My current gaming rig(alienware aurora 3 years and 2 months old) is bothering me cause can't play any games anymore it's bsod every time I start a game so my on hold building gaming rig is not on hold anymore by Saturday I'm driving to Microcenter and will buy all parts there since I'm near a Microcenter and if any parts fails I can easily replace at store.
I want highest FPS and quality overall for my 24" LED Samsung 1920x1080 resolution.
Here is what I built directly from Microcenter website:
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz LGA 1155 $229.99
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Universal CPU $29.99 (Not going for very high OC maybe 4.0 or 4.2 Ghz max)
MOBO: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel $129.99
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW $224.99
Storage: Barracuda 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" $84.99
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Series 16GB DDR3-1600 $99.99
GPU: EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card $399.99
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M 650 Watt High Performance Modular Power Supply $119.99 $99.99 after rebate
DVD: Asus 24x Internal DVDRW SATA Writer $29.99
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid Tower ATX Gaming Computer Case $99.99
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit OEM (PC) $94.99
Total: $1,544.89 + tax $92.69 = $1,637.58
I'm new to this as this is my 1st build but reading here for so long I believe this build should run all games at highest setting.
That said I still want to be sure if this is a good build from Microcenter and all parts can work together and there will be no issues performance wise.
If you think that with a budget of $1200-$1600 can get a better build from Microcenter please post here so I can see. Few things though I wouldn't go for an AMD CPU or AMD GPU. Also I wouldn't go for a Nvidia lower then GTX 670 so only options are GTX 670 or GTX 680.
I don't need monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers just the tower and operating system.
My main game which I will be playing 90% of the time is Final Fantasy 14 Online: A Realm Reborn and will be using Ventrillo/Mumble/TeamSpeak + Fraps + Internet Browser + Music + Game all at the same time so that's why I went with i7 and 16GB RAM if you think i5+8GB RAM can handle all those programs open at all times I will be playing then suggest them. I'm not sure if I can run 5-6 programs at all times with a CPU that everyone here states it's for gaming, cause it's not just gaming it's few programs there that actually can slow a PC down a lot like fraps for example.
I want highest FPS and quality overall for my 24" LED Samsung 1920x1080 resolution.
Here is what I built directly from Microcenter website:
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz LGA 1155 $229.99
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Universal CPU $29.99 (Not going for very high OC maybe 4.0 or 4.2 Ghz max)
MOBO: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel $129.99
SSD: Samsung 840 Pro Series MZ-7PD256BW $224.99
Storage: Barracuda 1TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" $84.99
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Series 16GB DDR3-1600 $99.99
GPU: EVGA 02G-P4-2678-KR NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card $399.99
PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M 650 Watt High Performance Modular Power Supply $119.99 $99.99 after rebate
DVD: Asus 24x Internal DVDRW SATA Writer $29.99
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 400R Mid Tower ATX Gaming Computer Case $99.99
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit OEM (PC) $94.99
Total: $1,544.89 + tax $92.69 = $1,637.58
I'm new to this as this is my 1st build but reading here for so long I believe this build should run all games at highest setting.
That said I still want to be sure if this is a good build from Microcenter and all parts can work together and there will be no issues performance wise.
If you think that with a budget of $1200-$1600 can get a better build from Microcenter please post here so I can see. Few things though I wouldn't go for an AMD CPU or AMD GPU. Also I wouldn't go for a Nvidia lower then GTX 670 so only options are GTX 670 or GTX 680.
I don't need monitor/keyboard/mouse/speakers just the tower and operating system.
My main game which I will be playing 90% of the time is Final Fantasy 14 Online: A Realm Reborn and will be using Ventrillo/Mumble/TeamSpeak + Fraps + Internet Browser + Music + Game all at the same time so that's why I went with i7 and 16GB RAM if you think i5+8GB RAM can handle all those programs open at all times I will be playing then suggest them. I'm not sure if I can run 5-6 programs at all times with a CPU that everyone here states it's for gaming, cause it's not just gaming it's few programs there that actually can slow a PC down a lot like fraps for example.