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[trenchfoot]

Hi Everyone, I've been lurking on here for a couple of days. I have finally decided to pull the trigger on building my own computer for the first time. After quite a bit of research, here is a list of the components that fit my budget and performance (hopefully)

Newegg Wishlist <<making that link was a first too btw...

COOLER MASTER Storm Enforcer SGC-1000-KWN1 Black SECC / ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case ATX PS2

ASRock Z77 Pro4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

PNY VCGGTX6501XPB GeForce GTX 650 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 750W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000

BX80637I53570KCorsair Force Series GT CSSD-F120GBGT-BK 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

LG Black 12X Internal Blu-ray Drive 3D Playback & M-DISC Support SATA Model UH12LS29 LightScribe Support - OEM

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

I just read the "how to ask for help sticky" and the budget is realistically $1800.00 including a monitor, keyboard, mouse etc.

I do not intend to overclock hence the lack of a aftermarket cpu fan. My goal is a solid, stable and decently fast computer that will give me all the eye candy in games like Battlefield 3, Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3. I won't be doing heavy photo shopping or video editing but want something that would let me "dabble" without being discouraged by crappy performance.

So please, I intend to order by Wednesday hopefully. If you see components that are known to be troublesome, unreliable, or too expensive for the performance, please advise me. Thanks in advance.

 

[excella1221]

You can drop the 3570K then and swap it for a 3470.
The motherboard can be an ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP too. Unless you're gonna SLI/CF? In which case the Pro3 cannot provide either.

The GTX 650 isn't that great, you're better off with a 7850/7870.
Though for a 1,800 budget you can get a 7970/GHz easy.

Corsair SSDs aren't that great either, best ones for the price atm are Vertex 4 and Samsung 830.

I don't see a RAM.

P.S - Your wishlist isn't for public viewing.