Hello all. I'm back with my finalized build, and I'd like to hear everyone's opinion before I pull the trigger. I'm trying to stay in the $800 area or less. This PC is mainly going to be used for gaming (Guild Wars 2, Diablo, etc.)
NZXT 210 Elite $50
Corsair Gaming Series 600W Power Supply $85
Intel i5-2500k $180 (MicroCenter)
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard $122
Mushkin 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 RAM $45
Sony 24x SATA DVD+/RW Drive $18
Western Digita Caviar Blue 500 GB HDD 7200RPM $75
Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB $200
TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------- $775
That's everything I have far. Sorry I can't include the links right now, since I'm not using my computer.
Also, I am aware that the HD 7850 is a slightly better graphics card for a similar price, but I have a good deal through a co-worker on the 6950, so I think I'm going to stick with that unless someone else can point me toward a $200 card of equal ability.
Thanks in advance! This will be my first build. I'm really looking forward to it.
NZXT 210 Elite $50
Corsair Gaming Series 600W Power Supply $85
Intel i5-2500k $180 (MicroCenter)
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard $122
Mushkin 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3 1600 RAM $45
Sony 24x SATA DVD+/RW Drive $18
Western Digita Caviar Blue 500 GB HDD 7200RPM $75
Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB $200
TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------- $775
That's everything I have far. Sorry I can't include the links right now, since I'm not using my computer.
Also, I am aware that the HD 7850 is a slightly better graphics card for a similar price, but I have a good deal through a co-worker on the 6950, so I think I'm going to stick with that unless someone else can point me toward a $200 card of equal ability.
Thanks in advance! This will be my first build. I'm really looking forward to it.