Gaming Build - $500-$600

[dsurfl]

Approximate Purchase Date: Two weeks from now

Budget Range: $500-$600

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming - SWTOR and Eventually Guild Wars 2. I guess school too

Parts Not Required: I have a case and power supply, i believe its 450W or 500W.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon for most of my parts and maybe Newegg. I live in hawaii, shipping is ridiculous.

Country: US??

Parts Preferences: I would like to go intel.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: Eventually

Monitor Resolution: dont have a monitor, but dont include it into this budget. I will pick one up from costco. But i will take suggestions.

I spent a good hour or two looking through other threads to see if i couldnt just piggy back off someone elses post, but i couldnt find one that fit my price range and needs. Most of the builds were amd or people were planning on over clocking. I pulled some ideas from other threads and came up with this. Your thoughts?


Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128523 - 114.99

CPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074 - 189.99

GPU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102908 - 139.99

Memory - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233180 - 49.99

Hardrive - gonna use old harddrive

Case - going to find a cheap one on amazon

 

[dsurfl]

bump

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

Check the Tom's system build marathon for $600:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i5-overclock-performance-gaming,3097.html
It has the same CPU, but a better GPU...if you still need some help after reading that, I can help you tomorrow.

 

[aznshinobi]

Check out my $600 build here:
http://www.squidoo.com/electronicandmore
Cheap OS here:
http://www.softwaresupplygroup.com/microsoft-windows-7-home-premium-64-bit-oem-branded.html

 

[dsurfl]

Thanks for the links.

I would like to go with this board, but i cant seem to find it on amazon. I live in hawaii, so the bulky items i would like to purchase from amazon. Free Shipping. I want something that supports crossfire. Have any suggestions.

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

You mean this:
http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-MB-Z68X4G3-Intel-Z68-Motherboard/dp/B005FE52X6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325803467&sr=8-1
(newegg): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271

If you want SLI/CF this works too:
GIGABYTE GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128495
http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Intel-Micro-Motherboard-GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3/dp/B004ZBHMN8

 

[aznshinobi]

Why The Extreme4? it costs $50 more, OP doesn't need to spend that much more on this small budget. Why get an mATX board, most mATX's are rather annoying to CF/SLI with since the sizes of cards have been increased.

The Extreme3 is fine or this
Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128502

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

cause the extreme 3 is out of stock?

 

[aznshinobi]

^ True, but OP isn't buying until 2 weeks later. So... He can get it when it's in stock I'm sure.

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

Ok, good point...now, what is OP? I know it's the forum asker, but what does it mean

 

[aznshinobi]

It means Original Poster.

 

[r0aringdrag0n]

Ok, thanks!