I am in the market to upgrade (well, really build a new PC with my current case, HDD and optical drives). I have compiled a list of items after reading through the builder's marathons and other articles. Is there anything in the list that could be swapped for another better item or money to be saved? My budget is obvious as little as possible while retaining as much quality/performance as possible, though my max is ~$1000. This will be a gaming machine and will not be used for anything else.
My current shopping list is as follows...
GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz LGA 1366 CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115224
Kingston HyperX 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104190
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116762
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus CPU Heatsink and Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
----OR----
Should I wait until more LGA1155 motherboards are available and get an i7-2600K? These seem to be very strong CPUs but motherboards are very limited currently and they are only in their 1st gen.
This will be my first post in a very long time and I have been out of the PC building loop for quite some time, so I apologize in advance for sounding a bit daft.
Thanks in advance!
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My current shopping list is as follows...
GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423
CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz LGA 1366 CPU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115224
Kingston HyperX 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104190
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116762
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus CPU Heatsink and Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
----OR----
Should I wait until more LGA1155 motherboards are available and get an i7-2600K? These seem to be very strong CPUs but motherboards are very limited currently and they are only in their 1st gen.
This will be my first post in a very long time and I have been out of the PC building loop for quite some time, so I apologize in advance for sounding a bit daft.
Thanks in advance!
[edited to fix urls]