$1,000 Gaming Build. Updated for TH Guidelines / Want to Buy by Friday

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within the next 3-10 Days of this Post BUDGET RANGE: $1,000 Before Rebates

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Streaming Movies, Expandability, Homework/Surfing the Web

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Mouse, Keyboard, Operating System, Speakers

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg? COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA-Wisconsin

PARTS PREFERENCES: AMD Quad Core 3.2/3.4.....Corsair PSU......Radeon 5770 or 5780 (Think thats correct?- Whatever has best Combo Deals).....Thinking an Antec Case.....Ripjaw Ram?

OVERCLOCKING: Probably not...

MONITOR RESOLUTION: I'm not even sure....Something that will work on a 22-24 inch monitor greatly, 1900x____? perhaps.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Just would like an overall build, including a monitor. I have my tax money laying around and is extremely sick of trying to game on my Sony Vaio Laptop!




Like I said above, I'm not too sure how to choose the necessary parts to make sure they all work. What i am really looking for, but also, depending on Combo Deals....(Rough Draft as you take it)

AMD Quad Core 3.2 or 3.4

ANTEC THREE-HUNDRED TOWER:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 42876&SID=

MONITOR (Although im fairly sure I can find cheaper)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824009243

PSU: Corsair
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 42876&SID=



As for graphics, I'm not sure. I play games such as WOW, COD Series, Battlefield Series, Starcraft2, ect......Im by no means a hardcore gamer. Sure would be nice to max out graphics though! I was thinking a 5770, but then again, whatever comes with the best Combo Deals. Hard Drive, Optical Drive-don't really matter all that much to me.

Ram, Again, I'm not sure...Was thinking 4 gig RipJaw? Like I said above many times----Combo Deals!




Anyways Tom's Hardware Forums, I am really looking forward to getting a full Build around $1,000 (900'ish would be even better!!) Once I get a final build and feel that it will blow my out of the water, i would like to purchase it almost immediately before the Combo Deals Expire. Thank you for anyone who Contributes to this thread!

Case
Antec 300 $60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129066

HD
Spinpoint F3 500GB $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181

RAM
G Skill Ripjaw 1600 Cas 7 $100 w/ promo code, ends today
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231303

GPU
XFX 5850 $277
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.422132
Comboing w/ Free surge protector winds up $3 cheaper than by itself.

PSU/optical
OCZ 700w 80+ and Lite on $90 w/ $20 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.418929

CPU/MOBO
Phenom II x4 955 and GA-790-UD4 $260 w/ $15 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.405957

Monitor
Asus 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms $199 w/ $20 MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824236059



Total $1042 before $55 MIR and shipping ($20 ish)

A little bit over. If you really want to knock it under $1k then you can use the Normal Antec 300 (not illusion) $15.50 savings and a 21" monitor $30 savings
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824001385

OCZ Modxstream line is perfectly fine. If you want a Corsair that'll run xfire 5850's in the future, you'll need at least a 650W one, which is also $70 atm after MIR and promo, but no free optical.

If you wanna spend $20 more then, sure, grab a 650TX and a $20 optical.

the 5850 bench's about 40-50% higher FPS than the 5770.

For a $1k build including monitor, yea, I'd be perfectly happy with this.

That PSU is fine, throw in a random $20 SATA optical and you're fine.

Here's a 23.6" Hanns G monitor for $170 after promo code.

You want win 7 64 bit to utilize more than 3gb of RAM.