Approximate Purchase Date: 1-14 days
Budget Range: ~800
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mainly gaming. WOW and EVE online, along with Skyrim, Starcraft 2 in a few months along with future games like C and C generals 2 and Simcity.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, screen and...
Power Supply
PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005
GPU
EVGA 512-P3-N971-TR GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130397
Also have a 500GB 7200 rpm HDD I am going to use as a secondary drive from my old computer.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg or Amazon but if there is a place that comes out a better price that is reliable ill buy it there.
Country: US
Parts Preferences: Intel for CPU, Nvidia for Graphics, but willing to go with anything as long as it is reliable and worth it.
Overclocking: Yes, but not to the extreme
SLI or Crossfire: No, I prefer a single card
Monitor Resolution: !680x1050 is what my screen can do now. Im fine with it for now but will upgrade within the year.
Additional Comments: I am using my GT 9800 for now but will upgrade in the next 6 months when i find a really good deal and prices drop a little.
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So I just want to get input before I hit the buy button on these. This is a first build for me. If anyone has any suggestions feel free to leave them. Also if there are any small details I may have overlooked or things i need to buy that would be helpful to know as well.
Motherboard- $135
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
CPU- ~ $220
I5-3570k Ivy
I am not sure the exact price but I have read it will be around there hopefully
Ram- $48
SAMSUNG 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096
SSD- $140
Crucial 128 GB m4
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2JKZI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Case- $60
COOLER MASTER HAF 912
Optical Drive- $18
Asus 24xDVD-RW Serial ATA Internal OEM Drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033Z2BAQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01
CPU Cooler- $35
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
OS- $100
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
Total= ~ $756
Budget Range: ~800
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Mainly gaming. WOW and EVE online, along with Skyrim, Starcraft 2 in a few months along with future games like C and C generals 2 and Simcity.
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, screen and...
Power Supply
PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703005
GPU
EVGA 512-P3-N971-TR GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130397
Also have a 500GB 7200 rpm HDD I am going to use as a secondary drive from my old computer.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg or Amazon but if there is a place that comes out a better price that is reliable ill buy it there.
Country: US
Parts Preferences: Intel for CPU, Nvidia for Graphics, but willing to go with anything as long as it is reliable and worth it.
Overclocking: Yes, but not to the extreme
SLI or Crossfire: No, I prefer a single card
Monitor Resolution: !680x1050 is what my screen can do now. Im fine with it for now but will upgrade within the year.
Additional Comments: I am using my GT 9800 for now but will upgrade in the next 6 months when i find a really good deal and prices drop a little.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
So I just want to get input before I hit the buy button on these. This is a first build for me. If anyone has any suggestions feel free to leave them. Also if there are any small details I may have overlooked or things i need to buy that would be helpful to know as well.
Motherboard- $135
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
CPU- ~ $220
I5-3570k Ivy
I am not sure the exact price but I have read it will be around there hopefully
Ram- $48
SAMSUNG 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147096
SSD- $140
Crucial 128 GB m4
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2JKZI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Case- $60
COOLER MASTER HAF 912
Optical Drive- $18
Asus 24xDVD-RW Serial ATA Internal OEM Drive
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0033Z2BAQ/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01
CPU Cooler- $35
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
OS- $100
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit
Total= ~ $756