Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Within the next week
Budget Range: ~$1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: games, movies, work
Are you buying a monitor: No, hooked up to 60 in Panasonic Viera via HDMI
Parts to Upgrade: If I keep anything it will just be my optical DVD RW, and maybe my case
Do you need to buy OS: I own windows xp pro 64. What are the pros/cons of spending $100 on window 7 or 8? Do I need to?
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon ( i have prime for free shipping, and I get 3% back on my card)
Location: Knoxville TN
Parts Preferences: Intel for CPU, ASUS or GB for MB
Overclocking: It seems sort of pointless not to, but I will be a set and forget user, not into benchmarking
SLI or Crossfire: Yes, I will eventually want to add another GPU
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments:
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Time to upgrade. I want a semi future proof gaming comp that I will be able to upgrade instead of have to completely replace in the next 8 years or so.
This is what I'm looking at right now
i5-3570k with a CMH 212 plus
The two MB's I'm looking at are:
Gigabyte GA-z77x-UD3H - Much cheaper, seems to have the features that I want.
Asus Sabertooth Z77 - This is what my comp friend recommended. I think it may be overkill for the 3570k, but if it would make a huge difference I would be willing to spend the money
WD blue 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s HDD (I will purchase a SSD in the near future, but not with the build)
Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB GDDR5-- I'm not married to it; it just seems to be a good card @ a price that fits my budget ($249.99)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PJVB3Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Corsair Vengeance Blue 2x8GB DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800
Corsair Enthusiast 650w PSU
Dont have a case in mind, but if I buy one I would probably not want to spend more than $80. Mid tower ATX
With window 7 home premium this puts me right around $1050.
Budget Range: ~$1000
System Usage from Most to Least Important: games, movies, work
Are you buying a monitor: No, hooked up to 60 in Panasonic Viera via HDMI
Parts to Upgrade: If I keep anything it will just be my optical DVD RW, and maybe my case
Do you need to buy OS: I own windows xp pro 64. What are the pros/cons of spending $100 on window 7 or 8? Do I need to?
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon ( i have prime for free shipping, and I get 3% back on my card)
Location: Knoxville TN
Parts Preferences: Intel for CPU, ASUS or GB for MB
Overclocking: It seems sort of pointless not to, but I will be a set and forget user, not into benchmarking
SLI or Crossfire: Yes, I will eventually want to add another GPU
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments:
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Time to upgrade. I want a semi future proof gaming comp that I will be able to upgrade instead of have to completely replace in the next 8 years or so.
This is what I'm looking at right now
i5-3570k with a CMH 212 plus
The two MB's I'm looking at are:
Gigabyte GA-z77x-UD3H - Much cheaper, seems to have the features that I want.
Asus Sabertooth Z77 - This is what my comp friend recommended. I think it may be overkill for the 3570k, but if it would make a huge difference I would be willing to spend the money
WD blue 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s HDD (I will purchase a SSD in the near future, but not with the build)
Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB GDDR5-- I'm not married to it; it just seems to be a good card @ a price that fits my budget ($249.99)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PJVB3Y/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
Corsair Vengeance Blue 2x8GB DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800
Corsair Enthusiast 650w PSU
Dont have a case in mind, but if I buy one I would probably not want to spend more than $80. Mid tower ATX
With window 7 home premium this puts me right around $1050.