I'm just having a hard time hitting the purchase button for this upcoming build and I don't know why. I feel like I am missing something or can get a much better item at a better price.
From Amazon:
EVGA 750W 80+B $88.85
Sapphire HD 7950 $269.99
Windows 7 Home OEM $90.91
From NewEgg:
NZXT Kraken X60 $107.99
NZXT Phantom 530 $129.99
From MicroCenter:
Intel i5 4670K $199.99
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H $129.99 (bundle price)
After rebates and a promo code, the total here comes to $962.71
*Already have a HD 7950, going with Crossfire here.
*Already have 16 GB of 1600 mhz memory.
I am looking at a Samsung 840 Pro 128gb SSD and if I don't keep one of the WDD Black drives I have, I am looking at a perhaps a 1TB Blue (though I like the speed of RAID0 for load times of some F2P games I won't put on an SSD)
I know I still need to include some other items like an optical drives and thermal paste but those are something I can pick up at any time before I would receive the case in September.
So, What am I missing? Where can I go better without increasing the price too much or even lower the price? The primary game that will be played is FFXIV: ARR for this system.
I'd also like to dabble in some streaming if possible but on a 5meg upstream (on a perfect day at 3 am local) I currently do need to change the setting in OBS to the "faster" for x264 CPU to keep the up rate down a little with keeping the quality. I'm kind of worried that I can do this because of the i7 being a little more beefy through its cores over an i5.... or have I just convinced myself of this?
I don't really have a budget for the build, but I'm one of those people that only gets the minimal needed at the cheapest price possible. I don't like having features that I will never use or can easily deal with not having them.
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What I am replacing / going to be selling is: (in same type order as above)
AZZA (non modular) 750W PSU
Keeping existing GPU (will replace with HD 5850)
Windows 7 Home Retail
Corsair H60
AZZA Solano 1000
Intel i7 920
Asus P6T Mobo
Also including:
6GB of Muskin Redline CL6 (tri channel kit)
At least 1 of the 750gb WDD Black drives
Intel 320 120gb SSD
random cheapy HP DvD writer