Approximate Purchase Date: before black Friday sales end actually on Friday would be the best sales? I'm not sure
Budget Range: $500 willing to go a bit further but it might mean I miss out on WII U black Friday sales and I prefer not to deal with mail in rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, watching movies
Are you buying a monitor: eventually just getting the other more expensive parts during black Friday is my biggest concern
Parts to Upgrade: not really upgrading but trying to piece together a new comp during these black Friday sales as my current computer is a laptop so I cant use any parts from it.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes unless I can download it somehow or the Asus window 7 factory restore disk from my laptop would work
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Ive think Ive read to browse newegg.com first and then actually buy the parts at tigerdirect.com for cheaper pricing
Location: - Baltimore, MD , US
Parts Preferences: I don't really care but my friend recommended an i5 at least so I thought maybe I could get something about as good as a i7, but I am leaning more toward AMD processors because they tend to be a little cheaper
Overclocking: I don't think I should be worried about this
SLI or Crossfire: Ive thought about it and I think I want to have room in my computer to use crossfire some months down the road maybe if I end up playing more heavily graphical games at some point
Your Monitor Resolution: I guess something as big as my current monitor would be good 17.3 inch laptop
Additional Comments: if the desktop ends up any louder than my current laptop or is likely to produce a lot of heat I may want to install liquid cooling.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: to play phantasy star online 2 with my friends either when its US released or on a JP server with a english patch my laptop scored rather poorly on the benchmark test for it. So far I have pieced together these parts
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7850413&sku=U12-42506 Ultra LSP Series V2 650-Watt Power Supply might switch this out for the 850 watt one it seems better and cheaper and extra watts for more expansion if I ever feel the need to make any $59.99 including instant savings
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7906005&Sku= SolidGear 850W Power Supply - ATX, Single 12V Rail, 120mm Nano Fan, Anti-radiation Filter, $49.99 not including the 20.00 rebate
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8573339&sku=RLH-102014201 Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 11217-01-20G 2GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0 (x16)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4904560&sku=A79-8320 AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 Eight-Core 3.5GHz AM3+ Processor
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1963472&sku=M452-6253 MSI 970A-G46 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 970 Chipset, 2133MHz DDR3 (O.C.)
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC3-14900-240-Pin-BLS8G3D18ADS/dp/B00DCMU8BE/ref=sr_1_25?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1385160163&sr=1-25&keywords=ram+1866 Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB Single DDR3 1866 MT/s (PC3-14900) CL10 @1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory Module $81.99
I just want to be sure everything's compatible Ive done a bit of research and its a bit confusing but I think this 20+4 pin power supply should fit together with this mother board and supply more than enough power I'm just hoping I can get a 700 dollar computer setup for about 500 bucks during these black Friday sales but these parts are kinda already pushing me to 500 without the hard disk and ram etc I actually used this guide for starting my build based off of the 700$ setup and modified it bit to have what I think is a better cpu http://elitegamingcomputers.com/good-cheap-gaming-computers-november-2013/#23
Budget Range: $500 willing to go a bit further but it might mean I miss out on WII U black Friday sales and I prefer not to deal with mail in rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, watching movies
Are you buying a monitor: eventually just getting the other more expensive parts during black Friday is my biggest concern
Parts to Upgrade: not really upgrading but trying to piece together a new comp during these black Friday sales as my current computer is a laptop so I cant use any parts from it.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes unless I can download it somehow or the Asus window 7 factory restore disk from my laptop would work
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Ive think Ive read to browse newegg.com first and then actually buy the parts at tigerdirect.com for cheaper pricing
Location: - Baltimore, MD , US
Parts Preferences: I don't really care but my friend recommended an i5 at least so I thought maybe I could get something about as good as a i7, but I am leaning more toward AMD processors because they tend to be a little cheaper
Overclocking: I don't think I should be worried about this
SLI or Crossfire: Ive thought about it and I think I want to have room in my computer to use crossfire some months down the road maybe if I end up playing more heavily graphical games at some point
Your Monitor Resolution: I guess something as big as my current monitor would be good 17.3 inch laptop
Additional Comments: if the desktop ends up any louder than my current laptop or is likely to produce a lot of heat I may want to install liquid cooling.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: to play phantasy star online 2 with my friends either when its US released or on a JP server with a english patch my laptop scored rather poorly on the benchmark test for it. So far I have pieced together these parts
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7850413&sku=U12-42506 Ultra LSP Series V2 650-Watt Power Supply might switch this out for the 850 watt one it seems better and cheaper and extra watts for more expansion if I ever feel the need to make any $59.99 including instant savings
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7906005&Sku= SolidGear 850W Power Supply - ATX, Single 12V Rail, 120mm Nano Fan, Anti-radiation Filter, $49.99 not including the 20.00 rebate
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8573339&sku=RLH-102014201 Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 11217-01-20G 2GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0 (x16)
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4904560&sku=A79-8320 AMD FD8320FRHKBOX FX-8320 Eight-Core 3.5GHz AM3+ Processor
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1963472&sku=M452-6253 MSI 970A-G46 AMD 9 Series Motherboard - ATX, Socket AM3+, AMD 970 Chipset, 2133MHz DDR3 (O.C.)
http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Ballistix-PC3-14900-240-Pin-BLS8G3D18ADS/dp/B00DCMU8BE/ref=sr_1_25?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1385160163&sr=1-25&keywords=ram+1866 Crucial Ballistix Sport XT 8GB Single DDR3 1866 MT/s (PC3-14900) CL10 @1.5V UDIMM 240-Pin Memory Module $81.99
I just want to be sure everything's compatible Ive done a bit of research and its a bit confusing but I think this 20+4 pin power supply should fit together with this mother board and supply more than enough power I'm just hoping I can get a 700 dollar computer setup for about 500 bucks during these black Friday sales but these parts are kinda already pushing me to 500 without the hard disk and ram etc I actually used this guide for starting my build based off of the 700$ setup and modified it bit to have what I think is a better cpu http://elitegamingcomputers.com/good-cheap-gaming-computers-november-2013/#23