$1200 GAMING COMPUTER BUILD!!!! D3!!!!!!

Without a budget, I can't really help, but what I can say is that for 3D Modeling, get the i7-3770k.

^ Agree kind of. It is strongly dependent on your workload. If it is only slight 3D modeling, the saved cost is better put for the GPU.

Check out my $1000-$1100 build here:
http://www.squidoo.com/electronicandmore
Gives you much more bang for the buck.

Some justification for the board I suggested. Z77 has 0 performance increase over Z68. Gen3 gives you PCI 3.0 support like Z77 so yep. USB 3.0 controller is still performing the same, and you save money instead. Plus you get the ability to still SLI/CF at 8x/8x. Better than most Z77 boards of the same price.

Yeah, forgot to mention that. If you're only doing it as a hobby, keep the i5.

Sorry guys, I completely forgot to include my price range. Coincidentally it is around the 1000-1200 mark so aznshinobi, your build article really helps. Now that you mention it, I don't think I will be doing too much 3d modeling at home. I do it for work and at times, I will want to pull up some models at home to tweak if I am behind schedule but I would prefer to leave work at work. Do you think the i5 will be able to handle minimal amounts of AutoCAD and Revit? And after reading your motherboard explanation, logic is pointing me back towards the z68 chipset. Are there really that few differences between the z77 and z68? If so, I would happily choose the Asrock as I'm assuming it has a lot more features than the LX I was looking at. One last question, why do you suggest getting a 60GB ssd instead of a 120 or 128 GB? Is 60 GB enough?

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Thanks a lot for your help aznshinobi, azeem40 as well. I think I will make the above changes to the build and order this week.

No problem, good luck!