Approximate Purchase Date: 2-3 weeks from now
Budget Range: Well, none in particular, but don't want to be wasting money on stuff I don't need.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming > browsing the net > MS office
Parts Not Required: Many, see below
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: I'm partial to ASUS mobos and Corsair ram. Other than that, no.
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: No, at least not for awhile
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Feel free to recommend anymore parts that I'm carrying over that I should ditch. I am planning on eventually getting a SSD and windows 7 later on, but I don't see that as particularly urgent.
Parts I am carrying over from my current build:
EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130595&cm_re=gtx_570-_-14-130-595-_-Product
Case- Antec 900
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&Tpk=antec%2b900
PSU- Corsair 750w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
HDD- Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148294
DVD burner – Samsung Sata
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171
OS – Vista home prem. 64bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488
New parts:
$224.99 Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&cm_re=2500k-_-19-115-072-_-Product
$184.99 - ASUS P8P67 PRO LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131682&cm_re=asus_p67-_-13-131-682-_-Product
****I am unsure if I should get this or the Evo; the only features I care about on the evo would be the better heat dissipation, but I have no clue if that's worth $15. I don't care about the dual Lan or power/restart switches.
$114.99 - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
$29.99 – COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&cm_re=coolermaster_hyper-_-35-103-065-_-Product
$7 - Tuniq TX-2 Cooling Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154003&cm_re=thermal_compound-_-35-154-003-_-Product
$5.99 - Rosewill 1.64 ft. eSATA Black Flat Cable Support 6 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps transfer rate Model RC-1.64-eSATA-MM-BK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119249&cm_re=esata_to_esata-_-12-119-249-_-Product
Total: $568
Budget Range: Well, none in particular, but don't want to be wasting money on stuff I don't need.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming > browsing the net > MS office
Parts Not Required: Many, see below
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: I'm partial to ASUS mobos and Corsair ram. Other than that, no.
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: No, at least not for awhile
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Feel free to recommend anymore parts that I'm carrying over that I should ditch. I am planning on eventually getting a SSD and windows 7 later on, but I don't see that as particularly urgent.
Parts I am carrying over from my current build:
EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130595&cm_re=gtx_570-_-14-130-595-_-Product
Case- Antec 900
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021&Tpk=antec%2b900
PSU- Corsair 750w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
HDD- Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148294
DVD burner – Samsung Sata
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171
OS – Vista home prem. 64bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488
New parts:
$224.99 Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&cm_re=2500k-_-19-115-072-_-Product
$184.99 - ASUS P8P67 PRO LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131682&cm_re=asus_p67-_-13-131-682-_-Product
****I am unsure if I should get this or the Evo; the only features I care about on the evo would be the better heat dissipation, but I have no clue if that's worth $15. I don't care about the dual Lan or power/restart switches.
$114.99 - CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
$29.99 – COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&cm_re=coolermaster_hyper-_-35-103-065-_-Product
$7 - Tuniq TX-2 Cooling Thermal Compound
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154003&cm_re=thermal_compound-_-35-154-003-_-Product
$5.99 - Rosewill 1.64 ft. eSATA Black Flat Cable Support 6 Gbps, 3 Gbps, and 1.5 Gbps transfer rate Model RC-1.64-eSATA-MM-BK
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119249&cm_re=esata_to_esata-_-12-119-249-_-Product
Total: $568