$1200 gaming and minor photo-editing

[jason_1234]

Approximate Purchase Date: Sometime Next Month

Budget Range: $1200 before rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Minor photo-editing, occasional video-editing, Internet etc.

Parts Not Required: None, Would like a good gaming mouse, keyboard etc.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Have a good experience with newegg, and I have a Canada Computers nearby. but am open-minded

Country: Canada

Parts Preferences: None, would like a boot-drive ssd

Overclocking: Yes, I'd really like to learn how to

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, Most likely not

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 would be the ideal monitor resolution I'm assuming

Additional Comments: I would like a really nice case with perhaps a window, Quiet would be nice, it doesn't matter as long as there isn't too much noise. I'm thinking of making a hackintosh with this build to compete with the cheapest $1200 iMac at Best Buy.
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Current products I've choosen -

(Hope it works)

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=19227112

I'm wondering if the new Kepler cards will be out by the time I buy this. I need to know which graphics card to go with, Case and if Ivy bridge is worth the extra $25.

Thanks in advance

EDIT: fixed the link

 

[jemm]

The link you provided is broken

 

[jason_1234]

here's the fixed link - http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=19227112

 

[azeem40]

Get the ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 for $15 less. It has the same features pretty much. Get a Mushkin, Crucial, or Samsung SSD instead. They are cheaper and more reliable.

 

[jason_1234]

How's this Mushkin SSD? It's another $7 but has better speeds.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226246

Is the ASRock Extreme 4 worth the extra $25 over the Pro 3?

Would you recommend

This ASRock - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157297
Or this Gigabyte - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128547

And what graphics card and case would you recommend?

I was thinking a 7850 - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150609

And

CM HAF 922 - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

 

[azeem40]

If you're CF/SLIng, yes. Otherwise, no.

 

[jason_1234]

bump

 

[Why_Me]

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11180AC3384&vpn=CC-9011014-WW&manufacture=CORSAIR $73.50
Corsair Carbide Series 300R Black Gaming Case ATX 3X5.25 4X3.5 Front USB Audio No PSU

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15180AC8566&vpn=P1650SNLB9&manufacture=XFX $78.50
XFX 650W PRO650W Core Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 53A 24PIN ATX Power Supply 80PLUS Bronze PSU

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837 $154.99 FREE SHIPPING
ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12200BD0768&vpn=BX80637I53570K&manufacture=INTEL $244.40
Intel Core i5 3570K Unlocked Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC0554&vpn=RR-212E-20PK-R2&manufacture=COOLERMASTER $31.05
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366/1155/1156/2011 120MM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15380BD5211&vpn=F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL&manufacture=G.SKILL $48.09
G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=14120DR5445&vpn=ST1000DM003&manufacture=SEAGATE $111.30
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbps 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530DR5213&vpn=DRW-24B1ST%20Bulk&manufacture=ASUS $19.24
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530BD5564&vpn=HD7850-DC2-2GD5&manufacture=ASUS $249.85
ASUS Radeon HD 7850 860MHZ 2GB 4.8GHZ GDDR5 DVI HDMI 2XMINIDP PCI-E Video Card

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=12850SW2113&vpn=GFC-02050&manufacture=MICROSOFT $109.79
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT SP1 DVD OEM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530MN6442&vpn=ML228H&manufacture=ASUS $153.81
ASUS ML228H 21.5IN Widescreen LED Backlit LCD Monitor Black 1920X1080 2MS 10M:1 HDMI DVI-D VGA

Total: $1,274.82

 

[jason_1234]

Would you recommend any other cases? I don't really want a plain case, but the USB 3.0 is a nice feature.

 

[Why_Me]

Would you recommend any other cases? I don't really want a plain case, but the USB 3.0 is a nice feature.

Cooler Master HAF 922. It has two 200mm red LED megaflow fans and a mount to add a third one. It doesn't have the front USB 3.0 ports, but for $12 you can add them on later on.

 

[jason_1234]

Best answer selected by jason_1234.

 

[jason_1234]

Thanks for everyones post and i'm going with this build. I'm gonna buy the monitor, mouse and keyboard locally

Corsair Carbide Series 500R Mid-Tower Gaming Case ATX 4X5.25 6X3.5INT USB 1394 No PS White

Mushkin Chronos 120GB 2.5IN SATA3 Sandforce SF-2281 SSD Solid State Disk Flash Drive

XFX 650W PRO650W Core Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 53A 24PIN ATX Power Supply 80PLUS Bronze PSU

Intel Core i5 3570K Unlocked Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366/1155/1156/2011 120MM

G.SKILL F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL Ripjaws 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1333 CL9-9-9-24 240PIN DIMM Memory

Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbps 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive - OEM

ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

ASUS Radeon HD 7850 860MHZ 2GB 4.8GHZ GDDR5 DVI HDMI 2XMINIDP PCI-E Video Card

ASRock Z77 Pro 3 ATX LGA1155 DDR3 CrossFireX 2PCI-E16 1PCI-E1 2PCI SATA3 HDMI USB3.0 Motherboard