2-2.5k USD

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)

> 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 dvd/bluray unit is obsolete imo, most of the things you need (installations etc.)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

Thanks Alen

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

2-2.5k USD

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