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I'm curious. I spend endless hours messing with setup's on newegg and trying to decide what I need vs what I want. Here's basically every single piece of info I can throw at ya and I really just wanna hear opinions on what I should be running.

Note real quick, I game mainly on just the one VW246H, the second screen is simply for DVD's or browsin the net

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Now

BUDGET RANGE: $500, but less is always better lol, more money for other toys :p

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming (Star Wars: The Old Republic, Modern Warfare 3)

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: Selling Old PC, New Build Below

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Selling old PC, Here's my new build:

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Newegg

PARTS PREFERENCES: Dont care, what's best is what's best :)

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe, Pre-OCed Cards I would be more comfortable with

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080 (More Specific's below)

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: My New Build

Monitor's: ASUS VW246H (Main Monitor, 1920x1080, 1080P, 60HZ, 2ms Connected via DVI)
ASUS VH242H (Secondary Monitor, 1920x1080, 1080p, 60HZ, 5ms, Connected via DVI)

CPU: Intel I5-2500K
CPU Heatsink: Hyper 212 EVO (Possibly a Corsair H70 or 100... i'm not sure on this end yet, doing research)
Mobo: ASrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Mem: 8GB (2x4GB) G-Skill DDR3 1600 Ripjaws
Case: Cooler Master HAF X
SSD: Corsair Force Series 3 120GB
HD: Hitachi 750GB 32mb Cache Sata 6.0GB
PSU: Corsair Professional Series HX850 Modular Silver Certified


Thanks in advance :) You guys always rock and are so helpful for someone like me :) I have no issues with SLI/Xfire Setups, my Mobo will be a future proof build for the Ivy Bridge and 3.0 PCI when I plan on upgrading :)