First time building PC

[Elisus]

Hello,
I'm been thinking of building my first PC and was looking for suggestions on what parts to get.

Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: 500-700 Before Rebate

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Monitor, Speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg, amazon

Country of Origin: U.S.A.

Parts Preferences: by brand or type : Intel CPU, NVIDIA graphics card

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Quiet PC, with no overheeating problems

Looking around on newegg I found something similar to what I would want
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227339

 

[wintermint]

Does this mean you need the OS? If you don't then:

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k $220 [$180 in Microcenter]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

CPU Cooler: Stock

Mobo: MSI P67A-G45 (B3) $120 [$100 after MIR]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130582

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 2x2GB F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL $35
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427

GPUNY VCGGTX560TXPB GeForce GTX 560 Ti $225 [$195 after MIR]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133377

Case: Rosewill Challenger $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153

Power: Antec High Current Gamer HCG-750 $95 [$70 after MIR]
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371049

Optical: Lite-On iHAS124-04 $20
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106334&Tpk=iHas

This is $765 before MIR and $700 after MIR. I understand this is over your budget but the products are all justifiable. You may run your nVidia in SLI in the future, H61/67 can only run x16/x4 max so there will be a bottleneck for your second graphic card. P67 has x8/x8 which is good. P67 also has overclocking and the i5-2500k is simply badass for overclocking. People can push it to 4.0 on stock heatsink no voltage bump even! The 560ti is the card you want to get. 550 ti simply sucks and you prefer nVidia. I wouldn't go for the older generation 460 because that's going to be a dead end soon. The Antec HCG 750 will be enough to run another 560 ti when you decide to add another one.

 

[QwertyMusicMan]

You could get that one on newegg and upgrade the GPU to a GTX 560 for ~$200 down the line a bit. That would work fairly well, if you don't want to build everything yourself. If you buy the premade computer and it works well, you could spend ~$500 on a GTX 580 in a year or two. If you would rather get a slightly better computer and build it yourself (which is more of a hassle), you could go for this:

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128495&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Motherboards+-+Intel-_-GIGABYTE-_-13128495 $100

RAM: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Technology-Modules-KHX1600C9D3K2-8GX/dp/B0037TO5C0/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1312174274&sr=1-5 $55

CPU: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-i5-2500-Processor-3-3GHz-LGA1155/dp/B004EBUXI0 $200

GPU: http://www.amazon.com/PNY-NVIDIA-GeForce%C2%AE-PCI-Express-VCGGTX560TXPB/dp/B004INH10C $225

DVD Drive: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SATA-Internal-Drive-AD-7260S-0B/dp/B003MRHOQG $25

HDD: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Spinpoint-3-5-Inch-Internal-HD103SJ/dp/accessories/B002MQC0P8 $60

And any mid-tower or full-tower case should be ok, just do some research. Total ~$700. This would cost the same as upgrading the pre-built one, but it would be more of a hassle and perform a bit better.

 

[Zero_]

Check my sig If you don't need an OS, the $800 build would suit you well.

 

[Elisus]

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