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7/5/12 at 8:28am
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Woah, woah.... $2500 and no 680? First and foremost, land a 680 for that price, along with at least a 27" monitor.
Why does everyone freak out when someone doesn't have a 680 after a $2000 budget. Some of us like to put that money other places you know, into the aesthetics of the build. We are not all "OMG i needz best performance nao" kind of people. I can say for one my build was $2250 but I only put a 670 in there with a 24" monitor. I put a decent amount into the WC aesthetics of the build and making my color scheme work because that mattered to me.

this. to each his own.
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7/5/12 at 8:42am
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Why does everyone freak out when someone doesn't have a 680 after a $2000 budget. Some of us like to put that money other places you know, into the aesthetics of the build. We are not all "OMG i needz best performance nao" kind of people. I can say for one my build was $2250 but I only put a 670 in there with a 24" monitor. I put a decent amount into the WC aesthetics of the build and making my color scheme work because that mattered to me.

My color scheme is red :3
I plan on making my friends and relatives jealous.
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7/5/12 at 8:46am
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 670 AMP! outperforms the EVGA GeForce GTX 680 Ref. Card for about $50 cheaper.
+ I am not going to be able to build it myself, my dad doesn't wanna go through all the hassle. I'd rather just have someone build it for me.
Edit : I will be using it for HD Video Editing, 3D Modeling, Gaming, Movies & Music, Facebook and everything else.

For a 13 year old.. I dont think you can balance all of those + School properly.. rolleyes.gif
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7/5/12 at 8:46am
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My color scheme is red :3
I plan on making my friends and relatives jealous.
well with any build OCN helps you put together I can guarantee people will be jealous. With your budget you will have a PC that can handle most things we will throw at it for years to come before you need an upgrade. My question to you is can we only use NCIX? idk a lot about companies outside the US since that is where I live and I only really look around here for prices but I can go through a few canadian sites and see what we can whip up since it is known that it has to be a prebuild system.

edit @gerickjohn - oh no it can be done, I did the same thing my freshman and sophomore year when Halo 2 was out. Ran a few forums, made montages, whipped up sigs in PS, and slept about 4-5 hours tops lol. You get use to it... but I will say this to all high schoolers. After graduating and growing up a bit, I really regret not putting 110% into school back then. I may have finished with a 3.4 but I know I could have done better, pulled 4s or 5s on my AP tests and really saved myself an assload of work in college. just my 2 cents to todays youth
Edited by xRehab - 7/5/12 at 8:49am
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7/5/12 at 8:46am
This is what i suggest.

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CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($199.98 @ NCIX US)
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Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.21 @ eCost)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($417.55 @ Newegg)
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Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($116.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive ($17.00 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell U2711 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($849.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2121.67
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post #26 of 281
7/5/12 at 8:52am
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Originally Posted by xRehab View Post

well with any build OCN helps you put together I can guarantee people will be jealous. With your budget you will have a PC that can handle most things we will throw at it for years to come before you need an upgrade. My question to you is can we only use NCIX? idk a lot about companies outside the US since that is where I live and I only really look around here for prices but I can go through a few canadian sites and see what we can whip up since it is known that it has to be a prebuild system.
edit @gerickjohn - oh no it can be done, I did the same thing my freshman and sophomore year when Halo 2 was out. Ran a few forums, made montages, whipped up sigs in PS, and slept about 4-5 hours tops lol. You get use to it... but I will say this to all high schoolers. After graduating and growing up a bit, I really regret not putting 110% into school back then. I may have finished with a 3.4 but I know I could have done better, pulled 4s or 5s on my AP tests and really saved myself an assload of work in college. just my 2 cents to todays youth

Actually I am fine using an American company, But shipping must be under $200.
I checked out CyberPowerPC.com and iBUYPOWER.com and they both seem to be reasonably cheaper, except they don't have as much options and customization as NCIX and many people on OCN told me not to go for them. If you can find another website then i'll be glad to use it biggrin.gif
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7/5/12 at 8:52am
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This is what i suggest.
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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
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Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.21 @ eCost)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($417.55 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($116.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive ($17.00 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell U2711 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($849.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2121.67
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)

I am not spending $900 on a monitor...
O_O
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post #28 of 281
7/5/12 at 8:53am
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This is what i suggest.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($199.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.21 @ eCost)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($417.55 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($116.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive ($17.00 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Dell U2711 60Hz 27.0" Monitor ($849.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2121.67
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)

Nice inclusion of 1440p. I would upgrade the SSD to 128 and looks good.
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7/5/12 at 8:57am
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I am not spending $900 on a monitor...
O_O

Why not? A monitor is a core component of your computer. If you have a crappy monitor, it doesn't really matter what you put in the tower, since you only have so many pixels to push anyway. Though I'd like to reiterate for like the 15th time in this thread: CANADA.
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7/5/12 at 8:59am
OP was not happy about monitor so i changed it.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 76.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($22.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($199.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.21 @ eCost)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($118.99 @ eCost)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($417.55 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 II (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($116.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Sony DDU1681S-0B DVD/CD Drive ($17.00 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Samsung S27A350H 27.0" Monitor ($352.61 @ Mac Connection)
Total: $1670.29
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)

If you wanted to you could add another 670
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