900 dollar gaming rig help!

[GreenPhaze]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: August

Budget Range: (e.g.: 950) Before rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (e.g.: gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies)

Are you buying a monitor: Yes




Do you need to buy OS: Yes


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (any trusted seller, and willing to go in store to purchase)

Location: Eastern US

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU core is 2500k preferred

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Please do not degrade the g.c. i want to run games on high such as BF3 not really caring about ultra

 

[obsama1]

A 7850 and i5 3570K would be your best bet.

 

[nekulturny]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cL0v

Heres a good start, I didn't include a monitor or OS. You might consider spending a few more bucks on a 7870 instead of the 7850, but they're both great cards.

 

[Tac134]

With a $140 23' monitor and Win7 home premium, you're looking at about a $710 computer. With that budget you might be able to fit a 2500k and a 560ti/6950 or lower end card.

 

[nekulturny]

Yea, if you need the monitor and OS too in that budget, I'd consider saving up a little more. Now if you live near a MicroCenter store, they have pretty good deals on CPUs In Store only, much cheaper than you will find anywhere else.

 

[GreenPhaze]

Yea, if you need the monitor and OS too in that budget, I'd consider saving up a little more. Now if you live near a MicroCenter store, they have pretty good deals on CPUs In Store only, much cheaper than you will find anywhere else.

I do in fact live a semi-distance away from a MicroCenter. Close enough to where I might take up on those discounts

 

[GreenPhaze]

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