- Aug 22, 2013
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Hello friends,
This is the first time I'm going to be building a desktop. I'm most interested in using it for gaming since I use my (old) laptop for school, which can only run a limited amount of games (Garry's Mod, Half-Life 2, NBA 2k13) on low-ish settings. Anyway, I'd love to hear some advice before I go ahead and order the parts.
Also, is it worth waiting a couple weeks for Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals? I don't have a strict budget, but I'd love to save some money if possible.
*Some other notes: I'm not looking to overclock. I have the essential peripherals that I might upgrade later. The games that I currently own that I can't play and wish to play on my new system: Bioshock Infinite, Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood, Battlefield 3, Metro 2033, etc.*
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.94 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Case: CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced - Gaming Mid Tower Computer Case with Carrying Handles (Black) ($94.99)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX760 w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB GDDR5 256bit, Dual-Link DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI,DP, SLI Ready Graphics Card ($249.95)- includes Arkham Origins, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
Operating System: Microsoft WN7-00404 Windows 8 Free update to Windows 8.1 Operating System Software - 64-Bit, OEM ($89.99)
Total: $947.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-17 20:24 EST-0500)
Thanks so much in advance!
This is the first time I'm going to be building a desktop. I'm most interested in using it for gaming since I use my (old) laptop for school, which can only run a limited amount of games (Garry's Mod, Half-Life 2, NBA 2k13) on low-ish settings. Anyway, I'd love to hear some advice before I go ahead and order the parts.
Also, is it worth waiting a couple weeks for Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals? I don't have a strict budget, but I'd love to save some money if possible.
*Some other notes: I'm not looking to overclock. I have the essential peripherals that I might upgrade later. The games that I currently own that I can't play and wish to play on my new system: Bioshock Infinite, Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood, Battlefield 3, Metro 2033, etc.*
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($159.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H87-D3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($62.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.94 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Case: CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced - Gaming Mid Tower Computer Case with Carrying Handles (Black) ($94.99)
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX760 w/EVGA ACX Cooler 2GB GDDR5 256bit, Dual-Link DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI,DP, SLI Ready Graphics Card ($249.95)- includes Arkham Origins, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, and Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
Operating System: Microsoft WN7-00404 Windows 8 Free update to Windows 8.1 Operating System Software - 64-Bit, OEM ($89.99)
Total: $947.82
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-17 20:24 EST-0500)
Thanks so much in advance!
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