A couple years ago I thought it would be a great idea to buy a laptop. It wasn't. I've been on the g74sx for awhile, albeit its a great PC..laptops are just not optimal to work with or make a workstation around in any fashion. Causes me to be uncomfortable for most of my day. So. I'm selling it and buying a tower again.…
Since you don't have a aftermarket cooler in your shoping cart I assume you don't want to overclock. In this case you can go with a i7 4770 (saves ~$20) or a Xeon E3 1230v3 (if you can live without the iGPU, saves ~$70) as a CPU. You also don't need a Z87 board, go with H87 (saves ~90). The thermal compound is also not…