Planning to build a gaming desktop to replace my 3 year old gaming laptop, I been researching alot and was set on a build after a few suggestions from friends and reading the forums. I need to know if the parts that I picked are compatible with each other and with out problems too!
Approximate Purchase Date: In one month
Budget Range: $2,000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching movies/Anime, Photo Shop, school work
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, headset (or speakers), cooling (got a Corsair H80 from a friend)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.ca, canadacomputers.com, ncix.ca, memoryexpress.com
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: ASUS
Overclocking: Yes, I plan to overclock the CPU and maybe the GPU if needed in the future
SLI or Crossfire: Yes in the future with another 7970
Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: Here's what I have chosen and will be buying parts soon.
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.69 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($206.96 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon.ca)
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($189.69 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 Double D Black Edition 3GB Video Card ($599.99 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 White ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Canadacomputers.com)
Power Supply: Corsair AX850 850W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($199.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Monitor: Asus VH236H 23.0" Monitor ($149.69 @ DirectCanada)
The mobo depends if I can snag the deal at MemoryExpress this Saturday with the i5-2500k bundle + Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3, but I'm having second thoughts on this as there aren't much reviews of the mobo on the net. Is my build solid? Are they compatible with each other? Is the monitor good for gaming and regular tasks?
Thanks in advance.
Approximate Purchase Date: In one month
Budget Range: $2,000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching movies/Anime, Photo Shop, school work
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, headset (or speakers), cooling (got a Corsair H80 from a friend)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.ca, canadacomputers.com, ncix.ca, memoryexpress.com
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: ASUS
Overclocking: Yes, I plan to overclock the CPU and maybe the GPU if needed in the future
SLI or Crossfire: Yes in the future with another 7970
Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: Here's what I have chosen and will be buying parts soon.
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.69 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($206.96 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon.ca)
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($189.69 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7970 Double D Black Edition 3GB Video Card ($599.99 @ NCIX)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 White ATX Mid Tower Case ($119.99 @ Canadacomputers.com)
Power Supply: Corsair AX850 850W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($199.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Monitor: Asus VH236H 23.0" Monitor ($149.69 @ DirectCanada)
The mobo depends if I can snag the deal at MemoryExpress this Saturday with the i5-2500k bundle + Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3, but I'm having second thoughts on this as there aren't much reviews of the mobo on the net. Is my build solid? Are they compatible with each other? Is the monitor good for gaming and regular tasks?
Thanks in advance.