Won 1000$ giftcard for bestbuy, want to build computer!!

[anon002]

Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP

Budget Range: 1000$ before shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: Building from scratch

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Bestbuy.ca

Location: Calgary, AB Canada

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, other than that...no preference

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Went to a new bestbuy opening here in Calgary and entered a contest to win a 2000 dollar gift-card, and ended up winning it! 1000 went to the finance and now I'm left with a 1000 dollars and want to build a new computer with it. I know its not an ideal site to build a computer from, but its the situation I find myself in. Now...I haven't built a PC in a VERY long time. I don't know whats good anymore, and I'm finding it hard to build this thing on my own. I ask that you give me some advice and point me in the right direction. Any and all advise is VERY appreciated.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Old laptop just don't cut the mustard anymore!

So this is what I've done so far:

Cooler Master Full Tower Desktop Computer Case (HAF XM) 149.99
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/cooler-master-cooler-master-full-tower-desktop-computer-case-haf-xm-haf-xm/10212733.aspx?lang=en-CA&pcname=&sku=10212733&path=8cfc4f5a6a13419b25fd292d6f18f17fen02

Intel Core i5-3350p 3.1 Ghz 6 MB Cache Quad-Core Processor 205.99
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/intel-intel-core-i5-3350p-3-1-ghz-6-mb-cache-quad-core-processor-bx80637i53350p-bx80637i53350p/10223581.aspx?lang=en-CA&pcname=&sku=10223581&path=18e5da2629930266755eeeb4127d11aeen02

ASUS P8Z77-M LGA 1155 Motherboard 143.99
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-p8z77-m-lga-1155-motherboard-p8z77-m/10207910.aspx?lang=en-CA&pcname=&sku=10207910&path=c3401c341acdbfe497c5b2eac4523461en02

PNY NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1GB PCI-E Video Card 229.95
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/pny-electronics-pny-nividia-geforce-gtx-560-1gb-pci-e-video-card-vcggtx560txpb-oc/10175842.aspx?lang=en-CA&pcname=&sku=10175842&path=92653cc7aadc6f4f9602f4cac1fb7289en02

Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 1866MHz Desktop Memory 107.99
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/corsair-corsair-vengeance-16gb-4x4gb-ddr3-1866mhz-desktop-memory-cmz16gx3m4x1866c9r-red-cmz16gx3m4x1866c9r/10210680.aspx?lang=en-CA&pcname=&sku=10210680&path=a099b18aebf3eb1e242979bcbb1b9d24en02

Corsair 2.5" 120 GB Solid State Drive 139.99
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/corsair-corsair-2-5-120-gb-solid-state-drive-cssd-n120gb3-bk-cssd-n120gb3-bk/10223782.aspx?lang=en-CA&pcname=&sku=10223782&path=534ecbbe9560d70afdf67cec70ae6880en02

This puts me at just about the 1000 price tag im looking to shoot for and still need a power supply, psu cooling and soundcard (i think i still need one of these...again, haven't built in a long time.) I'm looking to fun games on ultra with AT LEAST 50-60fps. So if i've gone WAY overboard with this build, lets buy cheaper stuff! Again, any and ALL info is much obliged.

 

[hitman01]

That build ain't gonna cut it, everything is overkilled, and the gpu is just crap by today's standards at that price imo, i made a build, it might not be perfect but it looks like its better than the current one you have.

Intel Core i5-3350p 3.1 Ghz 6 MB :
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/intel-intel-core-i5-3350p-3-1-ghz-6-mb-cache-quad-core-processor-bx80637i53350p-bx80637i53350p/10223581.aspx?path=18e5da2629930266755eeeb4127d11aeen02

Gigabyte H77M-D3H :
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/gigabyte-gigabyte-h77m-d3h-lga-1155-motherboard-ga-h77m-d3h-ga-h77m-d3h/10211377.aspx?path=fd7a6eec53847f40d5a9162f2d9e36b8en02

Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz 3GB GDDR5 :
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/diamond-diamond-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-3gb-gddr5-pci-e-video-card-dmgc3g7970ghz-dmgc3g7970ghz/10225205.aspx?path=88a0ae65dcf67b92fe3f06b277d2d670en02

Seagate 1TB Internal Hard Drive
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/seagate-seagate-1tb-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003-st1000dm003/10191347.aspx?path=ed0bf1e992fe1ba852fb20391aaf67a6en02

Corsair 4GB DDR3
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/corsair-corsair-4gb-ddr3-desktop-memory-cmx4gx3m1a1333c9-cmx4gx3m1a1333c9/10211131.aspx?path=cb263c48a32b39ce780de3b09ad45d98en02

