Approximate Purchase Date: About a month to two
Budget Range: £1200-£1500 If it can be done cheaper the better but don't really want to cut corners
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, movies, web surfing
Are you buying a monitor: Yes, but not immediately have two spares at the moment that will be using till I buy new ones. I would like to have dual monitor's so that needs to be taking into account with the graphics card.
Parts to Upgrade: All new system
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Been using
http://pcpartpicker.com and
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/
Location: South Wales, UK
Parts Preferences: I would like both Intel and Nvidia
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, was looking to start with one card as was looking at the 670 & 680 and then maybe pick up a a second when the price drops and SLI them.
Your Monitor Resolution: My current monitor is 1280x1024, but will be looking to upgrade.
Additional Comments: Would prefer for to be unblingy (think that is a word). Quiet'ish would be nice but isn't high on the list as long as it doesn't sound like airplane taking off its fine.
Mostly used programs are Eve Online, WoW, SCII, D3 plus some Steam games. With Eve the build would need to be capable of running atleast two clients possibly three at decent settings.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My current machine is I think about 6 years old and pretty much can only runs stuff on the lowest graphics setting and even then struggles some times.
So far using pcpartpicker I've got:
PCPartPicker part list:
http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/fYyR
Price breakdown by merchant:
http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/fYyR/by_merchant/
Benchmarks:
http://pcpartpicker.com/uk/p/fYyR/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£175.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£77.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£149.97 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case (£93.00 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£124.99 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£12.67 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £634.34