. If you're not looking to save money the gtx 580 is beastly, otherwise you could perhaps consider AMD

[Ed]

Thanks Alen
My friend was unsure if it was good
I passed it on and he said thanks