Hey there,
What to do? Help!
I have not built myself since 486i was brnd new. Got alot of catching up to do and I'm a little lost.
Really do not want big box retail system.
I was looking to be at around $1000.00 for the system. Wanting to get some life out of it without going crazy. Mostly for media (photo editing, video etc.), gaming (WOW, Diablo III and more) and general PCing.
I have been looking at many options, having it built with available components list (Mwave) being one. Wanted to get it done sooner than later and my time is limited. I really want to do the build myself.
Here are the things that I have tentatively chosen for my rig.
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 ATX 9 Drive Bay No PS TOP USB2.0 1394 Audio
HDD
SEAGATE ST1000DM003 Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" internal hard drive (Bare Drive)
PSU
Antec HCG-620M 620W High Current Gamer M ATX 12V EPS12V Active PFC PCI Express 80PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
RAM
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB ( 4GB x 2 ) 240-pin DDR3 1600mhz non-ECC desktop memory module
Optical:
Lite On IHAS424-98 Black SATA 24X LightScribe Double-layer DVDRW Drive
CPU:
Intel BX80637I53570K Core i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4 GHz Socket 1155 77W Quad-core Desktop Processor
SSD:
OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 128GB 2.5" SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
MOBO:
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB - LGA1155 Intel Z77 Chipset ATX Motherboard, DDR3, USB3.0, SATA 6Gb/s, D-SUB/DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort, 7.1CH HD Audio, Gigabit LAN, CrossFireX/SLI
GPU:
MSI R7850 PE 2GD5/OC Radeon HD7850 2GB DDR5 256bit PCIE3.0 Video Card, DVI/DisplayPort/HDMI
CPU cooler
Cooler Master RR-212E-20PK-R2 Aluminum HYPER 212 EVO CPU Cooler for Intel AMD Heatpipe
I would appriciate you having a look and if there are any tips or recommendations, they are more than welcome.
I wouldn,t hurt to save some cash but I don't want to sacrifice quality or dependability.
Also GPU's just have gotten crazy! Extral help in this area would be a great plus. I'm just not sure at all.
I thank you for your time and assistance,
COL H
P.S> Needed to mention will need to get Windows 7 64 Bit. Also my $1,400 list is from Mwave. The pricing and choices seemed limited. I looked at PCpart picker too.
What to do? Help!
I have not built myself since 486i was brnd new. Got alot of catching up to do and I'm a little lost.
Really do not want big box retail system.
I was looking to be at around $1000.00 for the system. Wanting to get some life out of it without going crazy. Mostly for media (photo editing, video etc.), gaming (WOW, Diablo III and more) and general PCing.
I have been looking at many options, having it built with available components list (Mwave) being one. Wanted to get it done sooner than later and my time is limited. I really want to do the build myself.
Here are the things that I have tentatively chosen for my rig.
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Mid Tower Gamer Case 900 ATX 9 Drive Bay No PS TOP USB2.0 1394 Audio
HDD
SEAGATE ST1000DM003 Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" internal hard drive (Bare Drive)
PSU
Antec HCG-620M 620W High Current Gamer M ATX 12V EPS12V Active PFC PCI Express 80PLUS BRONZE Power Supply
RAM
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB ( 4GB x 2 ) 240-pin DDR3 1600mhz non-ECC desktop memory module
Optical:
Lite On IHAS424-98 Black SATA 24X LightScribe Double-layer DVDRW Drive
CPU:
Intel BX80637I53570K Core i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4 GHz Socket 1155 77W Quad-core Desktop Processor
SSD:
OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 128GB 2.5" SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
MOBO:
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB - LGA1155 Intel Z77 Chipset ATX Motherboard, DDR3, USB3.0, SATA 6Gb/s, D-SUB/DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort, 7.1CH HD Audio, Gigabit LAN, CrossFireX/SLI
GPU:
MSI R7850 PE 2GD5/OC Radeon HD7850 2GB DDR5 256bit PCIE3.0 Video Card, DVI/DisplayPort/HDMI
CPU cooler
Cooler Master RR-212E-20PK-R2 Aluminum HYPER 212 EVO CPU Cooler for Intel AMD Heatpipe
I would appriciate you having a look and if there are any tips or recommendations, they are more than welcome.
I wouldn,t hurt to save some cash but I don't want to sacrifice quality or dependability.
Also GPU's just have gotten crazy! Extral help in this area would be a great plus. I'm just not sure at all.
I thank you for your time and assistance,
COL H
P.S> Needed to mention will need to get Windows 7 64 Bit. Also my $1,400 list is from Mwave. The pricing and choices seemed limited. I looked at PCpart picker too.