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theproductofboredom

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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week

Budget Range: (e.g.: 1200-1500) Before / After Rebates; Before / After Shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet, watching movies

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Parts to Upgrade: Its all new so...

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Location: Westchester, New York, U.S.A.

Parts Preferences: Nvidia gpu.

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Will be using an SSD for OS and main applications, and will store static files (music, word documents, etc) on an external hard drive for now.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My old pc is a dinosaur and my mac can't run games

List of Parts:

ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

Rosewill BLACKHAWK Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case, come with Five Fans, window side panel, top HDD dock
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147107

Acer S220HQLAbd Black 21.5" 5ms LED Backlight Widescreen LCD Monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 100,000,000:1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6824009316

Rosewill RNX-N180UBE USB 2.0 External 5dBi Antenna Wireless Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166056

GIGABYTE GV-N670OC-2GD GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125423

Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-650 650W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182132

Logitech MK120 Black USB Wired Slim Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126097

ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6832116986 64-bit - OEM

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835103099

SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC128B/WW 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820147163

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] bo.1057717 $259.98 save: $11.00 FREE SHIPPING
Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
Crucial Ballistix sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model BLS2KIT4G3D1609DS1S00





 
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theproductofboredom

theproductofboredom

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Those motherboards would push me 50 bucks over my 1500 budget. Are they really that much better? Is the motherboard I chose all that bad?
 
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theproductofboredom

theproductofboredom

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How well would my motherboard overclock? I know Bigcyco1 said not very well, but I doubt I'll need to go beyond 4.2-4.5 GHZ, and even thats unnecessarily fast.

Also is using an external hard drive for static files like music or word documents inadvisable? I have four external drives lyring around.
 
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