Help! gaming i5 under $700

[garpa]

Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: (e.g.: 600-800): 700 before rebates, if <650, perfect. With SSD, 750. (including tax)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, photoshop, web browsing

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Country of Origin: USA

Parts Preferences: i5 sandy bridge, 100gb+ SSD if possible. USB 3.0

Overclocking: Maybe (Not necessary)

SLI or Crossfire: Probably not (maaaaybe in the future)

Monitor Resolution: don't know

Additional Comments:

I'm trying to build a gaming desktop under 700. I'm on a tight budget, but since my last desktop was P4, I want to aim for i5 sandy bridge CPU. I can compromise some graphic performance for better cpu (thinking about HD 5770 at this point). 4gb ram is enough for me.

It'd be nice if the brands are more reliable ones.. like asus, gigabyte, rosewill..etc.

 

[robbiep28]

You're really not going to get a build with a 100gb+ ssd with that budget 120gb ssd usually cost >$200 alone.

 

[garpa]

yeah.. i know.. lol

 

[ge8ff]

CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3-B3 LGA 1155
GPU: ASUS EAH5850 DIRECTCU/2DIS/1GD5 Radeon HD 5850
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W
Case: Rosewill CHALLENGER Black Gaming ATX Mid Tower
Optical Drive: ASUS Black 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW

Total: $802.45 w/ shipping - $45 Rebate = $757.45

This puts all your preferred brands in aswell as a much better graphics card. It also went a bit over budget. So you can get that 5770 you wanted and saved some money.

Wait for some others to post though. I didn't look through combos.

 

[Guest]

if you're getting p67 you should get i52500k. you should definately overclock.

 

[garpa]

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