Approximate Purchase Date: this week
Budget Range: $650 (before shipping/rebates)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (WOW, GW2, Portal 2, Skyrim)
Are you buying a monitor: No (for now anyway) I have a 1680 x 1050 (I'm will prolly upgrade that in November w/Black Friday deal)
Parts to Upgrade
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Microcenter, newegg, amazon
Location: City, State/Region, Country - Atlanta, GA, USA
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU
Overclocking: Maybe (in the future)
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe (in the future)
Your Monitor Resolution: (e.g.: 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200 or if you're upgrading please state what you'd want to get)
Additional Comments: quiet would be nice.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: 5 year old computer
Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts. Please do not post only links.
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor $189.99
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml...
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard $84.99 (w/purchase of above processor)
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml...
Memory: Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory $42.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...(Desktop%20Memory)-_-Wintec%20Industries-_-20161452&AID=10440897&PID=3938566&SID=
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $77.99
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=65701&vpn=ST1000DM003&...
Case: Antec One Illusion ATX Mid Tower Case $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...(Computer%20Cases%20-%20ATX%20Form)-_-Antec-_-11129182&AID=10440897&PID=3938566&SID=
Power Supply: Raidmax 700W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) $77.99 (includes free shipping)
http://dealnews.com/Microsoft-Windows-7-Professional-64...
Video Card (future purchase): I was thinking either a Radeon 7950 or Nvidia 680 (undecided on this)
Without the video card, that brings my total to: $656.92 I'd welcome ways to bring this price down (or buy better for the same price) And I'd welcome suggestions on the video card.