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What do you think of this desktop build?

Asked by sillymichelleyoung (217points) September 10th, 2012

I’m building my first desktop and would appreciate any advice (and a check on capabilities). My max budget is roughly 2K (I got lucky with a summer internship, which is now a part time job during the school year cheers).

This is what I was thinking so far:

Corsair Carbide Series 500R – Case
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Carbide-Tower-Gaming-CC-9011012-WW/dp/B005E983JW/ref=sr_1_9?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1347342557&sr=1-9&kewords=corsair+tower

ASUS P8Z77-V LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA – Motherboard
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-P8Z77-V-1155-Intel-Motherboard/dp/B007G51UWY/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_z

Intel Core i7–3770 – CPU
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i7-3770-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B007SZ0EHE/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1347343248&sr=1-3&keywords=i7-2600+3.4GHz

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO – Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-nana_-na&AID=10446076&PID=4176827&SID=koicup4e7bkw

EVGA GeForce GTX 570 1280 MB – Video
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Mini-HDMI-Lifetime-Warranty-012-P3-1570-AR/dp/B004EHZD5W/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1347343727&sr=1-1&keywords=EVGA+012-P3-1570-AR

Corsair Vengeance 16 GB – Ram
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengeance-1600MHz-Memory-CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10/dp/B006EWUO22/ref=pd_bxgy_pc_img_y

Corsair AX850 – PSU
http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Professional-850-Watt-Certified-High-Performance/dp/B003PJ6QW4/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1347343864&sr=1-1&keywords=Corsair+AX850

Western Digital 1.5 TB WD – HDD
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Black-Cache-Desktop/dp/B004CSIFG2/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1347344115&sr=1-4&keywords=WD+Caviar+1.5TB

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5” – SSD
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-Solid-State-CT256M4SSD2/dp/B004W2JL2A/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1347344088&sr=1-2&keywords=Crucial+M4+128GB+SATA+III

Any recommendations is appreciated. Thank you. :)

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