Gaming desktop within 1000$

[Uday_24]

Hi All,

Need suggestion/advice with a brand new gaming desktop.Budget is 800 ~ 1000$.

Please mention both AMD and Intel rigs.

 

[inzone]

I'm not going to mention AMD rigs because there is no comarison.

LG DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH24NS90 - OEM
$17.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136247

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded USB 3.0
$99.99 and a $20 rebate making the final price $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
$229.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
$29.99 and a $10 rebate making the final price $19.99.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

Western Digital Red WD10EFRX 1TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236342

CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9B
$54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233196

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$124.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

XFX Core Edition PRO750W (P1-750S-NLB9) 750W ATX12V 2.2 & ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
$114.99 and a $25 rebate making the final price $89.99.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207015

ZOTAC AMP! ZT-50302-10M GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$209.99 and a $30 rebate making the final price $179.99.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500196

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
$99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986


The cost for this build is $1007.90 and the power supply was chosen because the 750w and the 650w were the same price after rebtes so it made sense to get the 750w. You didn't say if you needed an operating system or not and if you already have one then you could get a ssd for the boot drive.

 

[bigcyco1]

I agree with inzone i won't mention AMD either CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K $219.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072


MOBO: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 $119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271


RAM: G.SKILL Sniper 8GB @1600mhz CL9 $48.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231416#top



GPU: MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr II GeForce GTX 570 $239.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127682


HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840#top


ODD: Samsung DVD Burner $13.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151244


Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Enforcer $79.99 $69.99 after mail-in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119240#top


PSU: Antec HCG M Series HCG-620M 620W BRONZE Certified Modular $89.99 $69.99 after mail-in rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371059


CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V6 GT $46.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103089 TOTAL $935.92 AFTER MIR $905.92 if you need OS that's another $99.99

 

[Uday_24]

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