I've decided to build a new computer after much frustration with my old college Counter Strike owning beast. As you can imagine, I've been out of the know on what parts are top of the line as well as where and where not to spend/save money. Here's my first stab on newegg...
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm sleeve CPU Cooler - $29.99-$27.99
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - $11.98
IN WIN Dragon Rider Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $159.99-$149.99
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory - $124.99
Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1CCA 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $269.00-$249.00
ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.0) ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS - $189.99-$179.99
Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor - $314.99
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $89.99-$79.99
ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) ATX Intel Motherboard - $179.99-$169.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - $99.99
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 03G-P3-1584-AR Video Card - $589.99
Total: $1,998.89
I can spend up to 2k on the machine if I'd like but I'd really like to know whether this is the optimal use of the money or could I build it differently. Further, I'd also like to know if some of this is overkill and if I could spend less, say $1500 so I could get a nicer monitor or two.
I primarily use this for work that can involve multiple applications/browser windows open at once but I also game on it pretty frequently and would want to be able to run B3 (insert future graphics intense game here) smoothly. Much love for all the help advice and please go easy if I made some rookie mistakes on the first go.