First build- $700 gaming pc

[William4512]

Approximate Purchase Date: March-April

Budget Range: $700-$750

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg

Location: Maine

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 1360 x 768

Thanks

 

[strife_ff7]

Here you go
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.79 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.46 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($245.25 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $724.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-20 20:44 EDT-0400)

You might want to upgrade your monitor later so you can take full advantage of this system.

 

[ck3]

Here you go
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($188.79 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H77M Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.46 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($245.25 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $724.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-20 20:44 EDT-0400)

You might want to upgrade your monitor later so you can take full advantage of this system.

You're probably going to want to overclock w/ that processor as well.