Help me build a Great Gaming Computer, Please.

[Subidoo]

I'm Planning on Building a Gaming computer, i have a Friend that will Put it together if i just get the parts, my Budget is 1300$. I would Love to play WoW, ScII, Diablo 3, and some other games at Max resolutions. If You know a Build that would be perfect for that, i would appreciate the help!

 

[tkrl26]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754 $99
Win 7 Home Premium x64
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188058 $309.99 - Rebate - $40
MotherBoard EVGA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115067 $204.99
Core i5 CPU @2.8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181013&Tpk=H70 102.99
Water Cooler for CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227559 x2 64.99
RAM OCX Reaper 1600 8 Gigs total
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130557 $194 - Rebate $40
EVGA GTX 465 1gb GDDR5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119196 89.99
Cool Master Storm Scout
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341041 $99 - Rebate $10
OCZ PSU 750w, 4 +12v Rails
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136066 $69
74 GB Raptor drive (10,000 RPM)

And under budget by a few bucks...

Plus you can always run SLI or 3 way SLI, GFX and board both support both... Room to grow is the key to avoid a new build in 2 years to keep up...

Edited to add rebate info... also before rebates $1293 after rebates $1203 + shipping and tax.

 

[Why_Me]

I'm Planning on Building a Gaming computer, i have a Friend that will Put it together if i just get the parts, my Budget is 1300$. I would Love to play WoW, ScII, Diablo 3, and some other games at Max resolutions. If You know a Build that would be perfect for that, i would appreciate the help!

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261222-31-build-advice <--- Do this budget include a monitor, resolution, O/S, .... ?

 

[Subidoo]

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