Adata 2.5 SATA II S596 Turbo SSD 64GB - For windows and games.
Sapphire Radeon Vapor-X HD5750 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI / Dual DVI / DP
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Quad Core 8MB 3.2GHz AM3 - Black Edition
Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3 MATX VGA DDR3 AM3
GH22LS50 22X SATA DVDRW Retail 1yr wty Lightscribe, SecureDisc
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit OEM
Adata 4GB DDR3 1333 DIMM 3yr wty Major
Enermax 620W Liberty-ECO2 PSU ELT620AWT-ECOII 80+ 3yr wty
Coolermaster Storm Scout ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case Black
WD 1TB 64MB SATA2 - Greenpower - for data starage.
Around $1600 - $1700 + GST and shipping"     
 
Thoughts?

holy shit I should proof read...

Dude that's a monster. Should be good for a long while.

is it?   
What's the price like?

Er, not really sure what the prices are like in NZ, but that is a terrible value build in USD. Probably not worth more than ~$600 USD. Can you link to a local wholesale distributor of yours so that correct pricing can be determined? 

I'd suggest a bigger power supply (and maybe a better graphics card).
 
 
And if those are USDs then holy shit you're getting played.

HD5750? That's the wrong card to get, it won't last you more than half a year. Here is a chart with all the videocards and you can see how it compares. I say get a HD5870 (sure there will be new ati cards like in a few months I think, I don't follow ati products or care. I mean if that's your budget, you can probally build that amd stuff for less than a grand, then add a $400 gpu) or get a gtx460 1gb which I use and can run everything well enough for only $240 or less. Of course you get less power.  Whoever is selling you that pc is ripping you off, you must have great friends because he's going to make a profit, like half the price or more. 
  
About the SSD drive, I also use a 64gig one, you can't fit many games on it, it's only for the operating system and a few programs like photoshop. Also for the second drive, you don't not get a green drive for storage, that's always the third drive, the second drive needs to be a western digital cavier black 64mb, not green. Green drives are like 5400 rpm, that's slower than most 7200rpm drives. That would be the drive for your steam folder and pc games. In fact you probally don't even need a third green drive if you aren't getting that many games. Like I said you friend is ripping you off, I don't think you can get anymore ripped off than that. I dare you to buy that pc.

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64gb is not nearly enough storage space for games.

The price seems a little steep, honestly. My machine is similar and I got it about a year and a half ago for slightly less. I would look around at places like Newegg and TigerDirect to compare prices.
 
EDIT: Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure my price also included a monitor and speakers, which yours most likely doesn't.

" 64gb is not nearly enough storage space for games. "

" @MisterChief said:

" 64gb is not nearly enough storage space for games. "

It's probably referring to cache size.  "

" @Geno:  Nah the SSD is 64 GB, and then he's got a regular old 1 TB drive in there for storage. You would only be able to fit a few games on the SSD with this. "

Oh damn...

the 1'700 is NZD, that's around 1'300 USD...

Luckily I posted this then, ok, so, if I go back to him with what you guys suggest with a price, I can see what his reaction is like, and to be fair, I don't think he is ripping me off, it might be that his supplier is shit.

Help is appreciated guys, thanks.

So yeah, budget is roughly 1.3k to 1.5k USD

Dude that's looking a little pricey. I'd suggest just putting in the extra hour or two online to build your own rig, it's ridiculously easy these days. Just look up the components you need, and then look up a quick guide like  this one. Just off the top of my head I'd say you can set up the same rig for < 900 bucks USD, meaning a little extra cash for a sweeter graphics card :P
 
If you really don't want to bother though, I'd say just invest in a better graphics card and try to work your friend down on the overall price. Good luck!

