[New Build] - First time builder, 600 Max

Approximate Purchase Date: Today if possible =)

Budget Range: 600 Max

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, School, Surfing

Parts Not Required: Speakers, OS, CD/DVD drives, Monitor, and a few things i'm unsure of, such as Case. If I can somehow find a multi button mouse for cheap I'll grab it, Not necessarily a 17 button Naga, though I'd like one, they are expensive. But if I can find a cheap one, with a decent number of buttons, i'll try to squeeze it in.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: My issue here is a big one, Newegg charges Tax in my state =/ This has caused me some issues with my search.

Country of Origin: United States

Parts Preferences: None

Overclocking: Not likely.

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: At work, not sure off top of my head.

Additional Comments: I'm looking for something thats going to last me a while. The games I play tend to be MMOs. Currently I'm playing WoW, but in the future could possibly play games such as Diablo 3 etc. Also, newer MMOs are having better and better graphics. Since 99 i've been used to playing games on low-med graphics, so, I really want something I can turn the graphics up and enjoy them for once. Now, if its a top of the line graphics game in the future it doesnt bother me if I have to turn the graphics down some etc. Like I said, i'm used to playing on low-med for over a decade now.

I'm not new to tinkering with computers, I have replaced, upgraded, tore down, rebuilt tons of PCs, this is just my first pure build on my own. I have never messed with processors etc, all my mobos have had them in them when i got them, so a bit unsure on that, may have to research it.

I have a couple older cases, from early 2000s maybe late 90s, older like HP or Emachine type cases. This makes me unsure if they will be usuable with the newer parts. Also, airflow and things of that nature concern me. I'm assuming on a build like this i'll just be going with stock heatsinks etc.

I've been searching around at parts and other peoples lists, but my main issue is they are all newegg based. Kills me they charge tax in my state.

When it comes to mouse and keyboard, i'll likely just grab cheap keyboard somewhere, for mouse, like i said above, if I can find one i can sqeeze in for the right price, with multiple buttons, i'll grab it. This is something i've just recently thought about, so other than the naga, i'm pretty clueless.

When it comes to harddrives, I don't need tons of space, my current one is 250 gig, and it still isnt full. So, I'm hoping to maybe save some money here. Up for suggestions here.





As far as parts being picked out, I have some in mind, but havent actually picked them out, I'm still usnure what site i'm going to be using. I've looked on tigerdirect some, but they don't seem to have as good of a selection. So, advice on this would be amazing as well.

One area i'm kinda clueless at, is picking out a mobo/psu wit a comparable gpu. I don't want one to bottleneck the other, but ive been looking at the i3 2100s and the gpu im still up in the air on. If I could work it in, a i5 2400.

I was looking at the ripjaws for ram, around 4g worth, but couldn't find them on tigerdirect, so not sure on this.

Mobo, from what i've read, a 1155 would be the way to go, but taking suggestions on everything =)

Looking for advice on the whole build, so any suggestions please feel free to comment!