[bryansj]

Just picked up the parts for a new build from Microcenter for a co-worker who requested speed when working with Adobe CS products for multimedia design and editing. It was nice to be able to step past the good enough and get some horsepower instead. I still kept things reasonable, there are no Samsung 840 Pro RAID arrays, and wanted it to be as quiet as possible. The entire build was $1,200, excluding a monitor and speakers.


Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz LGA 1155 Processor $229.99

ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard $184.99

Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB DDR3-1600 PC3-12800) $99.99 (-$10 with mobo/cpu)

Samsung 840 Series MZ-7TD120BW 120GB SATA 6.0Gb/s $99.99 (-$20 with mobo/cpu)

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" $99.99

LG 14x Internal Blu-ray Burner WH14NS40 - Bare Drive $59.99

Corsair CX Series CX600M 600 Watt ATX Modular PSU $69.99 ($10 rebate)

NZXT H2 Classic Silent Mid Tower ATX Gaming Case $89.99 (Quiet Case)

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Universal CPU Cooler $29.99 (120mm CPU fan for silence)

Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-Bit $139.99

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo MK520 $59.99


Plus Tax= $1,204.78


Some pictures:

 

[itznfb]

Wow, the 3770k and 3570k pricing has gone through the floor in the past couple weeks.

 

[bryansj]



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Originally Posted by itznfb  /t/1466718/new-build-for-multimedia-creating-and-editing-adobe-cs6-seeking-no-advice#post_23164448


Wow, the 3770k and 3570k pricing has gone through the floor in the past couple weeks.

Well, this morning in my Newegg email they have the 3770k for $309. Can't beat Microcenter on processor prices.

 

[bryansj]

Pictures added.


That case is pretty awesome. I'm tempted to use it as a server case. Has plenty of 3.5" bays, room for a lot of fans, fan filters all around, an upper SATA "hot swap" drive tray, fan speed controller on top, lots of wire routing options, and sound dampening material lining the case.

 

[itznfb]

I have a NZXT Switch 810 and I love that thing. NZXT is one of the few case manufacturers that puts a lot of common sense functionality into their cases. Simple things like extra room between the mobo tray and the side panel and sound dampening done right.