Final Review before ordering

[amcjmc3]

Final review before ordering. Please let me know if you see any major problems. Thanks!

Approximate Purchase Date: Next day or two

Budget : $1400-1800

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, photoshop, movies

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse , monitor, OS, optical drive

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon, newegg

Country: usa

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: not now

Monitor Resolution: 1920x 1200


Comments: this will be my first build. Looking to build a system that can run today's games on ultra and have the option to upgrade down the line. Thank you for your help.


Corsair 8 GB Vengeance Blue Low Profile 1600mhz PC3-12800 240-pin Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Kit 8 Dual Chan... http://amzn.com/B0058J1Q7O 49.99

CPU: I5 2500k

Cooler - Hyper 212 EVO

Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 3GB DDR5 HDMI/DVI-I/Dual Mini DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 21197-00-40G http://amzn.com/B006P88VO8 $559.99

Crucial 128 GB m4 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s CT128M4SSD2

Seagate Barracuda 7200 500 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s 16 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST500DM002 http://amzn.com/B005CT56R6 84.99

Corsair Enthusiast Series 750-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible http://amzn.com/B004MYFODI 104.99

ASUS LGA 1155 - Z68 - PCIe 3.0 and UEFI BIOS Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2200 LGA 1155 Motherboards P8Z68-V/GEN3 http://amzn.com/B005UDITT6



Thank you for the input!

 

[sadams04]

I would swap the 500GB hard drive out for a 1tb or 2tb, but that looks good.

CPU Cooler - Consider adding a second fan for a push / pull config on that 212 EVO. That ASUS motherboard has a connector for a second CPU fan so no need for a PWM Y cable.
CM Blade Master 120mm - $12

 

[amcjmc3]

Thanks for the info on the cooler.

And was thinking the same thing on the hard drive. Was just trying to get something cheap and adding more space as needed when prices come down, but I'll take a look at that as well.

Thanks again!