thanks for that site

so what i can do i guess to bring cost down a little

1. use my own win7 (-$100)
2. drop my RAM to 8 gb (-$100)
3. drop my HDD to 1 TB (-$40)

any other suggestions that could bring the cost down without sacrificing too much?

i'm going with the "oustanding" build on that site



This post was edited by BB_MelloYello on Feb 3 2015 09:40pm

Yep that all sounds good to me their builds are all pretty solid

My suggestion is to check out some of the parts at higher/lower price points too and shop around for sales, occasionally you might find an ever better part for cheaper (or a slightly weaker part for a massive discount) since the prices that site lists are only for designated retailers and I believe are manually updated

There's also good guides for monitors and peripherals on that site

Because the 290x is a case heater and uses more power.


http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/KwM8CJ


/e This is what you should build.

This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 3 2015 10:03pm

yeah i'm doing my best to scan sites to find good deals but it's difficult

plus the canadian exchange rate is killing me right now




ah, well i won't be overclocking or anything

power isn't much of an issue since the PSU i'm going with should be sufficient enough

i can pay a bit extra for some better cooling

i'm just iffy about that VRAM issue, even though it probably won't affect me since I won't be gaming to those standards

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/87D8CJ

get this and call it a day

This post was edited by Secksii on Feb 3 2015 10:16pm

good build



$150 hard drive lol

Every part in Samsung SSD's is made by Samsung. For SSD's Samsung is the go to company, Intel is next, not for speed but for durability. But Samsung is still king.

/e Crucial is gfg as well.

This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 3 2015 10:37pm

I meant the HDD

Oh



Oh the WD Blacks, no question....I've benched them at 191 MB/s, I own two of them

/e CrystalDiskMark


This post was edited by Ghot on Feb 3 2015 10:39pm