$1250 Gaming Machine :D

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Hey whats up?!?! Ok, soon I will be buying my first system to put together. Check it out and tell me what you think of it or what I should change
Thanks, BuBz


CPU - i5-3570k (I think that's what replaces the i5-2500k

PSU & Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.873460

SSD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148448

CPU Fan - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181011

Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233197

Graphics Card - GTX 670

CD Drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

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Agreed. My Crucial M4 is pretty reliable and I've had that opinion confirmed by many tech blogs.

Also +1 to more than 4gb ram for Photoshop. Its not that expensive, and more doesn't really hurt anything. If you felt like stepping it up a notch the CAS 8 version would be a good choice too. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233239

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I would swap the ASRock mobo for either an ASUS, EVGA, or Gigabite.

You will want a data drive. If all you have is the 128 system drive it will fill up very fast.
Grats on stepping up the the SSD market, it's the only way to go. (my want to RAID 0 SSD's later)

CPU fan, unless your overclocking stock works fine. (Zalman are the way to go for air cooling)

Memory I'd go Corsair 1x4gb 1600mhz.
It seems everyone always stacks tons of ram and honestly 99.99% of people don't use half of it.
 

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Well no one else said it, so im going to: CORSAIR FANBOY!

Good choices though. 2 trivial comments:

First, I have to agree with the previous sentiment -- I'd personally go with a higher end brand for the mobo. I really like the user interface on my ASUS.

Second, did you look into a mini water cooler? The performance and price is pretty similar, just wanted to make sure you considered all options. I like the lighter weight and easier install of the enclosed radiator. And obviously you would get the Corsair one ...





 

EVGA? EVGA hasn't been in the motherboard game competitively for the past few years now. Asrock on the other hand is about to take over the #2 position from Gigabyte in board sales.
 

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I would've gone with the Corsair SSD too but, someone said I would only have problems with it.
 

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Ehhhh, No EVGA is not a top seller but I do like them for the board layouts they do. I'm all for a company improving it's product though I have had bad experiences with ASRock. Given, I have recently seen the increase from them so it may be time to test out a board. I'm still leading preference to ASUS boards.
 

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Agreed. My Crucial M4 is pretty reliable and I've had that opinion confirmed by many tech blogs.

Also +1 to more than 4gb ram for Photoshop. Its not that expensive, and more doesn't really hurt anything. If you felt like stepping it up a notch the CAS 8 version would be a good choice too. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233239
 
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you may people wanna rethink asrock motherboard and wouldnt work had drive issues with the bios i sent it back they replied back it was en user damages to the socket pins. the only day i bought asrock p67 board the tom hardware use in there enthuiast last pc build. sent it back i wannted to sli so i got gigabyte z68 motherboard. the p67 work fine. pack it back put it protective slot back on when it got there they said the same thing end user damages to socket pins. i will not buy another asrock or any intel motherboard send it back and get screwed. im out 95 doolars for that board.
 

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Whats the difference? :p
 

deadlockedworld

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When you do this cost total are you remembering to add the cost of windows, etc?

Above build is still a great start.
1. If you could spend more I would spend it on the GPU.
2. If you are planning to SLI in the future, it might be worth getting a higher level and gold rated PSU.
3. More SSD room is always nice.
4. Don't discount the value of the stuff you use with the PC - Monitors, headsets, mice, chairs, etc -- they have made a big impact on my gaming experience.