Need Advice On First Game Build 1500 to 1700 Buget

[willistylz1979]

Hello Guys/Girls,

Ok so I have my cart filled at New Egg and I just want som last minuet advice before i click buy....

My budget is around 1500 to 1700

Uses - Gaming , Hd movie watching via Samsung (Un46d6000 1920x1080 also using as monitor) Possible music production Later..

Parts - No monitor keyboard mouse, would like to add a home theater system later so need a good sound card Midi option.

Website -Newegg.com

Location- USA

Part Pref - Nvidia /Asus/intel

Overclock - Yes

SLI- Maybe



Overall looking for best bang for buck and willing to upgrade or downgrade if you see a better deal ETC...

CASE- I really like this one...

Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139005


MOBO- I'm Kinda Newb So any help appreciated...

ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131701


POWER SUPPLY- One I chose any better options ?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139025


Graphics Card - Torn Between these... Or Any Suggestions ?

MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III PE/OC GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127582

ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121432

EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1572-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130595



Processor- I guess this seems the best bang for buck... If I need anything else let me know

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099



Memory- Not sure if i need this much or if i chose one thats overpriced, like the look to it though...I'm pretty sure its comp and Good quality...

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11Q-16GBXL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231473



Hard Drive- Need help here...Would like at least 1TB not sure about SSD either or get both...

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148441


Drive- Fig why not? I don't have a BRP and I might as well go this way...

LITE-ON 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner with 3D Playback iHBS212-08 LightScribe Support
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106348

Sound Card - Clueless?? LOL-------- 5.1 to 7.1, MIDI, No System yet


Ok, I think thats everything, Your Advice or Input would be Appreciative, this will be my first build, Winging it along the way, Most of knowledge came from reading the Forums/Boards... THANX !

 

[g-unit1111]

CASE- I really like this one...

Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811139005

Good choice - you might want to take a look at the slimmer Carbide 500R as well.

Sound Card - Clueless?? LOL-------- 5.1 to 7.1, MIDI, No System yet

Actually useless - you don't need to spend money on this when the onboard audio will handle up to a 7.1 channel with no problems.

Hard Drive- Need help here...Would like at least 1TB not sure about SSD either or get both...

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152185

Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820148441

If you've got the budget for it get both.

Memory- Not sure if i need this much or if i chose one thats overpriced, like the look to it though...I'm pretty sure its comp and Good quality...

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL11Q-16GBXL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231473

16GB is pretty useless as is anything over 1600 for a Z68 setup.

Graphics Card - Torn Between these... Or Any Suggestions ?

A couple of months ago I would've recommended a 570 without breaking a sweat but now with the 680 and 7870 the 570 is quickly becoming a moot point.

Try this build:

Case: Corsair Carbide 500R - $139.99
PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer MKII 950 - $149.99
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P - $175.99
CPU: 3.30GHz Intel Core i5-2500K - $219.99
Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B - $59.99
RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 1600MHz 1.5V - $46.99
SSD: 128GB Crucial M4 - $159.99
HD: Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB - $119.99
Optical: LG BD-R Burner - $79.99
Video Card: EVGA Geforce GTX 680 - $499.99

Total: $1,650.89

 

[niknovacain]

I used to have the same ram picked out as you but then realized 16gb doesn't work/isn't worth it, etc. So I picked this out. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231445

The CAS latency is super low @ 8 and if you do not care about that you can save another $15.

 

[morgunus213]

also you might want to know you can get an i7 4770k and a MOBO for the price of that dinky i5. Yes you probably wont use hyper threading and all those cores NOW. But as i have said many times. It would take some serious convincing to get me to believe that with the xbox one and ps4 using multiple cores that they wont be making PC games take advantage of the same tech.
Especialy when LOTS of games we play are cross platform.
http://microcenter.com/site/brands/intel-processor-bundles.aspx