About 1k Gaming build

[skaterpatter]

Approx Purchase Date: Within the next month

Budget Range: $850-$1100(It's for my birthday, this is approx. $1100 might be pushing it)

System Usage: Gaming (Aion, WoW, SWTOR, Mabye Battlefield, Firefall when it comes out), Surfing the Web

Parts Not Needed: Mouse (have a razer naga) and Speakers. I am open to anything else in the price range(i have a monitor, but i could use a new one)

Preferred Site: Newegg.com

Country: U.S.

Parts Preference: I am pretty much set on the i5 2500k(or the ivy bridge equivalent)

Overclocking: Yes

SLI: Mabye in the future or if it's in price range and reccomended

Some Lights would be nice

 

[jmsellars1]

This would be great at this budget:

i5-3570K - ~$210
Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $39.90
ASRock Z77 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 - $109.99
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB - $349.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 500GB - $79.99
Coolermaster HAF 912 - $59.99
Corsair CX-500 500W - $59.99
Samsung DVD Burner - $16.99
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit OEM - $99.99

Total - ~$1030 on Newegg

If you want to bring the total down a bit you could get the HD 7850 instead, still a great card. If you can get the HD 7870 I would though.