1000 dollar budget

**Hungapoe** · 10-26-09, 04:01 AM

Well kinda anyway, plus or minus another 125 bucks tops

So basically Im trying to setup my last build before I head to basic, its going to be for my dad but Im not sure how to finish it up. I want to set up RAID0 and water cooling in it for sure. Iv heard that the Black Caviar WDs do a great job for RAID but Im not sure where to go for a case or kit for my water cooling solution and if there may be a cheaper HD solution.

Secondly, the PC will have these parts:

EVGA P55 FTW

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=E145-2074

Intel Core i5 750 2.66 ghz

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3&sku=I69-0750

and....

Ultra X4 850watt

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=U12-40503

The total of these parts is 630.02 and with the two aforementioned western digital 640gb harddrives it goes up to 759.95, leaving me with at the least 365 bucks to buy memory, a video card and a case to put it all in along with a new monitor. Am I boned? It has to be a performance PC and I was hoping to get at least a video card with around 1gb of memory and at least 4gb of ram. Along with that I was looking at a 24" monitor. Not sure what to do, or if I should ditch the water cooling to allow more felixibility for everything else.

**HeavyG** · 10-26-09, 08:08 AM

Do you need an 850w PSU? Kids these days... always seem to buy too much power and not use it.

**Imisnew2** · 10-26-09, 08:14 AM

Write down a list of what you want, and mark off what you cant get (goes over your budget) and downgrade from there... like a list of pro's and con's when decided one thing or the other.

**Veovis** · 10-26-09, 10:35 AM

$630 for a mobo/CPU/PSU combo for 1156 platform is insane. You could do it for $380 easy.

$200 for the CPU.
$130 for the mobo (this is the main selling point of LGA 1156... cheap mobos... there are many good ones in the $110-$150 range)
$50 PSU (see my post from a few days ago)

I just saved you $250.

Hell, look at this I posted the other day. It's everything you want plus RAM and HDD and CPU cooler and case for LESS:

[quote=Veovis ]
This is kind of an interesting combo deal:

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1620983

1. Thermaltake SpinQ Performance Series cooler with ultra-lightweight aluminum and six heatpipes

2. Thermaltake Element T VK90001N2Z Black SECC/Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

3. Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor

4. Seagate Barracuda LP 1TB 5900 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive

5. CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory

6. GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

7. Rosewill Green Series RG630-2 630W Continuous @40°C,80 PLUS Certified,Active PFC Power Supply

The total comes up to $590.97 and there's a $20 rebate for a final cost of $570.97. It has free UPS 3-day shipping.

**Hungapoe** · 10-26-09, 04:04 PM

The 850watt PSU was for the 2 hard drives, the graphics card I had planned to use and to power a water cooling system along with overclocking the whole setup, ram, processor and graphics card. The whole intent of this setup is that it last long.

Also veo your setup is missing a graphics card too :P

**Hungapoe** · 10-30-09, 06:47 PM

Got a final setup, its a bit over but its final

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=E145-0264

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=T925-1326

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=C283-1189

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=U12-40503

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...ku=TSD-500AALS

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3&sku=I69-0750

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=E145-2074

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231274

Still getting two of the caviar drives so the total is at around 1250

**Veovis** · 10-30-09, 08:58 PM

Looks like a decent setup, but I"m not sure why you're paying $200 for a PSU that's more than you need, from a brand I've never heard of...

**Scotzo** · 10-30-09, 09:20 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139006
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail

50% OFF AND FREE SHIPPING RIGHT NOW! ha, caps ftw, newegg wins

$90 For this is pretty awesome imo

just saved you some money!

**Hungapoe** · 10-31-09, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by Veovis

Looks like a decent setup, but I"m not sure why you're paying $200 for a PSU that's more than you need, from a brand I've never heard of...

Honestly no offense but if youve never heard of Ultra or at least the X3 and X4 modular PSUs you should just stop talking O.o

**nsRaven** · 10-31-09, 01:20 AM

850W is way more than you need Hung. Do you plan on adding extra power hogs later or something? Scale it back a bit and save some money. Ultra has a 750W that should still give you room to OC.