My $1500+ Gaming Build

[tdoughtony]

Well here is my new build. I know some will say I could have gone with said part over what I got. But most of the names I used in my last build and stick with for quility. Plus alot of reading reviews on here. Only new brand was OCZ. Some items were on sale or had rebates.


Corsair Pro Series Gold AX850 Power Supply 145.48 Newegg
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SATA 3 SSD Drive 159.99 Newegg
Cooler Master HAF 932 Advance Full Tower Case 129.99 Tigerdirect
LG Black 12x Super Multi Blue with 3D Playback 49.99 Newegg
Intel i5-3750k 209.99 Tigerdirect
Asus P8Z77-V Motherboard 199.99 Amazon
Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB PC3-12800 1600mHz Kit 44.99 Amazon
Corsair Hydro Series H80 Liquid CPU Cooler 90.73 Amazon
Artic Cooling MX-4 9.99 Newegg
MSI N670GTX-PM2D2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 670 399.99 Newegg
Western Digital Elements 1TB External HD 79.99 Newegg

1521.12 Total

 

[hopz]

Your build looks pretty solid, a couple things I would take a look at though.

-For your SSD if you want to spend that much you should look at Samsung, it's still cheaper then the OCZ, but top notch quality/reliability. Also really good and reliable cheaper ones are Crucial M4 and Mushkin.

-I would go with an Asrock board over Asus, generally better quality and great customer service. And cheaper as well.

- Make sure your RAM is low profile. Especially with the cooler you chose, the low profile makes sure there won't be any conflict issues.

-You probably don't need that big a PSU, 620W is plenty for that build, but would up to 750W if you want to SLI in the future.