I am focusing on gaming primarily Battlefield 3, SWTOR, Skyrim at 60FPS on 1080p resolution. I also download and stream movies/t.v shows often but I do not keep them on my current laptop after viewing them. I would be interested in burning blu-ray movies and dvd's.
My max budget for this PC $1,500 roughly any ideas on where I could save money and still have peak performance I am all ears.
I am currently looking at hardware from newegg.com because they have such an expansive selection and easy to navigate website. I have found cheaper prices on Amazon.com for some of the hardware. I would however more than likely buy all hardware from one site.
CPU: i5 2500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102961
RAM: Corsair Vengeance (2x8GB) DDR3 16GB (1600)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233246
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136793
PSU: SeaSonic Platinum 860W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151111
Optical Drive: Samsung Black 12X BD-ROM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151232
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower w/Upgraded USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
OS: Windows 7 Home Professional 64-bit OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
I would like to overclock and I have no experience with it or building a PC, but I am sure I can figure it out I have already been looking into it. I am not sure if I should look into downgrading GPU's and running SLI/Crossfire or even saving up for another GTX 580. I thought I read somewhere that PCIE 3.0 x16 will run PCIE 2.0 GPU's at x32 but I have no clue if that is true or what effect it would have on performance. I also read that PCIE 3.0 is unusable at the moment until Intel's Ivy Bridge releases which brings me to my other thought. Should I wait for the Ivy Bridge processors to release and possibly get one of them or stick with what I have chosen and hope the price drops on some of the hardware over the next month or so. I have no time table as to when I need to complete this build but I am getting my tax return soon so I am not sure if I will have the willpower to hold out.
If anyone has any better suggestions for hardware and heatsinks/cooling if you think I will need it please respond. I also looked into SSD's but I have heard that I should wait for the price per GB to drop on them. I look forward to your input and recommendations.
Total Price: $1,573 USD
My max budget for this PC $1,500 roughly any ideas on where I could save money and still have peak performance I am all ears.
I am currently looking at hardware from newegg.com because they have such an expansive selection and easy to navigate website. I have found cheaper prices on Amazon.com for some of the hardware. I would however more than likely buy all hardware from one site.
CPU: i5 2500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131790
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102961
RAM: Corsair Vengeance (2x8GB) DDR3 16GB (1600)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233246
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136793
PSU: SeaSonic Platinum 860W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151111
Optical Drive: Samsung Black 12X BD-ROM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151232
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower w/Upgraded USB 3.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
OS: Windows 7 Home Professional 64-bit OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
I would like to overclock and I have no experience with it or building a PC, but I am sure I can figure it out I have already been looking into it. I am not sure if I should look into downgrading GPU's and running SLI/Crossfire or even saving up for another GTX 580. I thought I read somewhere that PCIE 3.0 x16 will run PCIE 2.0 GPU's at x32 but I have no clue if that is true or what effect it would have on performance. I also read that PCIE 3.0 is unusable at the moment until Intel's Ivy Bridge releases which brings me to my other thought. Should I wait for the Ivy Bridge processors to release and possibly get one of them or stick with what I have chosen and hope the price drops on some of the hardware over the next month or so. I have no time table as to when I need to complete this build but I am getting my tax return soon so I am not sure if I will have the willpower to hold out.
If anyone has any better suggestions for hardware and heatsinks/cooling if you think I will need it please respond. I also looked into SSD's but I have heard that I should wait for the price per GB to drop on them. I look forward to your input and recommendations.
Total Price: $1,573 USD