My first build that's going to be fast and silent at the same time, which is pretty much why I'm buying the iCooler GPU, the Fractal Design Define R4 which comes with sound dampening material, and the Hyper 212+.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N3o5

I'll be using my old hard drive from my HP PC.

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/32hz/saved/fE7

dont buy the nzxt h2 its garbage

the 7770 is only $109? ugh why did i ever buy this outdated vid card

Yeah, HiS always have their cards on sale.

recently bought this for my first build with a $700 budget since my old comp broke recently after 6 years of use.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N3pY

kept my old 550w antec psu, cd drive, and 500gb seagate hd.

also recently bought a new noppoo choc mini keyboard with red switches, steel qck+ and a g400. still using my sennheiser hd555 and old aoc 2230fa monitor with 75 refresh

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N3Df

I also have some blue braided bitfenix alchemy 6 pin and 24 pin psu cables and a NZXT Hue.

http://valid.canardpc.com/2750012

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/thatguytagg/saved/1oMK

Any ideas on making this cheaper?

Dont get an h50 with a locked processor

this mobo http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-z77pro3

also, is this for you? Don't you have like 4 monitors? If so you would benefit from more gpu ram

they lock processors now?

thanks Obama

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/mz.haider96/saved/1gxb

My first build, budget was originally 700, but then I got an extra 600 from selling a hat. Only regret is buying a 4170 instead of a 6300. 16 GB of RAM for PS/AE/Vegas Pro, since I do a lot of projects with em. Might have opted for a TT Frio or a 212, not sure.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N4cx

Well you can unlock it, as you probably know, i dont see why you wouldnt just get a 2500k and oc on air though

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N4lW
For some reason my build was a lot cheaper than this, and my hard drive apparently doesnt exist anymore?

Do they lock it for reasons like the Phenom II series? I got a x3 and the 4th core was locked because it was unstable (though sometimes they all work). Or do you mean locked multiplier?

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/DMLTerra/saved/1nx3

Here's what I was suggested via /r/buildapcforme. Do any of you more computer savvy people have recommendations on how to make it cheaper/more optimized for playing TF2? I think the video card is a bit expensive (at $229 O.O), but I don't really know whether it's necessary to get good performance. Thanks. Oh, and I know there's only 120 GB of memory (on the SSD), but I have a 500 GB laptop that I would use for most other stuff. I just thought that it would be good to get the SSD now and install the OS and TF2 and other games on that and maybe add a HDD later instead of getting a HDD with more memory and then having to transfer all of that to the SSD.

EDIT: I can't type.

Finally replacing my pc of 6 years (that averages 10 fps's on mids) now , next week all the stuff should arrive. Kinda overkill but I intend to do a lot of video processing, audio editing, image and video editing, maybe streaming, etc...

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/kaneco/saved/1oON

Only disappointed with the SSD, I wanted a 250Gb OCZ vertex 4 but it wasn't available and the only 250gb ssd available was not really the best, but fuck it, I can't wait anymore to get my hands dirty. Also the GFX was supposed to be the asus one but I had to pick the EVGA because it was the only gtx670 on storage, doesn't seem much worse tho.

Already have the deathadder, kinda excited to see how the corsair keyboard will behave, gonna be my first mechanical keyboard.

Edit: Any tips or experience with components in this build?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N5dm About a 700 budget build when I built it, added a few things like the keyboard/hard drives/memory over time to upgrade it

for tf2, get an i5-3570k or 2500k instead of that one because they're unlocked and are just better. 7870 is good for other games like bf3, fc3, crysis and shit. if you want to play both at good frames just get a 7850 and you'll be fine. tbh if u want to keep the 7870 and either of the 2 processors i listed above just get the ssd later and a $50-$60 hard drive for now and use the money u saved for a better processor. the one u picked is good and all but theres no reason not to put in a couple dollars and get the better one.

at least your motherboard lets you upgrade to a 6 core or 8 core in the future. i heard a lot of bad things in the x1xx series for amd. if you just took out a stick of ram or cheaped out on something (maybe the ssd capacity) you could have gotten it like 16gb of ram and a low end processor is prob worse at editing and stuff than 8 gb of ram and a better processor

Yeah, I really don't think I'll be playing many games outside of TF2... Or at least none that require really gpu power. So you'd recommend I upgrade to the 3570k processor and get a 7850? Or could I downgrade my gpu even more to maybe a 1GB card because I'm not going to play gpu intensive games and save even more $$$ (for maybe a 120 Hz monitor :D :D). I've also heard that the mobo I currently have selected wouldn't be able to overclock with the 3570k- is that true?

what does locked mean?
do you mean like it's at a fixed speed and you can't overclock it or something?

i personally never do any overclocking, so i was just curious what you meant by that since i'm due to build a new desktop pretty soon

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/N6rG

cheaper, better for streaming because you can OC processor. you can upgrade to a 2gb 7850 if you want to, but that would push your budget slightly over. not sure why you're getting professional, doesnt really help your usage i think

a locked processor means a locked multiplier, so it's much more difficult to OC. certain processors like the 3820 still can

http://i.imgur.com/nKL69NH.jpg

my 2 years old build.

I really should have waited for Ivy Bridge at the time :((

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/panzerxiii/saved/1oTJ

Around 2 years old. Want to upgrade to a Titan this summer :3

edit: I have a BenQ XL2420T as my main monitor and the Acer GD235HZbid as my secondary.

if you're planning on using more than 1 monitor or a very high res 1080p monitor i'd stick with 2gb vram and the 7850. If you're not doing 1080p and just want a normal resolution on a single monitor then i'd say you should use the 650 ti(i realized theres a 7850 for the same price as a 650 ti lol..) or the 7770 i just think the 7850 is a good card for the price and what you'll be using it for.

edit: ofc you can overclock with that motherboard :P

damn your build looks powerhungry as hell. yeah i'd recommend upgrading to sandy or ivy in the future or maybe haswell. your build looks solid though it'll last for a few more years

http://i.imgur.com/Fo4EeFP.jpg

Could I get suggestions on how to lower the price of this build (http://pcpartpicker.com/user/DMLTerra/saved/1nx3) to <$750? I know it's a stretch. But, like I said above, I won't need it to run more GPU intensive games like Far Cry or Crysis, just TF2. And I'll have a separate computer for doing most general use stuff. Thanks for any help I get!