Approximate Purchase Date: August 5-16, 2012
Budget Range: $1,000-1,500 Before rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies, and lastly mild interest in game designing (hobby)
Parts Not Required: mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, tigerdirect
Country: Purchasing in USA, do not know where parts are assembled as of yet
Parts Preferences : prefer intel, but price has influence
Overclocking: Maybe, leaning towards yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe (want to be able to use in future, single GPU for now)
Monitor Resolution: don't have monitor yet, leaning toward 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC, would like to be somewhat future proof for 2-3 years
Hello community,
I'm completely new to PC building, and this is my very first time trying to come up with a system. What I'm looking for is:
-a system that will last 3 years or more
-moderate to heavy gaming (I don't play every new game, have a rather small library but the little I have I game a lot on)
-would like to be able to upgrade if a new game or software comes out (don't need to go max)
-would like to be able to upgrade to 3D gaming when income becomes more expendable
I already did some research over the past few days and came up with the following setup:
Power supply: Ultra LSP 650W PSU
~$55
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-M Pro
~$150
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K, Newegg and Tigerdirect
~$220 ($210 w/ rebate)
HD: Crucial m4 256GB SSD, Newegg and Tigerdirect
~$210
Chose SSD for speed, and do not want to do RAID mode (unless there's a good enough counter argument). 250gb is good enough for now, will probably add more SSD when they go mainstream (and cheap).
RAM: Patriot G2 series 8GB DDR3 1600 Mhz, Newegg and Tigerdirect
~$47
Optic drive: Lite-On internal Blu-ray Burner
~$75
Extra fan: Corsair Hydro Series H60
~$65
Have no idea where or how to put the liquid cooler, but I want to be able to have a cooling system for an SLI setup in the future. Have never put together a pc before, will look into it but I want the pieces available first (some are on sale for a limited time, hence why a slight sense of urgency).
For graphics card and case, I'm indecisive:
Graphics card: EVGA Superclocked GTX 560 Ti
~$230 ($200 w/ rebate)
I'm open to suggestions for graphics, but I just need to run some older games flawlessly at least(Orange Box, BioShock 2, Portal 2, Team Fortress 2), maybe a few current ones, and maybe some new ones down the road. Used to have moderate to poor experiences with Valve's games on an 8600M GT and 2 GB of ram, Core 2 duo t7500 processor
Case: Cooler master HAF 912, Newegg and Tigerdirect
~$60
For case, my mobo has 4 3.0 usb ports and 4 other 2.0 usb ports. Does that mean I need a case that has a usb port for each mobo port to use them all or can I buy a usb adapter, and access them all from the front? Stupid question, but what would the two front usb ports be connected to, the mobo?
So the total price is ~$1,112, maybe $1072 if you factor in the potential rebates. That still leaves me around $388 to $428 to spend on a monitor, keyboard, and speakers if I want to stay at $1500. Haven't even factored in cost of shipping.
I'd love it if you could point out any incombatibilities or anything else wrong. I'd also appreciate any more advice on anything, from the parts I've chosen to monitor or speaker selection, to cheaply obtaining Win7 62 bit OS.
Budget Range: $1,000-1,500 Before rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies, and lastly mild interest in game designing (hobby)
Parts Not Required: mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, tigerdirect
Country: Purchasing in USA, do not know where parts are assembled as of yet
Parts Preferences : prefer intel, but price has influence
Overclocking: Maybe, leaning towards yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe (want to be able to use in future, single GPU for now)
Monitor Resolution: don't have monitor yet, leaning toward 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC, would like to be somewhat future proof for 2-3 years
Hello community,
I'm completely new to PC building, and this is my very first time trying to come up with a system. What I'm looking for is:
-a system that will last 3 years or more
-moderate to heavy gaming (I don't play every new game, have a rather small library but the little I have I game a lot on)
-would like to be able to upgrade if a new game or software comes out (don't need to go max)
-would like to be able to upgrade to 3D gaming when income becomes more expendable
I already did some research over the past few days and came up with the following setup:
Power supply: Ultra LSP 650W PSU
~$55
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-M Pro
~$150
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K, Newegg and Tigerdirect
~$220 ($210 w/ rebate)
HD: Crucial m4 256GB SSD, Newegg and Tigerdirect
~$210
Chose SSD for speed, and do not want to do RAID mode (unless there's a good enough counter argument). 250gb is good enough for now, will probably add more SSD when they go mainstream (and cheap).
RAM: Patriot G2 series 8GB DDR3 1600 Mhz, Newegg and Tigerdirect
~$47
Optic drive: Lite-On internal Blu-ray Burner
~$75
Extra fan: Corsair Hydro Series H60
~$65
Have no idea where or how to put the liquid cooler, but I want to be able to have a cooling system for an SLI setup in the future. Have never put together a pc before, will look into it but I want the pieces available first (some are on sale for a limited time, hence why a slight sense of urgency).
For graphics card and case, I'm indecisive:
Graphics card: EVGA Superclocked GTX 560 Ti
~$230 ($200 w/ rebate)
I'm open to suggestions for graphics, but I just need to run some older games flawlessly at least(Orange Box, BioShock 2, Portal 2, Team Fortress 2), maybe a few current ones, and maybe some new ones down the road. Used to have moderate to poor experiences with Valve's games on an 8600M GT and 2 GB of ram, Core 2 duo t7500 processor
Case: Cooler master HAF 912, Newegg and Tigerdirect
~$60
For case, my mobo has 4 3.0 usb ports and 4 other 2.0 usb ports. Does that mean I need a case that has a usb port for each mobo port to use them all or can I buy a usb adapter, and access them all from the front? Stupid question, but what would the two front usb ports be connected to, the mobo?
So the total price is ~$1,112, maybe $1072 if you factor in the potential rebates. That still leaves me around $388 to $428 to spend on a monitor, keyboard, and speakers if I want to stay at $1500. Haven't even factored in cost of shipping.
I'd love it if you could point out any incombatibilities or anything else wrong. I'd also appreciate any more advice on anything, from the parts I've chosen to monitor or speaker selection, to cheaply obtaining Win7 62 bit OS.