I am new to building rigs so please bear with me, if i am missing anything down below.
Thank You
Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP
Budget Range: 1000-1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Gaming, Movies and school work
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Not sure I do have a copy of windows vista
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg or what ever is cheaper
Location: College station, Texas, 78595
Parts Preferences: by brand or type (e.g.: I would like to upgrade to Intel CPU)
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080,
Additional Comments: Would be playing games such as COD, Dragon Age 2, Sid Miers Civ 5, and auto-cad, with Microsoft work
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Old computer can’t ploy newest games anymore and figured that building a gaming rig is better and cheaper than a gaming laptop.
This is a list of the parts I am thinking of buying.
COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225 ] Retail [/url]
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131760R] I don’t know much about this so I just chose this one. [/url]
Rosewill CAPSTONE Series CAPSTONE-750 750W Continuous @ 50°C, 80 PLUS GOLD Certified, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active - PFC Power Supply:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073] Retail [/url]
Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116502] Retail [/url]
OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD):
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227791] [/url]
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489] retail [/url]
LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM SATA 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu Ray 3D Feature IHBS112-04 - OEM:
[ url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106369] Retail [/url]
Linksys WMP600N Wireless Adapter with Dual-Band IEEE 802.11a/b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 PCI WEP, WPA & WPA2 Personal, WPA & WPA2 Enterprise:
retail
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099] retail [/url]
GPU: not sure yet. maybe a 680 or a 7970
Feel free to create a new list no problem with me.
Thank You
Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP
Budget Range: 1000-1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Gaming, Movies and school work
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: Not sure I do have a copy of windows vista
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg or what ever is cheaper
Location: College station, Texas, 78595
Parts Preferences: by brand or type (e.g.: I would like to upgrade to Intel CPU)
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080,
Additional Comments: Would be playing games such as COD, Dragon Age 2, Sid Miers Civ 5, and auto-cad, with Microsoft work
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Old computer can’t ploy newest games anymore and figured that building a gaming rig is better and cheaper than a gaming laptop.
This is a list of the parts I am thinking of buying.
COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119225 ] Retail [/url]
ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131760R] I don’t know much about this so I just chose this one. [/url]
Rosewill CAPSTONE Series CAPSTONE-750 750W Continuous @ 50°C, 80 PLUS GOLD Certified, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active - PFC Power Supply:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182073] Retail [/url]
Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116502] Retail [/url]
OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD):
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227791] [/url]
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL10D-16GBXL:
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231489] retail [/url]
LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM SATA 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu Ray 3D Feature IHBS112-04 - OEM:
[ url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106369] Retail [/url]
Linksys WMP600N Wireless Adapter with Dual-Band IEEE 802.11a/b/g, IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 PCI WEP, WPA & WPA2 Personal, WPA & WPA2 Enterprise:
retail
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+
[ url= http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099] retail [/url]
GPU: not sure yet. maybe a 680 or a 7970
Feel free to create a new list no problem with me.