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Building my first ever computer, what do I need?

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September 30, 2011 4:58:41 PM

Hi, am playing City Of Heroes mostly and would love to max out my graphics settings as well as prepare me to play other games.

I presently have an HP i5 processor with an HD4350 graphics card but would like a full tower (vs. mini) where I can have more data storage and possibly a tape unit to backup my data.

In any event, does someone have a good reference model for a home built computer based on an Intel processor?

Thank you very much!

p.s. would like at least 8 GB or 16 GB memory possibly...ideally this should be the last computer I need to purchase at least for a couple of years and am willing to spend up to $1500 if necessary.

Thanks!

p.p.s. (so need specs on hard drives, motherboard, processor, graphic card(s), memory, power unit (850w or higher), cooling, case, dvd drives (prefer at least 2 so that I can burn from one to the other); am also assuming i would play on a 22 inch display at max resolution (possibly a 25 inch display if I purchase one).

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September 30, 2011 6:55:39 PM

COOLER MASTER Storm Sniper SGC-6000-KXN1-GP Black Steel, ABS Plastic, Mesh bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $149.99 and a $15 rebate with free shipping.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $199.99 and free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K $219.99 with free shipping and a free Sony DVD R/RW

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9B $117.99 and free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

EVGA 02G-P3-1568-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $279.99 and a $10 rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-900 900W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply $114.99 and free shipping

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Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $219.99 and a $30 rebate and free shipping

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Seagate SV35 Series ST2000VX002 2TB 5900 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $109.99 and free shipping

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LG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model UH12LS28 OEM LightScribe Support - OEM $69.99 and free shipping

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ASUS VE258Q Black 25" 2ms HDMI LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor w/Display Port & Speakers 250 cd/m2 50,000,000:1 ASCR $258.99 and free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

This is a start for you to look at and make adjustments to what your budget is and what you actually want. It comes to $1437.99 and that is without the monitor. If you add the monitor and a second video card you would be up to $2000.

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September 30, 2011 9:33:57 PM

excellent, thank you both!!!
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October 7, 2011 12:20:42 AM

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