My current computer is getting a little long in the tooth. For instance, I recently bought Skyrim and it's still choppy on the low settings. I've always wanted to build my own PC so I've decided to put one together that can handle my gaming needs. I'm not particularly interested in maxing out the graphic settings on games. I just want something that will run new games pretty well on medium-to-high settings.
I've spent the last few hours looking through various parts. Here's a build I came up with.
CPU - i5-2320 Sandy Bridge 3.0GHz
Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-Z68M-D2H LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Video card - SAPPHIRE 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Hard drive - HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721075DLE630 (0F13179) 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
Case - Antec Three Hundred
Power supply - SILVERSTONE Strider Essential series ST60F-ES 600W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC
Would this build work for my needs?
All this on newegg is about $630. I don't want to go much more than that.
I've spent the last few hours looking through various parts. Here's a build I came up with.
CPU - i5-2320 Sandy Bridge 3.0GHz
Motherboard - GIGABYTE GA-Z68M-D2H LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s Micro ATX Intel
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Video card - SAPPHIRE 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
Hard drive - HITACHI Deskstar 7K1000.D HDS721075DLE630 (0F13179) 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
Case - Antec Three Hundred
Power supply - SILVERSTONE Strider Essential series ST60F-ES 600W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC
Would this build work for my needs?
All this on newegg is about $630. I don't want to go much more than that.