Potential Build CPU: Intel i5 3450 €170,90, 3 years warranty http://www.4launch.nl/shop/product/123741/ GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition OC 2GB €232,00, 2 years warranty http://sapphire.zercom.eu/index.php?...duct_id=182230 Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-H77-D3H € 89,00, 3 years warranty http://sapphire.zercom.eu/index.php?...duct_id=182230 HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB 7200rpm 64MB SATA3 €90,50, 5 years warranty http://www.4launch.nl/shop/get/p-4-productid-089275 Cooler: Stock cooler RAM: Corsair XMS3 Series DIMM DDR3 1333 CL9, 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) €32,25 10 years warranty http://www.hardwarewebwinkel.nl/comp...p-1017576.html Optical Drive: LG GH24NS90 €18,90 , 2 years warranty http://www.4launch.nl/shop/get/p-4-productid-122935 PSU: XFX Pro 550W Core Edition €60,90, 5 years warranty http://www.4launch.nl/shop/product/112436 Case: Antec Three Hundred Two €57,90, 3 years warranty http://www.4launch.nl/shop/product/124103 Keybord: Logitech K120 €8,00, 3 years warranty http://www.komplett.nl/komplett/prod...channel_code=3 Speakers: Logitech Z-506 €58,95, 2 years warranty http://www.4allshop.nl/980-000431?ref=vergelijk Headset: Turtle Beach EAR FORCE X12 €53,90, 2 years warranty http://turtlebeach.zercom.eu/index.p...duct_id=171172 Mouse: Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse €47,90, 3 years warranty http://www.4launch.nl/shop/product/080892 Total price: €921.10=$ 1,209.19 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc High-medium gaming, web browsing, and for study. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? Not more than €1,000.00=$1,249.74 3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible. The Netherlands 4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need. See list 5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model. Yes, a LG Flatron W2243S-PF monitor and a brother DCP-130c. 6) Will you be overclocking? No 7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it? 1920x1080 8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? September. 9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? UEFI? etc. I don’t need Crossfire or SLI and Firewire. I do like USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s. Onboard gpu and UEFI would be nice but is not necessary. So a good H77 mobo would be perfect for me. 10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit? Yes, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. also give me reasons why I shouldn't get the stock cooler.
Maybe there's a cheaper motherboard available? I haven't checked the prices thoroughly but I think you can get a Z77 board for that price (that H77 board is quite pricey). As you won't be overclocking, any cheap motherboard should do. edit: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=242848 You might want to squeeze in some 1600MHz RAM -- should be the same price, but faster. Do you have an SSD? It's a massive speed boost. Noise. The heatsink is tiny, the fan is 80mm, so it takes quite a few RPM to cool a 77W chip.
