2013-02-16, 08:20 PM
For the gpu question, I cant say whether it will restock(i doubt it, it was a good deal, as the coupon existed due to tomshardware related reviews). in this price range, GTX 660s(with 150$ in F2P game code coupons) and 7870(with Tomb Raider and Bioshock exist). that only other Tahiti LE based card is the sapphire XT 7870, but that's 260$.
since your buying it today, I have just promotion ideas thrown up in the air:
Free Corsair 2x4 gb 1600 ram with certain mobo purchases: on a budget, i recommend the Biostar TZ77XE3 or the MSI GD55. the only nitpick is that its corsairs high profile ram, and you may have to use slots 2/4 of the ram slots or flip the fan on your fan heatsink to avoid cpu heatsink to ram contact. free ram decreases price alot.(140$ mobo -40$ ram = paying only 100$ for mobo)
as a mock up build honoring most of your original choices and modifying a few things around to attempt o decrease budget, it looks like:
i5-3570k + beanie
Hive 650w + redbone U3
Kingston Hyper 3k 120gb ssd
Xigmatek Dark Knight II
Win8 64bit OEM
Biostar TZ77XE3 with 2x4 gb ram free
EVGA GTX 660 FTW
1tb Seagate HDD(note theres a promo for a 2tb drive for 85$ 1 day only today)
Generic Samsung DVD/CD reader/burner
Currently 1050$ before tax if something MUST be cut more:
1) SSD
2) sacrifice SLI capabilities and switch and bundle the i5-3570k with a Biostar TZ77A(still crossfire capable at 16x/4x). mobo is the cheapest that also comes bundled with free ram so its free ram on top of a 13$ discount
3) Changing the gpu
4) Decrease quality of something in the build for newegg, getting a case + psu combo (being neweggs own home brand) is as far as budgeting will push it generally.
5) Dark Knight II to CM 121+ evo, though this is like 5$ its pretty minor.
I will also note that the reason why oem copies of windows is cheaper than retail, that oem is one time use(tied to the motherboard its installed on), and was technically not supposed to be sold to the general public, but only to companies. microsoft just hasn't been a butt and followed no action on doing it.
since your buying it today, I have just promotion ideas thrown up in the air:
Free Corsair 2x4 gb 1600 ram with certain mobo purchases: on a budget, i recommend the Biostar TZ77XE3 or the MSI GD55. the only nitpick is that its corsairs high profile ram, and you may have to use slots 2/4 of the ram slots or flip the fan on your fan heatsink to avoid cpu heatsink to ram contact. free ram decreases price alot.(140$ mobo -40$ ram = paying only 100$ for mobo)
as a mock up build honoring most of your original choices and modifying a few things around to attempt o decrease budget, it looks like:
i5-3570k + beanie
Hive 650w + redbone U3
Kingston Hyper 3k 120gb ssd
Xigmatek Dark Knight II
Win8 64bit OEM
Biostar TZ77XE3 with 2x4 gb ram free
EVGA GTX 660 FTW
1tb Seagate HDD(note theres a promo for a 2tb drive for 85$ 1 day only today)
Generic Samsung DVD/CD reader/burner
Currently 1050$ before tax if something MUST be cut more:
1) SSD
2) sacrifice SLI capabilities and switch and bundle the i5-3570k with a Biostar TZ77A(still crossfire capable at 16x/4x). mobo is the cheapest that also comes bundled with free ram so its free ram on top of a 13$ discount
3) Changing the gpu
4) Decrease quality of something in the build for newegg, getting a case + psu combo (being neweggs own home brand) is as far as budgeting will push it generally.
5) Dark Knight II to CM 121+ evo, though this is like 5$ its pretty minor.
I will also note that the reason why oem copies of windows is cheaper than retail, that oem is one time use(tied to the motherboard its installed on), and was technically not supposed to be sold to the general public, but only to companies. microsoft just hasn't been a butt and followed no action on doing it.