Approximate Purchase Date: Mid November
Budget Range: Under 1500 after taxes and shipping
System Usage: Gaming, office related junk, programming
Parts Not Required: Case (Antec 900), Monitor, keyboard, mouse, PSU? (have an antec 500w but dont think it can hack it)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.ca or tigerdirecet.ca
Country of Origin: Canada
Overclocking: Maybe, though prefer to
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future, rather not risk the stuttering thing at this time.
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200, though i tend to game in a window to keep tabs on other things at the same time.
Additional Comments: I prefer good value on my parts and ideally id like this to be on the quieter side of things with minimum fuss.
Currently threw together the following.
Mobo- GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 - 160$
Video- EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 - 330$
PSU- Antec HCG-620 620W - 80$ after rebate
CPU- Intel Core i5-2500 - 215$
RAM- G.SKILL Sniper 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $110
SSD -Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal - $120 after rebate
HDD- Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB SATA 6.0Gb - 90$ after rebate
OS- win 7 home premium oem - 110$
cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 - 40$
after taxes and shipping comes to around 1350ish
Essentially looking for a sanity check or smarter alternatives where applicable. Rather go single card for now but have the sli option available later down the road. Would like to know if I could reuse my current 500w psu or not. TBH that cooler kinda creeps me out a bit but ive always been a bit jittery on cooler install since cracking an amd back in 2000.
Thanks in advance.
Budget Range: Under 1500 after taxes and shipping
System Usage: Gaming, office related junk, programming
Parts Not Required: Case (Antec 900), Monitor, keyboard, mouse, PSU? (have an antec 500w but dont think it can hack it)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.ca or tigerdirecet.ca
Country of Origin: Canada
Overclocking: Maybe, though prefer to
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future, rather not risk the stuttering thing at this time.
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200, though i tend to game in a window to keep tabs on other things at the same time.
Additional Comments: I prefer good value on my parts and ideally id like this to be on the quieter side of things with minimum fuss.
Currently threw together the following.
Mobo- GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 - 160$
Video- EVGA 012-P3-1571-KR GeForce GTX 570 - 330$
PSU- Antec HCG-620 620W - 80$ after rebate
CPU- Intel Core i5-2500 - 215$
RAM- G.SKILL Sniper 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $110
SSD -Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal - $120 after rebate
HDD- Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARX 2TB SATA 6.0Gb - 90$ after rebate
OS- win 7 home premium oem - 110$
cooler - Cooler Master Hyper 212 - 40$
after taxes and shipping comes to around 1350ish
Essentially looking for a sanity check or smarter alternatives where applicable. Rather go single card for now but have the sli option available later down the road. Would like to know if I could reuse my current 500w psu or not. TBH that cooler kinda creeps me out a bit but ive always been a bit jittery on cooler install since cracking an amd back in 2000.
Thanks in advance.