I have no specific hatred toward AMD or anything, I just trust Intel I guess. There's actually a Microcenter right down the road from where I work <_<
With that being said, here's what I came up with thus far going bit-by-bit. If anything is non-compatible then please let me know. First bare-bones build, no "Combo package" anything, just one bit at a time. I also realize some of these things are on sale for a little while, but I am running on the assumption that the prices are generally not far from where they can be found.
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134124
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145357&cm_sp=Cat_Memory-_-Daily_Deal-_-20-145-357
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128519&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&PageSize=10&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148702&cm_sp=Cat_Hard_Drives-_-Hard_Drives-_-22-148-702
Disc reader: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703027
Roughly a bit over $1200 after taxes+shipping I'd guess.
I have no case in this build yet, I know. With just the chips, what am I missing/whats incompatible/what could be swapped for something cheaper without losing much in performance? Any thoughts would be helpful.
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