I just very quickly put together a build that you can base yours off from a single website, so definatly can find it cheaper if you want to buy from multiple places or strike a deal with a shop to buy them all at once, comes out to 1062AUD from and Australian store, so 1375NZD without OS/SSD/CD drive and shipping - 
  
hdd - 3.5" SATA 1TB 64MB WD  - 69
ram - DDR3 4GB kit 1600 G.Skill C9 - 135 
case - Gaming Case Lancool PC-K60  - 125
psu - Corsair TX-650 650W - 120
gpu - VGA (nV) GTX460 1GB OC GA - 259
cpu - Intel Quad Core i5-760 (S1156) - 222
mobo - Asus P7P55D-LE - 132
 
And now your one redone with better GPU/PSU/RAM and without the OS/SSD/CD drive and shipping that comes out to 1292NZD from multiple New Zealand stores (searched from http://www.staticice.co.nz/index.html  )- 
 
hdd - Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 64MB 1TB - 85
ram - Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C8 4GB - 166
case - CoolerMaster CM Storm Scout - 172
psu - Corsair TX-650 - 167
gpu - Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB - 334
cpu - AMD Phenom II X4 Processor Black Edition - 217 
mobo - Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3 - 151

Look don't use a HD5750 if you heard nothing I said, that's a rip off for so little power, have some dignity and us a hd5770 at the very least. Consider a gtx460 1gb instead since you want a card you don't have to upgrade Also don't use green drives as your second drives, also you will have no room to use an SSD drive for games, I don't use it with games on mine. Use a western digital black instead that's 64mb sata 3 as a second drive. He is ripping you off, I built my pc for a grand, it would be only $1240 with the videocard, I recycled the display, powerwatt supply and also my mouse and keyboard was on sale before which I recycled. The phenom X4 is worthless, I can't belive he is making you pay so much for it. Go back and ask for these changes and to lower the price.  
 
You should do some research and get more familar with the products before you make a decision. It's like starting a business without any business knowledge and hiring someone to be your accountant that can easily rip you off without you knowing. That's what he is doing, don't think for a second your not getting totally ripped off because you are. He's maximizing his profit almost 40% of what it's really worth if you built it yourself.
 
Your whole system is a bottleneck and if he offered me these prices with these specs, I would punch him in the face.

I own a 5750, and while it has served me well, I don't think it's a card you want to be buying right now.

I think you would get better performance out of something like this, but building it yourself will always knock off a little money.

@SodiumCyclops

I want Civ 5 to run on DirectX 11

" @Red12b: I'm going to get flamed for this probably, but you really don't have to spend money buying Windows 7. "

" @LiquidPrince:  I am, but I'm not promoting it. "

" @sodiumCyclops said:

" @LiquidPrince:  I am, but I'm not promoting it. "

Then why would you bring it up? "

" @LiquidPrince said:

" @sodiumCyclops said:

" @LiquidPrince:  I am, but I'm not promoting it. "

Then why would you bring it up? "

Just reminding him that he has a choice. Lighten up dude. "

To be clear, I'm not a pirate, but cheers anyway.

I don't care what others do, and I don't condone the ridiculous prices for software, I also don't condone DRM, but I like to pay for what I receive.

    
EDIT:...that could sound wrong out of context...

" @sodiumCyclops said:

" @LiquidPrince said:

" @sodiumCyclops said:

" @LiquidPrince:  I am, but I'm not promoting it. "

Then why would you bring it up? "

Just reminding him that he has a choice. Lighten up dude. "

I'm not angry... I'm mostly doing it for you anyways. Talking piracy has conseqences on these forums, so I was stopping you before you get in trouble. Anyways, by "reminding him" he has a choice, you are promoting it. "

@SeriouslyNow     
 
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Gonna haveta talk the business... 
 
Oh well, this was an enlightening effort, cheers to all of you.  
 
fuck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148357&cm_re=crucial_ssd_64gb-_-20-148-357-_-Product

Try to find this ssd drive there, sata 3, way faster read speeds, it smokes anything else and the value is better. My ssd drive using a benchmark can run 240mb read speeds, 270mb at the very highest, this thing can probally run like 375mb, which is fast. You will start windows like in 20 seconds, takes me 30 seconds.

the ATI 6000 series are right around the corner (every Fall there is a major update)

the initial build is a bit unbalanced , a cpu capable of everything , but a gpu thats a tad on the short side when it comes to higher resolutions, since you are going to build a whole computer , i suggest you wait for the 6000 series that are due to be out in about a month.