Hi all, Thank you in advance for your advice. I am getting ready to build a new PC to game with when Windows 10 drops (would be a pain to have to buy two OSs). I built this system on newegg and am pretty happy with it. Including accessories it's around $800. At this price point, so called future proofing is impossible, but I tried to design it in such a way that I had options for expansion in a few years (increased ram, buying another GTX660 to SLI, upgrade the i5 to a high end i7 after the new architecture causes a price drop). If I decide to do this build I will also probably start buying the more quality-stable components now as they come on sale (such as the SSD, Optical, and HDD).
I would really appreciate it if you all could take a look at tell me if there are any incompatibilities that I'm not seeing or if there are better choices than the ones I have picked. I don't want to spend anymore than this though. I mostly play MMOs and sandbox type games (Gothic, Fable, etc.) and am not a hardcore gamer.
Antec GX500 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Antec GX500 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
TP-LINK TL-WN881ND Wireless N300 PCI Express Adapter, 300Mbps, w/WPS Button, IEEE 802.1b/g/n, 64/128 bit WEP, WPA/WPA2 TP-LINK TL-WN881ND Wireless N300 PCI Express Adapter, 300Mbps, w/WPS Button, IEEE 802.1b/g/n, 64/128 bit WEP, WPA/WPA2
2x Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-120 120mm 120mm Fan Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-120 120mm 120mm Fan
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G
MSI Z97S SLI Plus LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard MSI Z97S SLI Plus LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ZOTAC Synergy Edition ZT-60904-10M G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card ZOTAC Synergy Edition ZT-60904-10M G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI
Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54460 Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54460
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5 Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
I would really appreciate it if you all could take a look at tell me if there are any incompatibilities that I'm not seeing or if there are better choices than the ones I have picked. I don't want to spend anymore than this though. I mostly play MMOs and sandbox type games (Gothic, Fable, etc.) and am not a hardcore gamer.
Antec GX500 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case Antec GX500 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply APEVIA ATX-AS680W-BL 680W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
TP-LINK TL-WN881ND Wireless N300 PCI Express Adapter, 300Mbps, w/WPS Button, IEEE 802.1b/g/n, 64/128 bit WEP, WPA/WPA2 TP-LINK TL-WN881ND Wireless N300 PCI Express Adapter, 300Mbps, w/WPS Button, IEEE 802.1b/g/n, 64/128 bit WEP, WPA/WPA2
2x Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-120 120mm 120mm Fan Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-120 120mm 120mm Fan
Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound AS5-3.5G
MSI Z97S SLI Plus LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard MSI Z97S SLI Plus LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
ZOTAC Synergy Edition ZT-60904-10M G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card ZOTAC Synergy Edition ZT-60904-10M G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready SLI
Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54460 Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2GHz LGA 1150 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I54460
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5 Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive