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My labtop called it quits on me a couple months ago so I'm in the market for a nice new gaming rig. I was planning on waiting nearer to the release of diablo 3 so I'm curious if anyone might know whats coming out in the next year and if it would be really worth the wait.

Heres my build I've looked around quite a bit but if you can critique what I've come up with, please and thank you.

Processer: Intel Core i5-2500K $219
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.691419

Power supply: Mk II 950W $149
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817703028

HHD: Curcial M4 SSD 64G $109
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148447
Samsung spinpoint 1TB Internal HHD $69
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185

Graphics card: Radeon HD 6950 2G $279
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102929

RAM: Ripjaws 8GB $99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231468

Extreme4 Motherboard $189
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157250

Mouse: Razer Mamba $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6826153048

G16 Keyboard $ ??? buying online pretty cheap.

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Reply to iAlchemist

Pet peeve, sorry. Laptop. Not Labtop. Lol That powersupply is a LITTLE overkill.. and by little I mean a lot. You should need.. maybe 750w max? I know a calculator, hold on.

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

Squirrel told me about that calculator

Message edited by klaykid on 07-18-2011 at 07:39:03 PM

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Blizzard generally does a good job of keep their game requirements low to make sure they get the maximum number of people to buy their games. Since the Intel Core i5-2500K is about the best gaming processor out on the market and the video card you have is a harder end one I would say that you are well set up for Diablo 3 when it is released.

On the power take a look at the Corsair tx750.

Christian Wood
Intel Enthusiast Team

Reply to IntelEnthusiast

Haha, lab or lap gets me all the time man. Thanks for the calculator.
Thanks for the info Christian, would you guys agree with the graphics card or change to something elce?

Message edited by iAlchemist on 07-18-2011 at 08:01:24 PM

Reply to iAlchemist

Your GPU card is fine, and yuou leave room for Xfire later on. If yo plan to Xfire later on make sure you get a very good 750W + PSU that can handle Xfire. A Corsair 750W TX would be fine, but I prefer a higher wattage (850 +) for greater overhead in Xfire.

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i will provide my current picks for a comparison
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817371049
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.662489
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.689147

theres a $210 price difference between those components and the ones in your op.

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iAlchemist wrote :

I have the Razer DeathAdder and I can say I thoroughly enjoy this mouse . It'll shave off a good 70 bucks too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Reply to Parsnip

You can get a Samsung 2 TB drive for only $80. I know that it is a green drive, but as it is a storage device and not for RAID, I'd suggest that it would be a better value.

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Reply to Chesteracorgi

Unreal guys thanks for the advise, probably pick this up next week!

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