- Dec 20, 2013
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First ever PC build, am interested in creating a PC that I can use for a long time with the capabilities for upgrades.
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Can purchase parts any time from now until July. Want to purchase during sales.
Budget Range: Prefer below 1000 but will go over if necessary.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: In Title
Are you buying a monitor: No
And here is list:
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor-$249.99
Arctic Cooling UC-AR7GT-AC-01 28.6 CFM CPU Cooler-$6.99
ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard-$89.99
Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory-$63.99
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk-$69.99
MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card-$359.99
Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply-$169.99
NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition Matte Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case-$139.99
Also:
Using handed-down 7200 RPM 400 GB hard-drive
Using Handed-Down Optical Drive
Using Handed-Down Mouse and Keyboard
Using Handed-Down Monitor
One of the main choices for choosing my motherboard is because it has a VGA port to work with an older monitor I will be commandeering as well as a port for the old keyboard I am using. I also chose a stronger power supply because I thought that it gave a the ability to upgrade my CPU, GPU etc. in the future without having to replace it. I checked through all of my options and believe that they all work together, but as this is my first time building a PC I figured that I could have missed something. I'd appreciate any recommendations on parts, vendors, configurations and the like so please comment if you have anything that could possibly help me out. Thanks!
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Can purchase parts any time from now until July. Want to purchase during sales.
Budget Range: Prefer below 1000 but will go over if necessary.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: In Title
Are you buying a monitor: No
And here is list:
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor-$249.99
Arctic Cooling UC-AR7GT-AC-01 28.6 CFM CPU Cooler-$6.99
ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard-$89.99
Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory-$63.99
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk-$69.99
MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card-$359.99
Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply-$169.99
NZXT Phantom 630 Windowed Edition Matte Black Steel / Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case-$139.99
Also:
Using handed-down 7200 RPM 400 GB hard-drive
Using Handed-Down Optical Drive
Using Handed-Down Mouse and Keyboard
Using Handed-Down Monitor
One of the main choices for choosing my motherboard is because it has a VGA port to work with an older monitor I will be commandeering as well as a port for the old keyboard I am using. I also chose a stronger power supply because I thought that it gave a the ability to upgrade my CPU, GPU etc. in the future without having to replace it. I checked through all of my options and believe that they all work together, but as this is my first time building a PC I figured that I could have missed something. I'd appreciate any recommendations on parts, vendors, configurations and the like so please comment if you have anything that could possibly help me out. Thanks!
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