Hey Guys,
I've had my build for two months now and had some time to break it in, so I am posting to update you guys on my final setup and how happy I am with it all. These are the parts I have in my build now:
1x CORSAIR Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $109
1x ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $150
1x Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 $209
1x SAPPHIRE HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 $550
1x CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 $96
1x CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650M 650W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular High Performance Power $110
1x Mushkin Enhanced Chronos Deluxe MKNSSDCR120GB-DX 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $215
1x Western Digital Caviar Black WD1502FAEX 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s $170
1x ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM $23
1x Asus VE248H Black 24" Full HD HDMI LED Backlight LCD Monitor w/Speakers, VESA Compatible $189
1x CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler $89
2x Scythe Gentle Typhoon Fan 1850 rpm ( 120x120x25mm ) $30
3x Yate Loon D12SL-12 120MM RED/BLACK Fan 1350RPM 47CFM 28DB 3/4PIN Sleeve Bearing $40
1x Logitech G110 Black USB Wired LED Backlighting Gaming Keyboard $64
1x Logitech G500 10 Buttons Dual-mode Scroll Wheel USB Wired Laser 5700 dpi Gaming Mouse $60
1x Logitech G930 Wireless Gaming Headset $105
1x Logitech LS21 7 Watts RMS (FTC) 2.1 Stereo Speaker System $30
1x Logitech C200 0.3 M Effective Pixels USB 2.0 WebCam $15
1x Logisys CLK12RD2 Dual Red Cold Cathode Kit 12IN 3.0MM $7
Total Price in Canadian dollars: $2261 before 12% taxes which totals to $2533 in January 2012
Ok, so that's really EVERYTHING that I have connected to my desktop. I'm just going to run down the list at write a sentence or two about each product, what I think and if I would purchase it again in retrospect.
The Corsair 500R is a great case and I am really happy with it, but I might end up modding a side window in with some acrylic, like TinyTomLogan is about to do on his YouTube channel.
SRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3, great motherboard overall only had one issue when my bios got corrupted because of my ***** overclocking attempts (just cuz I see someone push their 7970 to 1.2Ghz doesn't mean I can too ^^' ).
i5 2500k, best deal out there. wonder what advantages the i5 3570k will bring.
7970, great card, but I'm not using it to it's true eyefinity potential (YET!). I imagine I would have been just as happy with a SAPPHIRE 7950 that runs like almost 20C cooler.
Corsair Vengeance, great stuff, no second thoughts.
Corsair TX650M, the modular here is a JOKE, if you care, get AX650. Otherwise great PSU.
Mushkin SSD, super satisfied, no regrets, can't believe the 240GB versions are becoming affordable now. only like $50 more than what I paid for 120GB.
WD 1.5TB Caviar Black, great HDD no regrets or issues.
ASUS DVD burner, get's the job done.
Asus VE248H, great monitor only 3 dead pixels, never an issue.
Corsair H100, good stuff, compatible with 500R, no regrets and no issues.
Scythe Gentle Typhoon, these were hard to find and get my hands on, imported from Germany. Super super satisfied, have the in pull config, pulling air out of the case, top mounted.
Yate Loon Red Black fans, standard fans I picked because of the color scheme. Running them at like 600rpm.
G110, good overall keyboard, satisfied, also glows red, fitting overall theme of my build.
G500, great mouse, weight customizable which is a little overkill, but nice to have.
G930, my best friend, can't imagine living without a wireless headset now.
LS21, picked these up at walmart, seemed like a good deal, happy so far, only had them for a week though.
C200, standard quality webcam, nothing special, gets the skype job done.
Logisys red cold cathodes, wish I had gone with some BitFenix red LED strips because the inverter is hard to hide and is really the sore on my eye in my build.
Excuse my sloppy grammar
hope that sums up my feelings about all of my parts and purchases. I hope this will help at least one or two of you out there.
Feel free to reply or PM me with any questions
I will also add some photos once I get the time to do so,
Cheers,
baN