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hey TTG, I am thinking about building a computer, I have some parts picked out, but it's out of my budget, if any of you know a cheaper site for these parts, or cheaper alternatives, please tell me... there is a list of my parts I have picked below in the spoiler.

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Picking a low quality no name PSU over a similarly priced Corsair / XfX. Never skimp on the PSU.

You didn't list the main purpose of the PC so the 2600k could be useless over an i3-2100 / 2500k for example.

The GTX 560 ti is no longer relevant considering the 7850 is now cheaper, has an extra gig of vRAM, and is a better card in games.

Get 1.5v RAM. I actually had that exact same PNY kit and it gave me nothing but errors. I'd recommend the Mushkin Blackline series.

Crap case with shoddy build quality and no features. The HAF 912 / Antec One / Zalman Z9 are miles better for the same price.

Torrent the O/S unless you're paranoid and invest in an SSD.
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Generation wrote Picking a low quality no name PSU over a similarly priced Corsair / XfX. Never skimp on the PSU.

You didn't list the main purpose of the PC so the 2600k could be useless over an i3-2100 / 2500k for example.

The GTX 560 ti is no longer relevant considering the 7850 is now cheaper, has an extra gig of vRAM, and is a better card in games.

Get 1.5v RAM. I actually had that exact same PNY kit and it gave me nothing but errors. I'd recommend the Mushkin Blackline series.

Crap case with shoddy build quality and no features. The HAF 912 / Antec One / Zalman Z9 are miles better for the same price.

Torrent the O/S unless you're paranoid and invest in an SSD.
could you please provide links?
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xPhobiaDuck wrote
Generation wrote Picking a low quality no name PSU over a similarly priced Corsair / XfX. Never skimp on the PSU.

You didn't list the main purpose of the PC so the 2600k could be useless over an i3-2100 / 2500k for example.

The GTX 560 ti is no longer relevant considering the 7850 is now cheaper, has an extra gig of vRAM, and is a better card in games.

Get 1.5v RAM. I actually had that exact same PNY kit and it gave me nothing but errors. I'd recommend the Mushkin Blackline series.

Crap case with shoddy build quality and no features. The HAF 912 / Antec One / Zalman Z9 are miles better for the same price.

Torrent the O/S unless you're paranoid and invest in an SSD.
could you please provide links?


This PSU ( the HIVE series are solid units ): [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

It's doubtful you'd ever actually use the hyper-threading cores on the 2600k so the $100 price difference is not justified and therefore you should grab a 2500k:

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This GPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

These cases:

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Generation wrote
xPhobiaDuck wrote
Generation wrote Picking a low quality no name PSU over a similarly priced Corsair / XfX. Never skimp on the PSU.

You didn't list the main purpose of the PC so the 2600k could be useless over an i3-2100 / 2500k for example.

The GTX 560 ti is no longer relevant considering the 7850 is now cheaper, has an extra gig of vRAM, and is a better card in games.

Get 1.5v RAM. I actually had that exact same PNY kit and it gave me nothing but errors. I'd recommend the Mushkin Blackline series.

Crap case with shoddy build quality and no features. The HAF 912 / Antec One / Zalman Z9 are miles better for the same price.

Torrent the O/S unless you're paranoid and invest in an SSD.
could you please provide links?


This PSU ( the HIVE series are solid units ): [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

It's doubtful you'd ever actually use the hyper-threading cores on the 2600k so the $100 price difference is not justified and therefore you should grab a 2500k:

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This GPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

These cases:

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ( HAF 912 is overpriced at Newegg for some reason ).

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forogt to mention...this PC is being used for gaming
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xPhobiaDuck wrote
Generation wrote
xPhobiaDuck wrote
Generation wrote Picking a low quality no name PSU over a similarly priced Corsair / XfX. Never skimp on the PSU.

You didn't list the main purpose of the PC so the 2600k could be useless over an i3-2100 / 2500k for example.

The GTX 560 ti is no longer relevant considering the 7850 is now cheaper, has an extra gig of vRAM, and is a better card in games.

Get 1.5v RAM. I actually had that exact same PNY kit and it gave me nothing but errors. I'd recommend the Mushkin Blackline series.

Crap case with shoddy build quality and no features. The HAF 912 / Antec One / Zalman Z9 are miles better for the same price.

Torrent the O/S unless you're paranoid and invest in an SSD.
could you please provide links?


This PSU ( the HIVE series are solid units ): [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

It's doubtful you'd ever actually use the hyper-threading cores on the 2600k so the $100 price difference is not justified and therefore you should grab a 2500k:

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This GPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

These cases:

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ( HAF 912 is overpriced at Newegg for some reason ).

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forogt to mention...this PC is being used for gaming


Than you definitely do not need a 2600k since it poses zero advantage in gaming since most games only use 2-3 cores now a days, never mind 4 + hyper-threading. The money saved by dropping down to a i7-2600k to an i5-2500k can either be pocketed or spent along the lines of an awesome after-market CPU cooler to an SSD if that is what you're wanting.
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Generation wrote
xPhobiaDuck wrote
Generation wrote
xPhobiaDuck wrote
Generation wrote Picking a low quality no name PSU over a similarly priced Corsair / XfX. Never skimp on the PSU.

You didn't list the main purpose of the PC so the 2600k could be useless over an i3-2100 / 2500k for example.

The GTX 560 ti is no longer relevant considering the 7850 is now cheaper, has an extra gig of vRAM, and is a better card in games.

Get 1.5v RAM. I actually had that exact same PNY kit and it gave me nothing but errors. I'd recommend the Mushkin Blackline series.

Crap case with shoddy build quality and no features. The HAF 912 / Antec One / Zalman Z9 are miles better for the same price.

Torrent the O/S unless you're paranoid and invest in an SSD.
could you please provide links?


This PSU ( the HIVE series are solid units ): [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

It's doubtful you'd ever actually use the hyper-threading cores on the 2600k so the $100 price difference is not justified and therefore you should grab a 2500k:

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

This GPU: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]

These cases:

[ Register or Signin to view external links. ] ( HAF 912 is overpriced at Newegg for some reason ).

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forogt to mention...this PC is being used for gaming


Than you definitely do not need a 2600k since it poses zero advantage in gaming since most games only use 2-3 cores now a days, never mind 4 + hyper-threading. The money saved by dropping down to a i7-2600k to an i5-2500k can either be pocketed or spent along the lines of an awesome after-market CPU cooler to an SSD if that is what you're wanting.
oh no, I guess my 8-core processor i got wont work
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