1st time gaming build (750-900$)

[Rtb1990]

Approximate Purchase Date: (Today if the price is around 750$. 900$ if I purchase it next Friday)

Budget Range: (e.g.: See above) Before Rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (Gaming most important. Dont plan on doing anything else other than gaming and basic usage.)

Parts Not Required: (Monitor, Mouse/Keyboard, speakers.) Monitor is an Asus VW246H. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236049&cm_re=asus_vw246h-_-24-236-049-_-Product)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: ( newegg.com)

Country of Origin: (U.S.)

Parts Preferences: by brand or type (none)

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: (1920x1080 )

Additional Comments:The reason for the different prices, is because I have 750$ saved up as of right now. But If i wait till next Friday (June 3rd), I can have 900$ available for the build. This is my first ever build, and ill post pics when i get the parts, and take pics of the finished pc if you guys could help me out.

Thanks,

Rob

 

[jasonw223]

I'll let you shop around on newegg for brands and prices, but here's what I'd suggest...

i5 2500k processor
CM hyper 212+ cooler
MSI P67A-G43 motherboard
4 or 8gb 1600mhz DDR3
DVD Burner
nVidia GTX 560 Ti 1gb video card
Antec 300
Corsair 650w power supply
Hard Drive
+SSD if you have room in your budget (OCZ Solid 3 60gb is nice)

That sort of build will give you some real good performance for the price. I can help if you've got any more questions, but maybe that will get you started...

 

[cmadrid]

gtx 560 ti or amd 6950, either one
hyper 212+ if you can get it for $25-$30 otherwise get Scythe Mugen 2 rev B
8gb of ddr3
samsung spinpoint f3 1tb hd

if you get an SSD (you could always buy everything else now and get the SSD next week!) I like this one currently

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441&cm_re=crucial_m4-_-20-148-441-_-Product

 

[jasonw223]

I don't mean to troll all your SSD posts cmadrid, but for $5 more:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227728&cm_re=solid_3-_-20-227-728-_-Product

85 MB/s more read, 305MB/s more write speed, 800,000 more rated hours of use.

 

[cmadrid]

thats ok, I'm content to not like the solid line of drives.. I'd never buy an OCZ solid