jktxjl

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Jun 14, 2012
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10,510
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next few days

Budget Range: 650-800 After Rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Movies, Music

Parts Not Required: (keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS)

Country: US

Parts Preferences: i5 3570k, HD 6850

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 24" 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Best bang for your buck build for $700-800. Need some suggestions. If you find some combo deals, let me know.

This is what I've came up with so far.
$45 memory - G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-8GAO
$80 hard drive - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$60 case - COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
$17 optical drive - Sony Optiarc 24X DVD Burner, Bulk Package Black SATA Model AD-7280S-0B - OEM
$130 mobo - ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$215 cpu - Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
$10 cpu cooler - CORSAIR CAFA50 120mm CPU Cooler
$140 gpu - GIGABYTE Ultra Durable VGA Series GV-R685OC-1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$43 psu - CORSAIR Builder Series CX500 V2 500W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply

$740 after rebates




 

jktxjl

Honorable
Jun 14, 2012
21
0
10,510
replacing the 6850 with this 6870
$130 - XFX HD-687A-ZHFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card