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Components CyberPower PC Gamer Extreme 2200 DIY
Case CoolerMaster HAF 912   Thermaltake V9 75 -25 (received)
Extra Case Fan Maximum Enermax 120MM Case Cooling Fans (500-1200 RPM Blue) +29      
Noise Reduction Sound Absorbing Foam on Side, Top And Bottom panels
Power Supply Gasket
Anti-Vibration Fan Mounts
+29
+5
+9
      
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K   Intel Core i5-2500K 180  
Special CPU Cooling Asetek 510LC with Single Enermax Enlobal Silent High Performance 120MM Fan +15 Antec Kuhler H2O 620 50  
Motherboard Asus P8Z68-V +96 BIOSTAR TZ68A+ 100 -10
Memory 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3 /1600 +199 Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 1600 90  
Video Card Nvidia GTX 560 Ti 1GB +197 EVGA GTX 260 0 (already owned)  
Power Supply CoolerMaster Silent Pro 80 Plus Power Supply +77 COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W 90 -30 (received)
Hard Drive 1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s   WD Caviar SE 500GB and WD Caviar Green 2TB 0 (already owned)  
Optical Drive 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive        
SSD Drive     Corsair Force 3 Series 180G 230 -40 (received)
Wireless Card     Rosewill RNX-N300X 20  
    1445   835 730

Five year later ...

All the research about quality and performance paid off. Five years later, none of the components failed except that a case fan got a little loose. After replacing the graphics card with a GTX 560 Ti and adding a 256GB Samsung SDD, the computer still feels plenty fast for software development, moderate gaming, and occasional image editing.

 
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