Final review before purchasing--$1200 gaming rig.

[Sugarism]

Approximate Purchase Date: Any--will purchase each parts during on sale.

Budget Range: $1000-$1200 CAD

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mainly games.

Parts Not Required: Mouse.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: not matter.

Country: Canada

Parts Preferences: Reliability first, performance second.

Overclocking: Yes, around 4.0 - 4.5

SLI or Crossfire: Will keep option open as expansion for future.

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

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CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler

Mother Board: Asus P8Z68-V ATX LGA1155 Motherboard

Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti - 448 Cores Classified 1.25GB Video Card (Bought @ $290)

Case: Cooler Master HAF 922 ATX Mid Tower Case (Bought at $90)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 760W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (Bought at $120)

Optical Drive: LG GH24NS70 OEM DVD/CD Writer

Monitor: Samsung S24A300B 24.0" Monitor (Bought at $180)

Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse Lite Touch Wireless Keyboard USB (Bought at $35)

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Total: $1484.62 + $150 keyboard = $1634.62

Total spent till now: $715

Total savings till now: $280.78

 

[inzone]

It does look good and I would go with it. The Noctua cpu cooler is huge and I hope you realize how big it really is. I would go with a smaller one but that's just me.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

 

[Sugarism]

It does look good and I would go with it. The Noctua cpu cooler is huge and I hope you realize how big it really is. I would go with a smaller one but that's just me.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

I did thought about that before, however, the information I got from reading posts, reviews and suggestions, Noctua is the best CPU cooler there is? So I'm just going along with it. Of course, there are still time for me to change the parts I havn't purchase yet so I'm open for options!

On the side note, the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus was my first option before I read about Noctua CPU coolers.

 

[inzone]

Well , in the end the decision is your to make and if the Noctua is the one you want then go for it , I just wanted to point out how big it was and that you wouldn't get the thing and say ohhh!
I guess with something that big it has to be good at cooling and at least it's not as big as this;

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103056

Although with this one it also cools the ram.

 

[Sugarism]

Well , in the end the decision is your to make and if the Noctua is the one you want then go for it , I just wanted to point out how big it was and that you wouldn't get the thing and say ohhh!
I guess with something that big it has to be good at cooling and at least it's not as big as this;

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103056

Although with this one it also cools the ram.

Hahaha that thing will look like a monster living inside the case if installed!! Chewing on your CPU & RAM..