As the title says, I'm planning on making my own gaming PC, but I have no experience in the PC construction field. I'd like to finish my build within the month, but it all depends on how quickly I get my parts list together and find a good construction and setup guide. I'm looking to spend no more than $2,000, but still end up with a solid gaming PC. I'd like to have a multiple monitor setup, but I do not know how to set up such a thing. Windows 7 is my preferred operating
system, and I would much rather have it than anything else. I'm living in Garden Valley, California, USA. My primary parts source will be newegg.com, but once I get my parts list together, I will likely shop around. As far as brand preferences are concerned, I would like an Intel CPU and NVidia graphics card. I would rather not overclock any of my systems. I am making this new computer because I currently have a 4 year old laptop, which is not the best gaming rig. Sorry for the scattered sentences, I'm just answering the applicable questions from the posting guide before I begin listing what parts I have found already. I found a few part selection guides, none of which were very helpful to me, but they gave me a vague idea of what parts I need to get. What I'd like to know is if these parts will work together, if you have any better parts suggestions, and what case(s) and cooling system(s) you recommend. In addition, if I have neglected to include parts required for things a PC typically has, I would appreciate it if you told me. I would also appreciate any good construction/setup guides. Posting my parts with newegg.com links below. Thank you for your time.
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LX LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-824&Tpk=N82E16813131824
CPU:Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-116-501&Tpk=N82E16819116501
RAM: CORSAIR XMS 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX32GX3M4A1600C11 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-233-279&Tpk=N82E16820233279
Graphics Card: EVGA 04G-P4-2766-KR GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-130-937&Tpk=N82E16814130937
Sound Card: ASUS XONAR_DG 5.1 Channels PCI Interface Xonar DG Sound Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=29-132-020&Tpk=N82E16829132020
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-148-844&Tpk=N82E16822148844
PSU: CORSAIR AX860 860W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=17-139-044&Tpk=N82E16817139044
CD/DVD Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=27-135-204&Tpk=N82E16827135204
Thanks again for your help, sorry for my scatterbrained sentence structure and last second notes I've thrown in.
system, and I would much rather have it than anything else. I'm living in Garden Valley, California, USA. My primary parts source will be newegg.com, but once I get my parts list together, I will likely shop around. As far as brand preferences are concerned, I would like an Intel CPU and NVidia graphics card. I would rather not overclock any of my systems. I am making this new computer because I currently have a 4 year old laptop, which is not the best gaming rig. Sorry for the scattered sentences, I'm just answering the applicable questions from the posting guide before I begin listing what parts I have found already. I found a few part selection guides, none of which were very helpful to me, but they gave me a vague idea of what parts I need to get. What I'd like to know is if these parts will work together, if you have any better parts suggestions, and what case(s) and cooling system(s) you recommend. In addition, if I have neglected to include parts required for things a PC typically has, I would appreciate it if you told me. I would also appreciate any good construction/setup guides. Posting my parts with newegg.com links below. Thank you for your time.
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LX LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-824&Tpk=N82E16813131824
CPU:Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=19-116-501&Tpk=N82E16819116501
RAM: CORSAIR XMS 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX32GX3M4A1600C11 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-233-279&Tpk=N82E16820233279
Graphics Card: EVGA 04G-P4-2766-KR GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-130-937&Tpk=N82E16814130937
Sound Card: ASUS XONAR_DG 5.1 Channels PCI Interface Xonar DG Sound Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=29-132-020&Tpk=N82E16829132020
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-148-844&Tpk=N82E16822148844
PSU: CORSAIR AX860 860W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=17-139-044&Tpk=N82E16817139044
CD/DVD Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=27-135-204&Tpk=N82E16827135204
Thanks again for your help, sorry for my scatterbrained sentence structure and last second notes I've thrown in.