Want a new system

[aschamne]

Approximate Purchase Date: This summer.

Budget Range: ~1000

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and surfing the web.

Parts Not Required: I have a keyboard, mouse, monitor, a XFX 5770(that I would like to get a second to Crossfire with), 2 400 Gb HDD(that I will put in Raid 0), a 500 Gb HDD for storage, 2 DVD/RW, and a 5.1 speaker system.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Tigerdirect or Microcenter as both of these are near me(no shipping).

Country: The United States of America

Parts Preferences: The Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid case.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: Yes

Monitor Resolution: 1920X1080

Additional Comments: I would like to have an 120 Gb SSD for my operating system.

 

[g-unit1111]

Parts Preferences: The Zalman Z9 Plus ATX Mid case.

Why that case? There's way better cases for that price. The Zalman Z9 got deactivated on Newegg so I can't include that in the build.

Additional Comments: I would like to have an 120 Gb SSD for my operating system.

That can't really be done on a $1K budget without sacrificing your GPU (which I do not recommend) - you can always add one later - I recommend the Crucial M4 myself.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Tigerdirect or Microcenter as both of these are near me(no shipping).

Tiger Direct is fine but you'd be very wise to avoid their garbage proprietary brands Ultra and Systemax.

Here's what I typically recommend for $1K:

Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 - $59.99 ($10.00 MIR)
PSU: Corsair TX650 v2 - $89.99 ($15.00 MIR)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3H - $159.99
CPU: 3.30GHz Intel Core i5-2500K - $229.99
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo - $39.99
RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 1600MHz 1.5V - $44.99
SSD: 64GB Crucial M4 - $99.99
HD: Seagate Barracuda ST 1TB 7200 RPM - $109.99
Optical: Lite On DVD Burner - $17.99
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 GHz Edition - ~$250 approximate

Total: $1,087.91 - $25.00 = $1,062.91

 

[azeem40]

3 more days till Radeon 7850 is released.

 

[aschamne]

Since a previous poster suggested the Cooler Master case over the Zalman how is this?

Case: Cooler Master HAF 912-57.99
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3-179.99
CPU: Intel I5 2500k-179.99
CPU Fan: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO-36.99
RAM: Ballistix Sport Series 8GB DDR3-1600-39.99
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M-139.99
Hard Drive: Crusial M4 128GB SSD-169.99
Graphics: XFX Radeon HD 6770-103.99

This adds up to 908.92, add the operating system and any misc. things that will come up and it should fall about 1100 before taxes.

The reason for the XFX 6770 is because I have another one that I will Crossfire with it.

Also which version of Windows 7 should I get? And is the 750watt PSU enough?

 

[aschamne]

I just realized that I can get the 850w version of the PSU for $5 less at Tiger Direct.

 

[FinneousPJ]

You don't need that much power. 500w would suffice.

 

[aschamne]

With 2 cards in crossfire only 500w?

 

[aschamne]

How about this one and its only 99.99 which would bring me down to 878.92.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Yes the 6770 is very cheap on power.

 

[aschamne]

OK then I will get the 550w Corsair PSU since it does not have a 500w version and thank you for your help.