New computer advice for audio and gaming

Steven_e

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Oct 3, 2012
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10,510
Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: $1500.00 to $1900.00

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Audio recording and management/ mmo gaming on down time

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: all, except what is listed below

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Have to go through a comes built dealer...was looking at avadirect

Parts Preferences: No preference. I have several WD 1tb black drives out of current rig.

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, would like to during next years upgrade

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Several versions of audio recording software, nothing overly demanding, Studio Manager for Yamaha PM5D and a older mmo game

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Work gave me money to upgrade.


I have come up with the configuration listed below on the avadirect website. As mentioned before I am not able to build myself due to work restrictions. Just looking for ideas for parts upgrades or changes or any screw ups I have added. Everything listed below came to about 1800 with shipping.

INTEL, Core i5-3570K Quad-Core 3.4 - 3.8GHz TB, HD Graphics 4000, LGA1155, 6MB L3 Cache, 22nm, 77W, EM64T EIST VT-x XD, Retail

COOLER MASTER, Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler, Socket 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/FM1/AM3/AM2, Copper/Aluminum

GIGABYTE, GA-Z77X-UD5H, LGA1155, Intel Z77, DDR3-2400 (O.C.) 32GB /4, PCIe x16 SLI CF /1+1*, SATA 6Gb/s RAID 5 /5, 3Gb/s /4, DP + HDMI + DVI + VGA, USB 3.0 /8, HDA, GbLAN /2, FW /2, ATX, Retail

CRUCIAL, 16GB (4 x 4GB) Ballistix Elite PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8 (8-8-8-24) 1.5V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC

ASUS, GTX660 TI-DC2O-2GD5, GeForce GTX 660 Ti 1058MHz, 2GB GDDR5 6008MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, DP + HDMI + 2 x DVI, Retail

KINGSTON, 120GB HyperX SSD, MLC SandForce SF-2281, 555/510 MB/s, 2.5-Inch w/ 3.5-Inch Bracket, SATA 6 Gb/s, Retail

LITE-ON, iHBS112 Black 12x/16x/48x BD/DVD/CD Blu-ray Disc Burner w/o Software, SATA, OEM

CORSAIR, Obsidian 650D Black Mid-Tower Computer Case w/ Window, ATX, No PSU, Aluminum/Steel

AEROCOOL, Touch 2000 Black Controller Panel, 4-Channels Fan / Temperature, Touch Screen LCD, 2 x 5.25" Bay

CUSTOM WIRING, Spiral Wrap Wire Management with Round Cables, Black

LOGISYS, 12" Super Bright Sunlight Stick, White

CORSAIR, AX750 Gold Power Supply w/ Modular Cables, 750W, 80 PLUS, 24-pin ATX12V v2.31 EPS12V 2.92, 4x 8/6-pin PCIe, Retail

GAMING PC, Silver Warranty Package (3 Year Limited Parts, 3 Year Labor Warranty)

Thanks in advance for everything.

Steven
 

dingo07

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I quote the OP "As mentioned before I am not able to build myself due to work restrictions."