Hi everyone,
This is my first time building a system and I'm trying to keep my budget under $1500. I mostly want to gear it towards gaming and music. Here's my parts list so far, let me know what you guys think!
Case: Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811139005
$170
Power supply:Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817371031
$60
CPU: AMD FX-6100 Zambezi 3.3GHz Socket AM3+ 95W Six-Core Desktop Processor FD6100WMGUSBX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103962
$150
CPU cooler:COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835103099
$40
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990X SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813128510
$140
GPU:EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130625
$135
Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136769
$90
Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820233144
$50
Monitor:HANNspree By Hanns-G HF225DPB Black 21.5" 5ms Full HD WideScreen LCD Monitor w/Speakers 250 cd/m2 X-Contrast 30,000:1 (1000:1)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6824262011
$120
Disk drive:SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Combo Model SH-B123L LightScribe Support - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827151222
$58
Media drive:Rosewill RCR-IC001 40-in-1 USB 2.0 3.5" Internal Card Reader w/ USB Port / Extra Silver Face Plate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820223103
$15
Sound card: ASUS Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Express x1 Interface 124 dB SNR / Headphone AMP Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6829132010
$180
Mouse/keyboard: Logitech MK120 Black USB Wired Slim Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6823126097
$21
OS:Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6832116992
$140
Total with shipping and tax: ~$1520
I'd maybe like to shave off $100-$200 if possible to give myself a little more room for getting some nice headphones to go along with the sound card. It seems like the easiest place to do that would be the chassis, but it's such a good looking case
If anyone has any suggestions or recommendations, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!