My Build: Suggestions?

[Taznar]

Okay guys, so I think I have my build figured out. Tell me if this is good, it is coming in at: $732.92, my budget is no higher than $800

DVD: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM - $17.99

Case: COOLER MASTER Elite 430 RC-430-KWN1 Black Steel / Plastic - $49.99

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $79.99

Graphics: SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (100314-3L ) - $169.99

Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green EA-430D Green 430W Continuous power ATX12V v2.3 / EPS 12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC - $39.99

RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B - $54.99

Mobo: ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX - $99.99

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K - $219.99

Think I can play Skyrim, BF3, Crysis (all of them) on maxed settings? Criticism needed.

 

[Outlander_04]

No one can give you an answer without first knowing the resolution of your monitor

But as a general note games like BF3 are limited by graphics cards and not processors . The 6870 will play all games at 1080p . But you wont be running them at ultra settings and getting excellent frame rates

and your prices look high . Where are you getting these from?

 

[Taznar]

Newegg is where I am getting these at. 1024 by 768 is what my current resolution I am using is. I would be willing to upgrade my graphics card. If I can find a cheap monitor I might buy a new one of those too. If this helps I am using an LG EW234T Monitor.

 

[Outlander_04]

That resolution is not challenging for a 6870 . It will probably run those games at ultra settings

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066&cm_sp=Cat_Computer_Cases-_-Spotlight-_-11-129-066
is a much better built case than the CM , and its the same price after rebate

 

[Taznar]

That resolution is not challenging for a 6870 . It will probably run those games at ultra settings

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129066&cm_sp=Cat_Computer_Cases-_-Spotlight-_-11-129-066
is a much better built case than the CM , and its the same price after rebate

Thanks for your help, I also like that case better, already switched it out. Are there any more changes I can make to my build? If not, thank you.

 

[Outlander_04]

It would be hard to improve without spending more money . I think you have done well with your build

 

[erikalikesfire]

If you plan on getting a better monitor anytime soon, I'd say go for a 560 Ti—it's a generation newer and only 30-40 more. Also, if you're going to use that hard drive as your system drive, I'd get a WD Black or the award-winning crowd favorite Samsung Spinpoint 1TB. The WD Blue series is more about reduced noise that performance, so you could be looking at some really annoying load times with that one.