Approximate Purchase Date: December 2011-January 2012 (Will be building it in early January)
Budget Range: ~$1500 (Includes everything hardware-wise - monitor, keyboard, mouse, computer system, and sound system) will spend more if needed though
System Usage: Mainly gaming
Parts Not Required: None, everything is needed but the OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Canadian website, especially Memory Express (local company)
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: See below
Overclocking: Yes, but only using motherboard features (TPU - The Ultimate Turbo Processor)
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe with a future upgrade
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200)
Additional Comments: (e.g.: Need to have a window and lots of bling, I would like a quiet PC)
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Parts Already Purchased:
Case (~$180)
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advance Full Tower Case (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146085&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-CANLET-_-03ship&SRCCODE=CANLET)
Processor (~$340)
Core i7-2600K (http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31558)
Motherboard (~$175)
P8P67 Rev 3.1 (http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX36366)
Video Card (~$180)
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 (http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX36791)
Parts Still Deciding On:
Power Supply (~$100)
How much power do I need? Given that I might twin the video card and add more memory sticks, hard drives and optical drives in the future....
Memory (~$50)
Looking at 8 GB (2 x 4 GB sticks) now and doubling that in the future. I plan to go with Corsair Vengeance
Storage (~$30)
Quite confused right now with the high price of mechanical hard drives. I need a lot of storage and wanted to get a Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Black 7200rpm SATA III w/ 64MB Cache, which is quite pricey right now...Also interested in a solid state from the OS and programs.......
Optical Drive (~$30)
I want a DVD write at least , might get a Blu-Ray reader or writer
Monitor (~$300)
Looking for a 27" samsung, viewsonic, LG or similar quality brand
Keyboard and Mouse (~$30)
Just a basic wired optical mouse and keyboard
Speakers (~$50)
Something with good quality speakers and a subwoofer
Main question is what power supply will I require and comments and thoughts about SSD vs HDD, and if there are any compatibility issues with the components I have or intend to get.
Thanks!
Budget Range: ~$1500 (Includes everything hardware-wise - monitor, keyboard, mouse, computer system, and sound system) will spend more if needed though
System Usage: Mainly gaming
Parts Not Required: None, everything is needed but the OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Canadian website, especially Memory Express (local company)
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: See below
Overclocking: Yes, but only using motherboard features (TPU - The Ultimate Turbo Processor)
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe with a future upgrade
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200)
Additional Comments: (e.g.: Need to have a window and lots of bling, I would like a quiet PC)
___________________________________________________________
Parts Already Purchased:
Case (~$180)
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advance Full Tower Case (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4146085&cm_mmc=Email-_-WebletMain-_-CANLET-_-03ship&SRCCODE=CANLET)
Processor (~$340)
Core i7-2600K (http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31558)
Motherboard (~$175)
P8P67 Rev 3.1 (http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX36366)
Video Card (~$180)
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 (http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX36791)
Parts Still Deciding On:
Power Supply (~$100)
How much power do I need? Given that I might twin the video card and add more memory sticks, hard drives and optical drives in the future....
Memory (~$50)
Looking at 8 GB (2 x 4 GB sticks) now and doubling that in the future. I plan to go with Corsair Vengeance
Storage (~$30)
Quite confused right now with the high price of mechanical hard drives. I need a lot of storage and wanted to get a Western Digital 2 TB Caviar Black 7200rpm SATA III w/ 64MB Cache, which is quite pricey right now...Also interested in a solid state from the OS and programs.......
Optical Drive (~$30)
I want a DVD write at least , might get a Blu-Ray reader or writer
Monitor (~$300)
Looking for a 27" samsung, viewsonic, LG or similar quality brand
Keyboard and Mouse (~$30)
Just a basic wired optical mouse and keyboard
Speakers (~$50)
Something with good quality speakers and a subwoofer
Main question is what power supply will I require and comments and thoughts about SSD vs HDD, and if there are any compatibility issues with the components I have or intend to get.
Thanks!