(06-24-2013, 10:14 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote: Although you would be surprised what you can get away with.What do you mean by this? Because I was also considering waiting about half a year for the prices to go down a little, and maybe considering adding a graphics card to the computer to do at least some gaming in the meantime. I was considering the GeForce 650 Ti (more expensive) or the Radeon HD 7750 (less expensive) or 6670 DDR3 (least expensive). This is probably not a good idea in the long run... maybe now is not the best time to build a whole new computer from scratch.
I really don't think I have to worry about DDR4. It's so far in the future, and I realize that computers are constantly being made obsolete. I could get a Haswell now, or I could wait until Broadwell, but then I might as well wait until Skylake etc. etc. Haswell is the first generation that can play all playable games at fullspeed, I shouldn't need anything beyond that.
I guess that makes sense. Whichever is cheaper, then, is what I'll do when it comes to RAM.
I don't think I'll need more than 520W. I never intend to SLI or Crossfire, and parts are only getting more efficient. 620W might be overkill. The thing about modular power supplies is that you only use as many cables as you need, right? I'm not sure if that is worth the premium.
I like the Corsair cases too (I saw them on display in a store), but even the Rosweill was more than I wanted to spend on a case.
Buying a computer is like a slippery slope, there is always something "better" to get: well, if I'm spending this money on a nice motherboard to overclock, I might as well get liquid cooling... if I'm going to liquid cool I should get a water resistant motherboard... I should get 16 GB of RAM... and so on and so on. I need to put my foot down and so "no, enough is enough, this is overkill as it is!"