freshsoju

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Jul 27, 2012
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I'm planning to build a system in about 2 weeks and I need some advice. I mainly use my computer for playing games like WoW, Dota 2, CoD, and BF3 so I need my build to be able to play these games at the higher settings smoothly(40FPS+ at least).
This is what I have so far:

Samsung by Seagate Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ/ST500DM005 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
70$

RAIDMAX HYBRID 2 RX-730SS 730W ATX12V V2.2/ EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Power Supply
60$

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
45$

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
230$

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
35$

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
115$

The total from this comes to about 560$. Im missing a graphics card because I dont know what to get. I'm wondering if i should wait for NVIDIA to release more of their 600 series or settle for a different card. I dont want to push my budget too for over 700 and definitely not over 800. However, I do want to run multiple monitors in the future and I dont mind SLI or Crossfiring later... so any suggestions on how to improve this build and on a graphics card?
 

DeusAres

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No, this CPU actually outperforms the new FX processors in most applications. No bottlenecks should occur. The phenom II x4 965 is a great match for the hd 7870.

If you'll be able to upgrade your GPU in the future, I'd recommend you sacrifice the GPU for now and get the i5 3570k.