New Gaming PC under $1100Aud

[Legz]

Approximate Purchase Date: In about 2-3 weeks

Budget Range: About $1100Aud

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Web surfing, Word documents and movies/music

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: All, except DVD drive and HDD

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.msy.com.au/ and http://www.itestate.com.au

Location: Blacktown, Sydney, Australia

Parts Preferences: Prefer Intel and Nvidia

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050, looking to upgrade to 1920x1200

Additional Comments: Would like one of those small self contained water cooling blocks

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Planetside 2! Don't think my E8500 and 4850ATI will handle the game

Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts. Please do not post only links.

Antec 1100 Case
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8637

Corsair CWCH40 H40
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8922

G.Skill Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8G Kit
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7262

OCZ Agility3 120GB SATA3 SSD AGT3-25SAT3-120G
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=9330

Antec VP-650P PSU
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8640

 

[Formata]

Hey there. I will list prices from MSY, but link from PCCaseGear because they have better detailed info. I too have a preference for nvidia, but at that budget it's tough ATM... until the gtx 660Ti arrives, it's just too much to stretch to a gtx 670 which makes the 7870 a great buy, performs similar to a gtx580. Not a big fan of the cheaper LCS either, so I have listed a great performing Air CPU Cooler to fit in your budget.

CPU - Intel 3570K $235.00
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=187_346_1184&products_id=20138

CPU Cooler - CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO - $36
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=207_23_845&products_id=18670

MOBO - Asrock z77 EXtreme4 - $145
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_711_1183&products_id=19867

RAM - G.Skill Ares F3-1600C9D-8GAO 8GB - $55
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19632

SSD - SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 120GB - $99
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19790

GPU - Gigabyte 7870 OC 2GB - $329
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=193_1372&products_id=19740

CASE - Coolermaster HAF RC-912A - $99
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25_31&products_id=15892

PSU - Antec High Current Gamer 620W - $93
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_226&products_id=15134

$1091

 

[nafoni]

No SLI or CF = no need for a Z77-Extreme4 motherboard.

This one should be good enough
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=9035

 

[Legz]

Cheers guys, thanks for the advice and links.