I've been reading this site pretty much daily for the last few months. I think I have a good build going here, but figured I would post and get some opinions. This will be a first time build for me. Thanks in advance.
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: This week.
Budget Range: $1200-1800
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Are you buying a monitor: At at later date.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Location: US - TN
Parts Preferences: Intel, corsair, top name brands
Overclocking: Yes - Going to try at least.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, but probably not.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024, but I will be upgrading my monitor soon for the normal rez people use now.
Additional Comments: I've been wanting a better computer for the last few months. It came down to building one myself for around 1500 or paying Maingear over 2 grand. I'm fairly tech savvy so I just figured why the hell not, and everyone here seems to agree.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Although my core i7 920, 6 gigs ram, ati 4670 is still kicking it surprisingly well, I just felt like it was time.
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139009
Corsair Carbide Series 500R - $129.99
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 - $169.99
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128546
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H - $144.99
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504&Tpk=3570k
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz - $229.99
Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO - $30.99
or
Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018
Noctua NH-D14 - $89.99
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148544
Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $43.99
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442
Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB - $119.99
HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB - $89.99
Optical: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
LITE-ON DVD Burner - $17.99
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130787
EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB - $409.99
OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - $99.99
TOTAL w/ Evo: $1,487.80
TOTAL w/ Noc: $1,546.89
Some of this stuff has mail in rebates and promo codes, so will probably be around $100.00 less.
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: This week.
Budget Range: $1200-1800
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming
Are you buying a monitor: At at later date.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Location: US - TN
Parts Preferences: Intel, corsair, top name brands
Overclocking: Yes - Going to try at least.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, but probably not.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024, but I will be upgrading my monitor soon for the normal rez people use now.
Additional Comments: I've been wanting a better computer for the last few months. It came down to building one myself for around 1500 or paying Maingear over 2 grand. I'm fairly tech savvy so I just figured why the hell not, and everyone here seems to agree.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Although my core i7 920, 6 gigs ram, ati 4670 is still kicking it surprisingly well, I just felt like it was time.
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139009
Corsair Carbide Series 500R - $129.99
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX750 - $169.99
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128546
GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-D3H - $144.99
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504&Tpk=3570k
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz - $229.99
Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO - $30.99
or
Cooler: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018
Noctua NH-D14 - $89.99
Ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148544
Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $43.99
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148442
Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB - $119.99
HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB - $89.99
Optical: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289
LITE-ON DVD Burner - $17.99
Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130787
EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB - $409.99
OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - $99.99
TOTAL w/ Evo: $1,487.80
TOTAL w/ Noc: $1,546.89
Some of this stuff has mail in rebates and promo codes, so will probably be around $100.00 less.