Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next month.
Budget Range: $1,300-$1,500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Graphic Design, 3D Modeling & Animation, Gaming (WoW, SWTOR, Skyrim)
Parts Not Required: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, TigerDirect, Best Buy, always open to suggestions
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Intel, Nvidia, Asus
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Yes
Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: I haven't decided if I want a DVD combo drive or a Blu-Ray combo drive yet, I'll probably add a 32-in-1 media card reader to it as well. I would also like this build to last at least 3 or 4 years.
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Parts I have in mind:
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Graphics Card: EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Thank you in advance for your time and advice!
Edit: I realized that I left out my choices for RAM and a Hard drive:
RAM: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGD38G1333ELK
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Budget Range: $1,300-$1,500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Graphic Design, 3D Modeling & Animation, Gaming (WoW, SWTOR, Skyrim)
Parts Not Required: Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, TigerDirect, Best Buy, always open to suggestions
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Intel, Nvidia, Asus
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: Yes
Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: I haven't decided if I want a DVD combo drive or a Blu-Ray combo drive yet, I'll probably add a 32-in-1 media card reader to it as well. I would also like this build to last at least 3 or 4 years.
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Parts I have in mind:
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 500R Black Steel structure with molded ABS plastic accent pieces ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Graphics Card: EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 (CMPSU-850HX) 850W ATX12V 2.3 / EPS12V 2.91 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Thank you in advance for your time and advice!
Edit: I realized that I left out my choices for RAM and a Hard drive:
RAM: Patriot Gamer 2 Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model PGD38G1333ELK
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive