I pulled the trigger on the pieces for a desktop. They're all coming this week. Let me know what you think
All of this was $650 after rebate. I threw the 700W in because I got it for the same price the 500W was when I purchased it.
I then decided to treat myself with an SSD for $115:
I needed a monitor:
I get Windows 7 Enterprise free through my university. I figured I should pull the trigger now as I graduate in late May.
All of this for $925 after rebate.
How did I do GAF?
CPU: AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition Heka 2.8GHz
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-770TA-UD3 AM3 AMD 770 SATA III USB3.0
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaw Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600 - CAS 7 Latency
GPU: ASUS CuCore Radeon HD 5770 128-bit 1GB GDDR5
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 7200RPM SATA II 500GB
Optical: Sony Optiarc 24x DVD/CD Rewritable Drive
WiFi: Linksys Wireless N PCI Adapter
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Modular 700W PSU
Case: Rosewill Wind Knight ATX Mid Tower
All of this was $650 after rebate. I threw the 700W in because I got it for the same price the 500W was when I purchased it.
I then decided to treat myself with an SSD for $115:
SSD: Intel 40GB SATA II
I needed a monitor:
$160 after rebate.Monitor: ASUS VH226H 21.5" LCD
I get Windows 7 Enterprise free through my university. I figured I should pull the trigger now as I graduate in late May.
All of this for $925 after rebate.
How did I do GAF?