This is my first build, so naturally I am probably not getting the best perfoormance for about $1,000. Any suggestions??
CPU: i5 3570k
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD4H (5 dollars more than the UD3H for a free 8 gb stick of Vengeance, 6 USB 3.0)
Video Card: EVGA Signature 2 660 FTW
RAM: 8 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 MhZ (Getting another with my motherboard for 16 GB)
CPU Cooler: XIGMATEK Dark Knight Night Hawk Edition
Wifi Card (Because my mom wouldn't let me drill a hole in the floor to run up a wire): TP Link Card
Thermal Compound (Because with good compound, the Dark Knight is almost as good as the h100) Tuniq Thermal Compound
Case: Corsair Carbide 200R
PSU: Fractal Design 750W 80 PLUS Bronze
Storage: 1 TB Seagate Barricuda
OS: Ubuntu 12.10
Total: $1006.90 USD plus shipping
That's a really good build. I can't see much else you can replace the parts with that won't add performance but also keep the pricing down.
There's the MSI N660 TI-2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 Ti for the same price right now If you include rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127711
The only thing I can really say is if you look into an AMD CPU, you can get a more hardy GPU but that's a different thing altogether.
I would have to agree, the build is actually quite nice for the price and I would also have to agree about the 660 ti OC version, its actually the card I own and it runs everything ive thrown at it on max settings. The board is a good overclocker too so you should be able to get some extra power out of that processor.
Thanks fellas! Actually my GPU is $240, and I've seen some tests on Youtube. The FTW 660 is so close to a 660 Ti in FPS that I wouldn't be getting good price/performance.
And the Dark Knight went down in price by like 17 dollars, so I am saving money there.