Approximate Purchase Date: This weekend
Budget Range: $1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming (SWTOR DIABLO 3, everquest, civ 5)
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, I have a cosair 750W PSU I have not run it hard, only single card no ocing. I have a radeon saphire 5870 will use this for now, If I see another 5870 cheap on ebay I might crossfire. If i buy a new video card I will wait for the next generation a year from now.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: memoryexprss (canadian site and store) I have some gift certificates
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: Ivy bridge
Overclocking: not now, but as the system gets older I would
SLI or Crossfire: Not now, but in the future I could pick up another 5870
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Fast and reliable
Here is what i was going to get.
Core™ i5-3570K Processor w/ Asus P8Z77-V PRO Motherboard 439.99
Kingston
HyperX Genesis 8GB DDR3-1600MHz CL9 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 4GB) times 2 for total of 16MB @ 99.88
Intel
SSD 520 Series SATA III Solid State Drive, 120GB with Desktop Installation Kit 189.99
Western Digital
1TB Caviar Blue7200rpm SATA III w/ 32MB Cache 89.99. (I have thought about keeping my old 500gb hd, but leaning towards getting a new one)
Cooler Master
Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler 29.99
Grand Ttoal 849.94 + 40 in taxes
Any of these parts that people have had a bad experice with
I appreciate any comments and thank you in advance
Budget Range: $1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming (SWTOR DIABLO 3, everquest, civ 5)
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, I have a cosair 750W PSU I have not run it hard, only single card no ocing. I have a radeon saphire 5870 will use this for now, If I see another 5870 cheap on ebay I might crossfire. If i buy a new video card I will wait for the next generation a year from now.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: memoryexprss (canadian site and store) I have some gift certificates
Country: Canada
Parts Preferences: Ivy bridge
Overclocking: not now, but as the system gets older I would
SLI or Crossfire: Not now, but in the future I could pick up another 5870
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Fast and reliable
Here is what i was going to get.
Core™ i5-3570K Processor w/ Asus P8Z77-V PRO Motherboard 439.99
Kingston
HyperX Genesis 8GB DDR3-1600MHz CL9 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 4GB) times 2 for total of 16MB @ 99.88
Intel
SSD 520 Series SATA III Solid State Drive, 120GB with Desktop Installation Kit 189.99
Western Digital
1TB Caviar Blue7200rpm SATA III w/ 32MB Cache 89.99. (I have thought about keeping my old 500gb hd, but leaning towards getting a new one)
Cooler Master
Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler 29.99
Grand Ttoal 849.94 + 40 in taxes
Any of these parts that people have had a bad experice with
I appreciate any comments and thank you in advance
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