My ~$600 build (buying this week)

[hobbz_30]

Approximate Purchase Date: This week, Today hopefully.

Budget Range: 650 USD BEFORE rebates


System Usage from Most to Least Important: I will be doing light gaming in WoW and Starcraft2, and

watching videos online in addition to normal PC use

Parts Not Required: mouse, keyboard, monitor, DVD drive, harddrive ( I have: Western Digital Caviar SE16

WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s (link no longer works)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com


Country of Origin: USA


Overclocking: Maybe


SLI or Crossfire: Maybe


Monitor Resolution: 1024x768 for now, but I'd like to buy a new 1920x1080 in the future


Additional Comments: I am sure on the CPU. A lot of the other parts I chose because of the combo deals and reviews. Getting a super GPU is not important today as long as I can buy a new one later.

Things like the memory, I am not sure of and I don't know if I have to make any complicated changes to use 1600MHz RAM on that MOBO

CPU/MOBO combo: Intel Core i5 2500K, MSI P67A-G45 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130582 ) $325 before $20 rebate

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066 Antec Three Hundred Illusion Black

Steel ATX Mid Tower $60 - $15 promo code = $45

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102930 SAPPHIRE 100289VGAL Radeon HD 5670

1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready $70 before rebate, $55 after

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371049 Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG

-750 750W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC

$95 before rebate, $70 after

RAM: I just picked it because of the deal, really could use advice here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104266 Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin

DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) $49

Fan: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus $28

shipping $7.87

Total of $620 before rebates

what do you guys think? do you see any glaring issues with those parts?

 

[aznshinobi]

It looks really good. That's an excellent build, though once you upgrade to 1920x1080. Be aware that build as good as the CPU is. Your GPU is just going to crumble under that resolution. Depending on the graphics of course.

Get a smaller PSU, those games will never take advantage of 2 cards. The reason, many benches have shown that dual card are just not that great in WoW and SC2. So no reason to prepare for CF. With that said.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016
That would save you $40.
Get this card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161387