Approximate Purchase Date: Next day or two.
Budget Range:700ish (800 max)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Internet, movies.
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, Cd/dvd drive, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon, etc.
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: No preferences except 3570k
Overclocking: Not immediately, probably in future.
SLI or Crossfire: No, maybe in the future though.
Monitor Resolution: She has an Asus 24" 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: This is my first build, but I am familiar with computers and have worked on plenty of laptops and other electronics. I have been working on a build for about 2 weeks straight, and it seems like every time I get close I change my mind, and my ladyfriend is bugging me to get this done so I thought I would post here.
She is going to be playing both low end games like minecraft, and high end games like Skyrim, and she wants to play them on high settings, I had originally planned to build a non-overclocker with an i5-3550 and a radeon hd 6870, but in the interest of future proofing I think the extra money for an i5 3570k is worth it, my idea being that she could run it stock for awhile and in a couple of years when that's not enough, she can buy a CPU cooler and I can overclock it for her.
Also, I don't see any crazy good deals on graphics cards, and I'm not sure which one I should go with, so I might not order one yet and she can play on integrated graphics until I find a good deal on a $200ish card.
I was trying to combo everything and save some money but the power supply I picked had a decent rebate and wasn't combo-able so if you guys know of any good combos that would be awesome.
Sorry for the long read, on to the build:
NZXT Crafted Series Vulcan Black Steel / Plastic Gaming mATX Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146065&Tpk=nzxt%20vulcan
Intel core i5 3570k & ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M LGA 1155 Intel Z77 micro ATX motherboard combo (Does anyone know about this mother board? Not a lot of reviews, it seemed like the best budget micro atx board)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.910379
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply (I picked this power supply because it looked decent and had a good mail in rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017
G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (Unless I can find a combo for ram)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461
Hard drive: She wanted a 2tb hard drive, so I was going to get her a 2tb and get her a SSD when the prices drop but I checked almost all of the 2tb hard drives and it seems all of the less expensive 2tb hard drives have bad reviews and low warranties.
Budget Range:700ish (800 max)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Internet, movies.
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, Cd/dvd drive, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon, etc.
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: No preferences except 3570k
Overclocking: Not immediately, probably in future.
SLI or Crossfire: No, maybe in the future though.
Monitor Resolution: She has an Asus 24" 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments: This is my first build, but I am familiar with computers and have worked on plenty of laptops and other electronics. I have been working on a build for about 2 weeks straight, and it seems like every time I get close I change my mind, and my ladyfriend is bugging me to get this done so I thought I would post here.
She is going to be playing both low end games like minecraft, and high end games like Skyrim, and she wants to play them on high settings, I had originally planned to build a non-overclocker with an i5-3550 and a radeon hd 6870, but in the interest of future proofing I think the extra money for an i5 3570k is worth it, my idea being that she could run it stock for awhile and in a couple of years when that's not enough, she can buy a CPU cooler and I can overclock it for her.
Also, I don't see any crazy good deals on graphics cards, and I'm not sure which one I should go with, so I might not order one yet and she can play on integrated graphics until I find a good deal on a $200ish card.
I was trying to combo everything and save some money but the power supply I picked had a decent rebate and wasn't combo-able so if you guys know of any good combos that would be awesome.
Sorry for the long read, on to the build:
NZXT Crafted Series Vulcan Black Steel / Plastic Gaming mATX Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146065&Tpk=nzxt%20vulcan
Intel core i5 3570k & ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M LGA 1155 Intel Z77 micro ATX motherboard combo (Does anyone know about this mother board? Not a lot of reviews, it seemed like the best budget micro atx board)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.910379
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply (I picked this power supply because it looked decent and had a good mail in rebate)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017
G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (Unless I can find a combo for ram)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231461
Hard drive: She wanted a 2tb hard drive, so I was going to get her a 2tb and get her a SSD when the prices drop but I checked almost all of the 2tb hard drives and it seems all of the less expensive 2tb hard drives have bad reviews and low warranties.
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