I have been researching for quite a while now, and I have decided to build my first PC. I will be building it for gaming, music library, and school work. I want to play World of Warcraft and Civ 5 (mostly play these games) on ultra settings without many issues. I also want to have disk room for a large music library; I plan on upgrading my system with an ssd for OS and programs plus a second HDD for RAID 1 (i lost an entire album of family photos and 1.5TB of music a couple years ago, I am a redundancy freak) but this won't be for a little while. I also have decided to wait until Ivy Bridge, the new GTX 600/700 series, and possibly to see some hard drive prices normalize as much as possible, so this theoretical build is just to see if I am on the right track. I have given myself a $1000 budget, give or take $100-200 for some wiggle room.
CPU:
i5-2500K --- http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354589 --- $179.99
CPU Cooler:
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 --- $33.99
Case:
Cooler Master Storm Scout Mid-Tower --- http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0308296 --- $69.99 (after rebate)
Power Supply:
OCZ ZT 650W 80Plus - Bronze --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341051 --- $84.99 (after rebate)
Motherboard:
ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 Z68 --- http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0373373 --- $184.99
GPU:
Sapphire Radeon 6870 1GB --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948 --- $159.99 (after rebate)
RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1600 DDR3 --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144 --- $44.99
HDD:
Western Digital Caviar Green 750GB SATA 6 --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136950 --- $99.99
Optical Drive:
ASUS 24x DVD Burner --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 --- $21.99
Monitor:
Acer 20" LED Widescreen 5ms --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009317&cm_sp=Cat_Monitors-_-Best_Sellers-_-24-009-317 --- $89.99
All of these component prices do not incled shipping costs -------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL ---------$970.90
Will this setup play World of Warcraft and Civ 5 on the highest settings, what FPS should I expect from them? Thanks!
CPU:
i5-2500K --- http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354589 --- $179.99
CPU Cooler:
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 --- $33.99
Case:
Cooler Master Storm Scout Mid-Tower --- http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0308296 --- $69.99 (after rebate)
Power Supply:
OCZ ZT 650W 80Plus - Bronze --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341051 --- $84.99 (after rebate)
Motherboard:
ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 Z68 --- http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0373373 --- $184.99
GPU:
Sapphire Radeon 6870 1GB --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948 --- $159.99 (after rebate)
RAM:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1600 DDR3 --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144 --- $44.99
HDD:
Western Digital Caviar Green 750GB SATA 6 --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136950 --- $99.99
Optical Drive:
ASUS 24x DVD Burner --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 --- $21.99
Monitor:
Acer 20" LED Widescreen 5ms --- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009317&cm_sp=Cat_Monitors-_-Best_Sellers-_-24-009-317 --- $89.99
All of these component prices do not incled shipping costs -------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL ---------$970.90
Will this setup play World of Warcraft and Civ 5 on the highest settings, what FPS should I expect from them? Thanks!