So a friend of mine has given me a $5,000 budget to build him a PC. Here is what I'm thinking:
Case and Cooling:
NZXT Phantom Full Tower, Red - $159.99
3 x Cooler Master 200mm Red LED Fan (two top, one side) - $59.97
Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm Fan (front) - $19.99
Corsair Hydro H80 CPU cooler - $99.99
2 x Noctua NF-S12B FLX 120mm Fan (for the H80) - $39.98
Core Components:
Intel Core i7-3930K Processor, 3.20GHz w/ 12MB Cache - $629.99
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 - $349.99
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 - $99.99
2 x eVGA GeForce GTX 580 3GB - $1,199.98
Corsair Professional Series HX1050 Modular Power Supply - $219.99
Drives:
Crucial M4 2.5in SATA III Solid State Drive, 256GB - $399.99
2 x Seagate 2TB Barracuda Green SATA III w/ 64MB Cache - $379.98
Samsung 12x Internal Blu-Ray Combo, SATA, Black - $89.99
Other Stuff:
Windows 7 Pro - $149.99
Samsung S24A450UW 24in Widescreen LED LCD, Black w/ HAS, USB - $349.99
Sub-Total: $4,249.80
GST: $212.49
Total: $4,462.29
He would still need a keyboard, mouse, and speakers (he wants surround sound ones) after this and inside the budget.
In addition, he was the one that picked out the case from a few suggestions I made. The Phantom is really nice as long as you maximize its cooling potential, hence all the fans.
We're still debating what he wants to do for graphics cards. It's going to be dual GTX 580's or a single GTX 590. If he goes the GTX 590 route he wants to add a second one later (which is the only reason to get a 590 over two 580's). I told him that two 580's are insanely good and will easily last for 6 years worth of games at 1920x1200 and that GTX 590's are already getting hard to find on the market. I also mentioned the fact that two GTX 590's = quad SLI which doesn't have the greatest driver support yet. I think he's leaning towards the GTX 580's now because he kinda wants to water cool them in the future and maybe add a third to the system.
Suggestions?
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