Is this a good 1500 dollar gaming rig?

[computernoob29]

i will be buying in late december or early january, and i might do sli in march or april. i do need windows and a monitor.
here it is: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ixgd

 

[obsama1]

Don't get Seagate. Ton of failures. Get WD. That SSD is a bit expensive. Get a Crucial M4 or Samsung 830. Also, if you're running at 1080p, SLI is unnecessary. So, I'd get a 650w PSU.

 

[computernoob29]

the reason i might sli is because i want it to play games on atleast medium for 2+ years. would a ocz vertex 4 120gb be ok for an ssd? i think its on sale for like 80 bucks at the store im buying from

 

[Why_Me]

You don't want that RAM with those tall cake cutter heat spreaders unless you plan on using them for a hair comb. The serve no purpose other than to impede any decent sized cpu h/s. Also no need for an 850w psu for two of those cards in SLI. 750w gives you plenty of headroom. And if this is a gaming PC then go big on the SSD seeing how it's in your budget. SSD's are dropping in price just about every other week now so by the time you purchase they should be even cheaper.


http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-80PLUS-Certified-Modular-CP-9020015-NA/dp/B008RJZQSW/ref=sr_1_24?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1346646210&sr=1-24 $86.00 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Corsair CX 750 Watts 80PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply CP-9020015-NA

or...

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Antec High Current Gamer 750W Gamer Power Supply HCG-750 80PLUS Bronze

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Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
ASRock Z77 Extreme3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

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Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)

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CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Profile Desktop Memory Model CML8GX3M2A1600C9

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Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE 22X SATA DVDRW Internal Drive (Black), Bulk without Software

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SAMSUNG 830 Series 2.5-Inch 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7PC256B/WW

or...

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-2-5-Inch-Solid-SDSSDX-240G-G25/dp/B006EKJ8UI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1348611265&sr=1-1&keywords=sandisk+240gb+ssd $181.00 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB SATA 6.0 Gb-s 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SDSSDX-240G-G25

 

[obsama1]

Playing on med. for 2 years just needs a 7970 or 670. It's better to get a highend/midrange card and get a newer, next-gen card using the money you would have saved from not getting a multi-GPU setup.

 

[hapkido]

That PSU is overkill.

And newer and/or cheaper parts will be out by then, so just wait until you're 1-2 weeks out from buying.

 

[computernoob29]

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