$700 Gaming PC

[vaizer]

Approximate Purchase Date: 1-2 weeks

Budget Range: $700 After Shipping

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, watching movies

Are you buying a monitor: No

Parts to Upgrade: I need everything but a hdd

Do you need to buy OS: Yes Windows 7

Preferred Websites for Parts: newegg or amazon

Location: New York state

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: i would like to keep it open for future upgrades

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I would like a pc that can run games like far cry 3, black ops 2 well

 

[admbautista]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/AO2M
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/AO2M/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/AO2M/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($229.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($16.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $786.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-01 03:57 EST-0500)


1. Picked z77 for since you plan to go sli or crossfire.
2. Picked 750w psu since you plan to keep it open for sli/crossfire.
3. Picked a 7870 to catch up with budget. But you can change it to 660/660ti if your nvidia fan.
4. picked a non-oc cpu since you don't plan to oc. But yes, you can change it to 3570k since you'll have a z77 board, to open it for ocing.

 

[vaizer]

Thanks for the answer, but with amazon / newegg prices that is well out of the budget that i said. I had meant the $700 to include the price of windows 7. If the sli /crossfire really isn't important it was more of an after-thought while filling out that form.

 

[Outlander_04]

You cant crossfire with the ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard either . It has a second x 16 slot but it only runs at x4 .

AMD FX 6300 $140

Asrock 970 Extreme4 $100

GIGABYTE GV-R785OC-1GD Radeon HD 7850 1GB $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125451

Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W $40
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371030

Brings the price under $700

 

[admbautista]

Sorry botu that, didnt check that. anyway, you can get other z77 board.