Building my own Gaming System

tomstan2001 · Apr 4, 2013

Good afternoon,

I posted a few days ago and got a lot of suggestions. Thank you to all who posted and helped!

This is the system with the help and a few ideas from others. I would appreciate any and all feed back. I have a hard cap budget at $1500 but under $1250 is even better.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Link to parts:
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/tomstan2001/saved/1quv

DarkSable · Apr 4, 2013

Looks good, but two things:

1) I'd upgrade the motherboard to the extreme 4 or 6 - they're much more reliable.

2) You really only need a 550w power supply, but since it won't save that much money, it's up to you.

g-unit1111 · Apr 4, 2013

I'd use a different case and power supply. The HAF 912 is good but your budget gives you room to upgrade:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($36.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($379.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($108.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($21.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1243.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-04 15:16 EDT-0400)

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