New PC build help

[GTBrian23]

Ok here is what I am thinking for my next setup, see any glaring flaws or issues? My budget is about 2k

COUGAR Evolution Black SECC ATX Full Tower
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1502FAEX 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
SAMSUNG B2430H Glossy Black 24" 5ms Full HD 1080P Widescreen
GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD FX-8120 Zambezi 3.1GHz Socket AM3+ 125W Eight-Core
G.SKILL Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
XFX HD-695X-CNFC Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
COOLER MASTER Silent Pro RSA00-AMBAJ3-US 1000W
OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Thermaltake CLW0211 Bigwater 760 Plus Dual Bay Drives Water Cooling

[Tx Redneck]

Get a decent air cooler and save some money, that much ram could present issues w/ OCing and why not intel? I'm an amd user, but they're just not as powerful, period.

[GTBrian23]

Get a decent air cooler and save some money, that much ram could present issues w/ OCing and why not intel? I'm an amd user, but they're just not as powerful, period.

Im no expert, I just basically picked kind of on a whim. I know just enough to get in trouble haha. Ive always used AMD, which Intel chip would be comparable without breaking my walet? As far as RAM, Ive always been told pretty much more is better, would 8 GB be suffecient?

[Tx Redneck]

If your budget is 2k, there's a lot you van do. Gimmea lil bit and I'll build ya one on paper.

[GTBrian23]

If your budget is 2k, there's a lot you van do. Gimmea lil bit and I'll build ya one on paper.

ok sweet, thanks!

[Tx Redneck]

I need to ask, what are your main intentions for this rig?

[GTBrian23]

I need to ask, what are your main intentions for this rig?

Gaming and School(So MS Office basically)

[hunt4m3x]

I'd get an SSD for the main drive and then a 1tb for data.

[GTBrian23]

I'd get an SSD for the main drive and then a 1tb for data.

Yeah, that was kind of what I was thinking

[Tx Redneck]

Sorry for the delay, I had a dr's appointment and other things to do yesterday. Here's what I've come up with and well under your budget. This can easily be modified to suit and concerns you may have and does not include an OS.

If you prefer NewEgg, I'd see if they price match for teh savings and change to some G.Skill ram as it's my preferred brand.

https://www.microcenter.com/InsiderAcct/PublicWishList.aspx?WishListID=vXvEA7uczg5R%2fXIxP1HNW1KbRKlBI%2bcs&Email=9Z4ju57H3gWuLzPTBUgte8dOMrE9Xzev

Subtotal $1,154.89
Tax $95.28
Grand Total $1,250.17


W/$100 MIR's

[Pokulski-Blatz]

I just built something like this about 3 weeks ago for about $1200 at fry's

https://www.microcenter.com/InsiderAcct/PublicWishList.aspx?WishListID=E8APgt%2fjasRkTr%2fEo%2bnFR71%2fuQw9jdIG&Email=DJ0YSynv60%2bhLdm7e90yKBGlC5mPTkcM

Getting a good rig under your budget shouldnt be hard.

Only thing I wish I had done a bit different was spend more on the motherboard and power supply. Maybe I will add a SSD later to run it off of and use a few 2tb drives for storage.

[GTBrian23]

Sorry for the delay, I had a dr's appointment and other things to do yesterday. Here's what I've come up with and well under your budget. This can easily be modified to suit and concerns you may have and does not include an OS.

If you prefer NewEgg, I'd see if they price match for teh savings and change to some G.Skill ram as it's my preferred brand.

https://www.microcenter.com/InsiderAcct/PublicWishList.aspx?WishListID=vXvEA7uczg5R%2fXIxP1HNW1KbRKlBI%2bcs&Email=9Z4ju57H3gWuLzPTBUgte8dOMrE9Xzev

Subtotal $1,154.89
Tax $95.28
Grand Total $1,250.17


W/$100 MIR's

Sweet, thanks! Just curious why only 4 GB of ram? What kind of setup do you need to make use of more than that? thanks again for all the help!

[Tx Redneck]

Sry, I failed to state that the price was w/2x4Gig kits.

Sent from my iPhail eleventybillion

[GTBrian23]

ok cool, thanks again!