It's that time I call new build

[hunterpostit88]

Approximate Purchase Date: Within the week

Budget Range: $1000-$1500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: GAMING, streaming movies, everyday use

Are you buying a monitor: Nope

Parts to Upgrade: Everything

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Any from pcpartpicker.com

Location: Houston

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, AMD GPU

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: I don't think it should be necessary

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I play new shooters and startegy games(Total War, CoH, MoW)

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Sick of this AMD CPU

 

[butremor]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.29 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card ($359.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Tempest 410 ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($53.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($33.99 @ Mac Mall)
Total: $1044.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-19 14:46 EST-0500)

 

[djangoringo]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/omw8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/omw8/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/omw8/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.29 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card ($429.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($65.48 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1092.18
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

With the 7970 ghz edition vapor x and a better mobo 8+4 phase design.