Corsair 600W PC Power Supply
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/corsair-corsair-600w-pc-power-supply-cmpsu-600cxv2-cmpsu-600cxv2/10190702.aspx?path=4f0a2cb6410c280c201c2941b6d6af94en02

OCZ 60GB Solid State Drive
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/ocz-ocz-60gb-solid-state-drive-vtxplr2-25sat2-60g-vtxplr2-25sat2-60g/10218514.aspx?path=6b37b55f7b15b6380e572157d4e0cd5cen02

Thermaltake Versa I
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/thermaltake-thermaltake-versa-i-computer-case-vo600a1n3n-black-vo600a1n3n/10220745.aspx?path=46ca20621d1ce60b7c4ea3c85b38bf23en02

996.92

 

[anon002]

That build ain't gonna cut it, everything is overkilled, and the gpu is just crap by today's standards at that price imo, i made a build, it might not be perfect but it looks like its better than the current one you have.

Intel Core i5-3350p 3.1 Ghz 6 MB :
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/intel-intel-core-i5-3350p-3-1-ghz-6-mb-cache-quad-core-processor-bx80637i53350p-bx80637i53350p/10223581.aspx?path=18e5da2629930266755eeeb4127d11aeen02

Gigabyte H77M-D3H :
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/gigabyte-gigabyte-h77m-d3h-lga-1155-motherboard-ga-h77m-d3h-ga-h77m-d3h/10211377.aspx?path=fd7a6eec53847f40d5a9162f2d9e36b8en02

Diamond Radeon HD 7970 GHz 3GB GDDR5 :
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/diamond-diamond-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-3gb-gddr5-pci-e-video-card-dmgc3g7970ghz-dmgc3g7970ghz/10225205.aspx?path=88a0ae65dcf67b92fe3f06b277d2d670en02

Seagate 1TB Internal Hard Drive
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/seagate-seagate-1tb-internal-hard-drive-st1000dm003-st1000dm003/10191347.aspx?path=ed0bf1e992fe1ba852fb20391aaf67a6en02

Corsair 4GB DDR3
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/corsair-corsair-4gb-ddr3-desktop-memory-cmx4gx3m1a1333c9-cmx4gx3m1a1333c9/10211131.aspx?path=cb263c48a32b39ce780de3b09ad45d98en02

Corsair 600W PC Power Supply
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/corsair-corsair-600w-pc-power-supply-cmpsu-600cxv2-cmpsu-600cxv2/10190702.aspx?path=4f0a2cb6410c280c201c2941b6d6af94en02

OCZ 60GB Solid State Drive
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/ocz-ocz-60gb-solid-state-drive-vtxplr2-25sat2-60g-vtxplr2-25sat2-60g/10218514.aspx?path=6b37b55f7b15b6380e572157d4e0cd5cen02

Thermaltake Versa I
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/thermaltake-thermaltake-versa-i-computer-case-vo600a1n3n-black-vo600a1n3n/10220745.aspx?path=46ca20621d1ce60b7c4ea3c85b38bf23en02

996.92

Will that card be supported by everything thats in there? Seems liek the cpu will bottleneck it. Again, haven't built in awhile...so I'm probably wrong.

 

[hitman01]

What do you mean by supported? If you mean compatible then yeah.

The cpu will not be a bottleneck at 1080p.

 

[anon002]

What do you mean by supported? If you mean compatible then yeah.

The cpu will not be a bottleneck at 1080p.

I just mean the whole thing seems light to support a gpu like that. BUT, I will do some research and check er out. Thank you SO much for the info. Also, why the 2 hard-drives? Wouldn't 1 160g solid state be better? I have a 2tb external sitting around here somewhere if that changes anything.

 

[hitman01]

It is not light at all lol, people still use 7970 on 955, and they can't complain, as long as u play on 1080p and crank everything up, it should not be a problem, if you have an external drive, then remove the HDD and get yourself a better SSD, a 240gb+ should be enough for boot and some games.

 

[anon002]

It is not light at all lol, people still use 7970 on 955, and they can't complain, as long as u play on 1080p and crank everything up, it should not be a problem, if you have an external drive, then remove the HDD and get yourself a better SSD, a 240gb+ should be enough for boot and some games.

Well, sounds like a plan then. Thank for the input Hitman. Would like to know what the other people checking out this thread think though! Help me out guys!!

 

[anon002]

Noone else has any insight into this? I'd like to hear from a couple more people before I go ahead and build this computer. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLLEEAASSEE help me out.

 

[combine1237]

3570k instead of processor believe yours is locked. If you are going to crossfire and overclock you are going to need a bigger power supply than 600w when you do.

 

[anon002]

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