First Gaming PC

[RikuX9]

Approximate Purchase Date: About a week

Budget Range: 1300-$1500 (I'd like to stay closer to $1300, but it's not too much of a problem.) After Rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Movies, Photoshop

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Speakers

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: NCIX.com , Newegg.ca

Country of Origin: Canada

Parts Preferences: I prefer Nvidia and EVGA.

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050 (I'm planning on getting a new monitor later)


This is what I'm thinking about getting.

CPU: Intel 2600k NCIX Newegg

Motherboard: MSI P67A-G43 (B3) NCIX Newegg

Case: NZXT Phantom Black PHAN-001BK NCIX Newegg

GPU: EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 HD 2560MB NCIX Newegg

RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 NCIX Newegg

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache NCIX Newegg

PSU: Corsair Professional Series Gold AX750 NCIX Newegg

LG CH12LS28 12X Blu-Ray Reader & Lightscribe DVD Writer Combo Drive NCIX Newegg

CPU Cooler: No idea

 

[mryoink]

Well some ideas from me mostly cost saving ones. The Intel 2500k is a better value which saves nearly 100. The Corsair HX750 is another PSU choice, not 100% modular, but really you're going to use the 24pin and CPU power cables anyway and it's about 40 less. I do like EVGA and the 570 also personally however I don't see any benefit to you getting a double RAM version, it really isn't worth the extra 75 either something like:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130621

CPU cooler, well a lot like the CM Hyper 212+ it floats somewhere around 30 bucks.

You can take the money saved from the 3 areas I mentioned and go with a 128 GB SSD like a Crucial M4 for your OS drive, main programs and games which will make the whole system feel more responsive and is something I recommend on builds with a budget over 1k.

Here is another motherboard option as well to consider:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157265

 

[DXRick]

Personally, I would choose a cheaper mid tower case, a Z68 motherboard, and two GTX 560 Ti's in SLI over one 570.

BTW: Why do you link to NewEgg's US site instead of their Canadian one?

 

[Why_Me]

These two sites (Best Direct and Direct Canada) are affiliated and both use the same shipping addy out of Richmond, BC and both offer free shipping.

http://www.bestdirect.ca
http://www.bestdirect.ca/contact/

http://www.directcanada.com
http://www.directcanada.com/contact/

This build allows you to add another one of those factory o/c gtx 560ti's for SLI.

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/216224/RC-922M-KKN1-GP/COOLERMASTER/ $89.68
Coolermaster Haf 922 Mid Tower ATX Case Black 5X5.25 5X3.5INT Front Audio USB eSATA No PSU

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/228326/R4-LUS-07AR-GP/COOLERMASTER/ $11.00
Coolermaster Megaflow 200MM Red LED Case Fan 700RPM for HAF932 922 Cosmos S Atcs 840 Storm Sniper

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/229778/R4-L2R-20CRAR/COOLERMASTER/ $4.95
Coolermaster R4-L2R-20 120MM Red LED Case Fan 2000RPM 69CFM 19DBA 3/4 Pin

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15180AC1911&vpn=P1750BNLG9&manufacture=XFX $114.05
XFX 750W PRO750W XXX Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 62A 24PIN ATX Modular Power Supply 80PLUS Silver

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12980BD9725&vpn=P67A-GD53%20(B3)&manufacture=MSI $145.43 MIR $125.43
MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) P67 ATX LGA1155 DDR3 2PCI-E16 3PCI-E 2PCI SLI CrossFireX SATA3 USB3 Motherboard

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/232639/BX80623I52500K/Intel/ $208.79
Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/218427/RR-B10-212P-G1/COOLERMASTER/ $24.20
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366 LGA1155 LGA1156 120MM

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/233999/F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR/G.SKILL/ $57.43
G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR Sniper SE 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 1.5V Memory Kit

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/233111/ST31000524AS/Seagate/ $53.74
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 7200.12 1TB SATA 32MB Cache 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive OEM

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/225965/DRW-24B1ST%20Bulk/ASUS/ $16.79
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/234730/01G-P3-1567-KR/eVGA/ $249.45
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti DS Superclocked Fermi 900MHZ 1024MB GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/222137/GFC-00599/MICROSOFT/ $93.79
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT DVD OEM

Total: $1,069.30 *not including mail in rebates

 

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