A bit of Guidance with my first build.

[Guest]

Alright so im planning on using a site called magicmicro to build my custom rig, and I need a bit of advice. Now would this be a good build for Hi-Power gaming and such.
I've done a bit of reasearch on a few part but im still unsure.

It's one of them new Sandy bridge Pc's

CPU: Intel i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3gGhz Quad Core 6000K

Mother Board: ASUS P8H67-M PRO

CPU Cooling Fan: Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Vertical

Case Fan: Dual Case Fans 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan

Ram: 4Gb (2X2Gb) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel

GPU: Nvidia GTX 570 1280 MB PCI Express X16

HD: 1Tb Western Green Digital SATA2 UDMA 300 32m + Aluminum Cooling fan

Optical Drive: LG 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW

Sound Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI express

Case: PowMax Black Mid Tower ATX Case

Power Supply Unit: Ultra LSP 750W ATX Power Supply
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Over-clocking: I might
Sli or clossfire: Nope one Gpu is good enough for me
Im planing on keeping most games under 1280x1024 and keeping my desktop resolution at 1440x900.

The total price come up to $1270 dollars

 

[Why_Me]

Alright so im planning on using a site called magicmicro to build my custom rig, and I need a bit of advice. Now would this be a good build for Hi-Power gaming and such.
I've done a bit of reasearch on a few part but im still unsure.

It's one of them new Sandy bridge Pc's

CPU: Intel i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3gGhz Quad Core 6000K

Mother Board: ASUS P8H67-M PRO

CPU Cooling Fan: Coolermaster Hyper TX3 Vertical

Case Fan: Dual Case Fans 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan

Ram: 4Gb (2X2Gb) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel

GPU: Nvidia GTX 570 1280 MB PCI Express X16

HD: 1Tb Western Green Digital SATA2 UDMA 300 32m + Aluminum Cooling fan

Optical Drive: LG 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW

Sound Card: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI express

Case: PowMax Black Mid Tower ATX Case

Power Supply Unit: Ultra LSP 750W ATX Power Supply
--------------------------
Over-clocking: I might
Sli or clossfire: Nope one Gpu is good enough for me
Im planing on keeping most games under 1280x1024 and keeping my desktop resolution at 1440x900.

The total price come up to $1270 dollars

The H67 boards don't over clock, so no need for a 2500K. A 2500 is what you want for that build. No need for a 750w psu seeing how that board only does dual cards @ 4x...so a single PCI-E slot is what you want. Looking at your resolution... gtx 560 would be perfect...you can power that card with any decent psu 500w or better. Not only that but that psu up above isn't any psu you would see recommended.

http://www.magicmicro.com/pricelist.asp?cid=362 <--- Looking at their prices...including the prices on their cpu's...this site is a total hose job. Better off ordering the parts somewhere else (newegg, amazon, etc..) and either building it together with someone, or take the parts to your local mom and pops pc store and paying them to build it.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Magicmicro not a very shopping friendly site so used newegg

MoBo - P8P67 pro

Cooler - Scythe Mugen 2 SCMG 2100 if you over clocking above 4.4 GHz, otherwise stock cooler. $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185142

RAM - CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260

GFX - ASUS ENGTX570/2DI/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit w/ Free JC2 + Mafia II coupon w/ purchase $319
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121412

But this is way way too powerful for 1400 x 900 and would be wasted. A $65 card would do all you need at that resolution.

Tops I'd get here would be a GTX 560 Ti OC ($240) and that expecting an upgrade to a 1920 x 1080 Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121424

HD - Skip the Green ... saving energy costs speed. Here's a combo w/ OS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.591429

Sound Card - Completely unnecessary, on board sound is just fine.

Case & PSU - Here are my strongest recommendations to your picks. That Ultra at $95 is highway robbery for a rather poor PSU. While 1 GFX card is enough for today's games, what you gonna do 12-18 months down the line. A 2nd GFX card at this point would be a big lift at minimal expense.

Case Choices:

Antec DF-35 $120 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129088
Antec 902 V3 $110 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129097
HAF-922 - $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

PSU Choices:

XFX Black Edition 750 - 10.0 rated PSU per jonnyguru at $100 ... capable of supporting two 560 Ti's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207003

Monitor - Here's some choices:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007617%2050001315&IsNodeId=1&srchInDesc=1920&page=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

 

[dalauder]

I just want to highlight some of the most important stuff already mentioned that I wanted to say anyways:

1) Build it yourself from Newegg.com or other similar sites (Tiger Direct, Amazon, Microcenter is the best)
2) Buy a Power Supply from Corsair, Antec, Seasonic, Silverstone, XFX, or any Jonnyguru great reviewed psu
3) P67 Motherboard
4) HDD doesn't need a cooler and shouldn't be "green"
5) Why_Me and JackNaylor know what they're talking about.