Item

Description

Prices

MOBO

Gigabyte H77M-D3H

as donated by [TRS]

CPU

Corei5 3570 - but quad core?

NetPlus $213

RAM

8GB or better DDR3 1600Mhz or better (mobo has 4 slots - so get 2 x 4gb chips)

$60 for 1 x 8GB

GPU

NVidia GeForce 660 GTX 2GB (Gigabyte coz MOBO is also this)

MSY $209

HDD

SSD as main boot drive (128GB or better) - ranz will donate 1TB drive for storage if reqd.
You will need more space than that if you want it to be a gaming linux machine -- BobAdamson

NetPlus $109

SSD

What about a solid state revodrive?

Cost unknown...

PSU

Corsair 600w (Zanchey has a 450W Corsair)

MSY $70

CASE

Coolermaster or Thermaltake? Case not needed - use existing case

MSY $50

Total build

$711