Approximate Purchase Date: Probably today
Budget Range: $1000-$2000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Heavy gaming
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: Everything
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg unless anyone else has good suggestions
Location: Rockville, MD
Parts Preferences: Looking for an i7 can by Ivy or Sandy
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 or higher
Additional Comments: I'm starting from scratch so I'm not too sure about what to get.. I don't think I need a good looking case just one that can do a good job of venting the system and keeping it cool. I'm positive about getting an i7 Sandy or Ivy but still not sure which one to get. I'm probably set with 8gbs of RAM and a normal PSU that lives as long as the rest of the computer. I'm pretty lost about motherboards and graphics cards because I'm coming from a laptop that uses a NVidia GeForce 540M. I don't think I'll be needing a high end CD-ROM drive a basic DVD-ROM drive without blue-ray should be fine. That's basically it I don't really know where to start :/.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Laptop isn't enough to run these modern games
Any help would be deeply appreciated because I only know how to fix those ancient Pentium 4 computers as a job. I don't know much about parts just how to put it together and troubleshoot if there's anything wrong. So if anyone could advise me about which parts to get or teach me a little about how to pick the right components to fit my budget, it would help so much. Thanks!
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This is what I have come up with (a lot of it was taken from g-unit1111's build):
Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Unbeatable Gaming Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129100
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125423
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106276
Is this a solid build? It all comes out to be $1170.92 without the windows cd, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. I am really looking for 60+ fps on graphics demanding games like battlefield 3 and crysis on maxed out settings. Thanks!
Budget Range: $1000-$2000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Heavy gaming
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: Everything
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg unless anyone else has good suggestions
Location: Rockville, MD
Parts Preferences: Looking for an i7 can by Ivy or Sandy
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 or higher
Additional Comments: I'm starting from scratch so I'm not too sure about what to get.. I don't think I need a good looking case just one that can do a good job of venting the system and keeping it cool. I'm positive about getting an i7 Sandy or Ivy but still not sure which one to get. I'm probably set with 8gbs of RAM and a normal PSU that lives as long as the rest of the computer. I'm pretty lost about motherboards and graphics cards because I'm coming from a laptop that uses a NVidia GeForce 540M. I don't think I'll be needing a high end CD-ROM drive a basic DVD-ROM drive without blue-ray should be fine. That's basically it I don't really know where to start :/.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Laptop isn't enough to run these modern games
Any help would be deeply appreciated because I only know how to fix those ancient Pentium 4 computers as a job. I don't know much about parts just how to put it together and troubleshoot if there's anything wrong. So if anyone could advise me about which parts to get or teach me a little about how to pick the right components to fit my budget, it would help so much. Thanks!
===================================================================================
This is what I have come up with (a lot of it was taken from g-unit1111's build):
Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Unbeatable Gaming Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129100
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314
GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125423
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106276
Is this a solid build? It all comes out to be $1170.92 without the windows cd, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. I am really looking for 60+ fps on graphics demanding games like battlefield 3 and crysis on maxed out settings. Thanks!