Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: Around $1000.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Showing off how sexy it looks
and Gaming of course
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Pretty much everything important, I have an XFX Radeon HD 6870 that I am going to use in this build for now since I can't really afford to get the card I want (GTX 670 2gb), which I'll buy in a few months. Just to double check the radeon hd 6870 is compatible with what I've got going on here right?
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Doesn't matter.
Location: Long Island, New York
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050
Additional Comments: I'm going for a very clean looking black with red accents theme with this build. Big reason I went with the Asus Sabertooth motherboard was because of how amazingly clean it looks. Same reason I went with the liquid CPU cooler over a giant air cooler which I think throws off the sleek look I'm going for (first time using liquid cooling but a closed loop system looks very simple to deal with).
So I seem to be pretty set with the CPU/Motherboard/RAM/Case/Cooler I've picked out here, unless ofcourse you can give me a convincing argument to go in a different direction (please feel free to do so). I'm mainly looking for advice on what to get for my SSD and PSU. I've read that the 120/128gb for SSD's is the place to be as far as price per storage capacity goes and I've heard good things about the Samsung 840 120gb or maybe the OCZ Vertex 3 120gb? I'm pretty close to around $1000 with what I have so far so I can't spend too too much on the PSU and I'm not sure how much wattage I need, I'm guessing around 650 to 750ish? It doesn't have to follow the black/red theme of the build but that would be a plus of course, what do you guys recommend?
I mainly play Path of Exile and Dota2 nowadays and probably the new Bioshock in the near future among other things.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My last build is around 5 years old and is starting to fail. Looking to upgrade to a decent rig that will last me a long time with some certain key upgrades in the future.
What I've got so far:
Intel Core i5-3570K
Corsair H100
Asus SABERTOOTH Z77
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3
Corsair 550D ATX Mid Tower
These put me at around $750
Needed:
SSD and PSU
Maybe a decent/reliable/cheap HDD for storage (honestly the 120/128gb from the SSD can handle everything I need but its always good to be prepared in the future)
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FMg3
Thank you for helping me out!
Budget Range: Around $1000.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Showing off how sexy it looks
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Pretty much everything important, I have an XFX Radeon HD 6870 that I am going to use in this build for now since I can't really afford to get the card I want (GTX 670 2gb), which I'll buy in a few months. Just to double check the radeon hd 6870 is compatible with what I've got going on here right?
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Doesn't matter.
Location: Long Island, New York
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1680x1050
Additional Comments: I'm going for a very clean looking black with red accents theme with this build. Big reason I went with the Asus Sabertooth motherboard was because of how amazingly clean it looks. Same reason I went with the liquid CPU cooler over a giant air cooler which I think throws off the sleek look I'm going for (first time using liquid cooling but a closed loop system looks very simple to deal with).
So I seem to be pretty set with the CPU/Motherboard/RAM/Case/Cooler I've picked out here, unless ofcourse you can give me a convincing argument to go in a different direction (please feel free to do so). I'm mainly looking for advice on what to get for my SSD and PSU. I've read that the 120/128gb for SSD's is the place to be as far as price per storage capacity goes and I've heard good things about the Samsung 840 120gb or maybe the OCZ Vertex 3 120gb? I'm pretty close to around $1000 with what I have so far so I can't spend too too much on the PSU and I'm not sure how much wattage I need, I'm guessing around 650 to 750ish? It doesn't have to follow the black/red theme of the build but that would be a plus of course, what do you guys recommend?
I mainly play Path of Exile and Dota2 nowadays and probably the new Bioshock in the near future among other things.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My last build is around 5 years old and is starting to fail. Looking to upgrade to a decent rig that will last me a long time with some certain key upgrades in the future.
What I've got so far:
Intel Core i5-3570K
Corsair H100
Asus SABERTOOTH Z77
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3
Corsair 550D ATX Mid Tower
These put me at around $750
Needed:
SSD and PSU
Maybe a decent/reliable/cheap HDD for storage (honestly the 120/128gb from the SSD can handle everything I need but its always good to be prepared in the future)
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FMg3
Thank you for helping me out!