- May 31, 2012
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Approximate Purchase Date: Planning to buy it next week or at the end of the month of June.
Budget Range: 600-700USD Before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Watching Movies and Surfing the net.
Parts Not Required: Peripherals.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com or any site that offer cheap prices.
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Nvidia and Intel's I series.
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Yes
Monitor Resolution: Planning to go up to 1920x1080 but not more I think.
Additional Comments:
This is my first time to build my own Gaming Rig. Been in the interwebs for quite awhile now lots of reviews and benchmarks. Just want to know if I got all of them right.
Been on a 5-6 year old Dell Inspiron E1505 that I use to play WoW on Low settings. Would like to experience new titles such as Crysis 2 and Skyrim on high details if not superb with decent FPS. But most likely I'll use it on Guild Wars 2
.
I want a 600-700 USD gaming rig that has a lot of upgrade potentials such as:
- Ivy Bridge Compatible (maybe)
- Can OC
- Can take advantage of Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge iGPUs
- PSU that can accomodate those upgrades in the future
- Best budget CPU chassis that has great airflow to accomodate additional hardware in the future
- Can add more RAM in the future
What I came up with:
Chassis: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case = 54.99usd
Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive = 74.99usd
GPU: EVGA 01G-P3-1460-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card(1pc atm, SLI after I saved up enough money) = 189.99usd
PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS500-PCARD3-US 500W ATX12V v2.3 Power Supply = 47.99usd
RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 (will upgrade to 8gb 2x4 after I saved up enough money) = 32.99usd
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS or ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (which one is better for its price?) = 142.99usd and 121.99usd respectively.
CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100 (will upgrade to i5-2600k after I saved up enough money) = 119.99usd
Aftermarket Cooler: COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Intel Core i7 compatible (is this really necessary for my current set up? or should I get one after acquiring i5-2600k and OC it?) = 49.99usd
Total cost: 698.93USD with the ASUS mobo and 692.92USD with the ASrock mobo. (Rebates not included)
So.. any room for improvement? Any reduction with the price is welcome as long it doesn't compromise performance.
Thanks!
Budget Range: 600-700USD Before Rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Watching Movies and Surfing the net.
Parts Not Required: Peripherals.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com or any site that offer cheap prices.
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Nvidia and Intel's I series.
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Yes
Monitor Resolution: Planning to go up to 1920x1080 but not more I think.
Additional Comments:
This is my first time to build my own Gaming Rig. Been in the interwebs for quite awhile now lots of reviews and benchmarks. Just want to know if I got all of them right.
Been on a 5-6 year old Dell Inspiron E1505 that I use to play WoW on Low settings. Would like to experience new titles such as Crysis 2 and Skyrim on high details if not superb with decent FPS. But most likely I'll use it on Guild Wars 2
.I want a 600-700 USD gaming rig that has a lot of upgrade potentials such as:
- Ivy Bridge Compatible (maybe)
- Can OC
- Can take advantage of Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge iGPUs
- PSU that can accomodate those upgrades in the future
- Best budget CPU chassis that has great airflow to accomodate additional hardware in the future
- Can add more RAM in the future
What I came up with:
Chassis: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case = 54.99usd
Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive = 74.99usd
GPU: EVGA 01G-P3-1460-KR GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card(1pc atm, SLI after I saved up enough money) = 189.99usd
PSU: COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power Plus RS500-PCARD3-US 500W ATX12V v2.3 Power Supply = 47.99usd
RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 (will upgrade to 8gb 2x4 after I saved up enough money) = 32.99usd
Mobo: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS or ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (which one is better for its price?) = 142.99usd and 121.99usd respectively.
CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100 (will upgrade to i5-2600k after I saved up enough money) = 119.99usd
Aftermarket Cooler: COOLER MASTER V8 RR-UV8-XBU1-GP 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler Intel Core i7 compatible (is this really necessary for my current set up? or should I get one after acquiring i5-2600k and OC it?) = 49.99usd
Total cost: 698.93USD with the ASUS mobo and 692.92USD with the ASrock mobo. (Rebates not included)
So.. any room for improvement? Any reduction with the price is welcome as long it doesn't compromise performance.
Thanks!
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