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[derekgrant3]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Soon, hopefully by next month.

Budget Range: 1000-1300

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Running 3ds Max, Unity,

Are you buying a monitor: Not right away, have a tv.

Do you need to buy OS: No.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Not sure.

Location: Ottawa, On, Canada.

Overclocking: I'm not sure.

SLI or Crossfire: No. Not right away.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x1080

Additional Comments: I would like this be my gaming rig. But also function as I'm a student for video game design.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I currently have an Asus G73JW laptop and it's starting to get clunky.

Include a list of any parts you have already selected with descriptively labeled links for parts. Please do not post only links.

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor.
Cooler: Not Sure?
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Ram: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
HD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card
PS: Corsair Professional 750W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Case: Not sure again...

Build cost so far: $1121.83

Link: http://pcpartpicker.com/ca/p/yPpC

Thanks.

 

[Outlander_04]

Unless you plan to add a second graphics card your psu is overkill . 600 watts would be plenty

The CM Hyper 212 is a very good cooler for the price

If you want quiet then the Scythe Ninja 3000 will be inaudible at low fan settings and since its huge it will still cool better than is required

 

[djangoringo]

If you plan to do editing stuff, my suggestion : http://pcpartpicker.com/ca/p/yPOf

 

[jmsellars1]

You're not going to need to SLI if you're gaming on a single monitor at 1080P. I'd drop the PSU to 400W+ and drop the motherboard to a H77 model. You won't lose any performance whatsoever and you will save like $100 or something. It means you can't SLI but it has very little benefit for a single monitor build really.

With the cash you saved, you could upgrade the CPU to a Xeon if the extra threads help with the game design. The E3-1230 V2 is basically an i7-3770 without the integrated graphics and is only $30 more than that i5.

I would think about swapping the CPU/Motherboard/PSU for these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117286
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157302
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

Saves $80 and gives better performance.

 

[derekgrant3]

MY current build update: http://pcpartpicker.com/ca/p/yQ0V

 

[derekgrant3]

You're not going to need to SLI if you're gaming on a single monitor at 1080P. I'd drop the PSU to 400W+ and drop the motherboard to a H77 model. You won't lose any performance whatsoever and you will save like $100 or something. It means you can't SLI but it has very little benefit for a single monitor build really.

With the cash you saved, you could upgrade the CPU to a Xeon if the extra threads help with the game design. The E3-1230 V2 is basically an i7-3770 without the integrated graphics and is only $30 more than that i5.

I would think about swapping the CPU/Motherboard/PSU for these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117286
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157302
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151094

Saves $80 and gives better performance.

I would still do dual monitor, but it wouldn't be for gaming purposes. More like while working in Unity or VS.

 

[jmsellars1]

In that case you really don't need SLI, I was talking about gaming over multi monitors.

EDIT: Ahh sorry for the US links. Didn't notice you're in Canada.