1300-1400$ gaming pc

[Max_35]

Approximate Purchase Date: This Week


Budget Range: 1300-1400$


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming!


Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, Monitor, OS (win 7 home 64) and CASE i have http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.ca


Country of Origin: Canada


Parts Preferences: Intel processor


Overclocking: Never actually done this but i'll look into it


SLI or Crossfire: Maybe


Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080


Additional Comments:

This will be my first time building a PC and I would greatly appreciate any suggestions you guys could provide.

Thanks, a LOT
Max

 

[legendkiller]

RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145347
MoBo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131759
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371049
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136792
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227714
VGA: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102918

Total: $1387.50; After mail-in rebate=$1367.50

EDIT: Forgot to add a heatsink to your CPU but the stock Heat Sink can make it goes up to 4GHz but this heatsink can probably cool it at 4.8GHz and/or higher
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

Total: $1415.50; After mail-in rebate $1395.50

 

[Why_Me]

These two outfits (Direct Canada & Best Direct) are affiliated and both ship out of the same warehouse in Richmond, BC. They both offer FREE SHIPPING.

http://www.directcanada.com
http://www.directcanada.com/contact/

http://www.bestdirect.ca
http://www.bestdirect.ca/contact/

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11510AC5261&vpn=ERV920EWT&manufacture=ENERMAX $167.40
Enermax ERV920EWT REVOLUTION85+ 920W ATX12V 24PIN & PCI-E Power Supply

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10530BD2656&vpn=P8Z68-V&manufacture=ASUS $169.69
ASUS P8Z68-V Z68 LGA1155 ATX 3PCI-E16 2PCI-E1 2PCI HDMI DVI Motherboard

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/232639/BX80623I52500K/Intel/ $208.79
Intel Core i5 2500K Quad Core Unlocked Processor LGA1155 3.3GHZ Sandy Bridge 6MB

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC8843&vpn=RR-B10-212P-G1&manufacture=COOLERMASTER $23.69
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LGA1366 LGA1155 LGA1156 120MM

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=15380BD5211&vpn=F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL&manufacture=G.SKILL $45.03
G.SKILL Ripjaws X F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/233111/ST31000524AS/Seagate/ $49.79
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 7200.12 1TB SATA 32MB Cache 3.5IN Internal Hard Drive OEM

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/225965/DRW-24B1ST%20Bulk/ASUS/ $16.79
ASUS DRW-24B1ST 24X SATA DVD Writer OEM Black

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/231662/015-P3-1582-AR/eVGA/ $479.79
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Superclocked Fermi 797MHZ 1536MB GDDR5 2XDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/234805/CT128M4SSD2/CRUCIAL%20TECHNOLOGY/ $198.20
Crucial M4 SSD Micron C400 128GB 2.5IN Solid State Disk Flash Drive SATA3 6Gbps

Total: $1,359.17

***non modular psu down below (reduce cost of build)

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=10370AC0916&vpn=HCG-900&manufacture=ANTEC $130.46
Antec High Current Gamer 900W 24PIN ATX12V V2.3 Active PFC 80 Plus Bronze SLI Power Supply 135mm Fan


*** Headset worth taking a look at.

http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/232710/CA-HS1ANA/CORSAIR/ $66.59
Corsair Gaming Audio Series CA-HS1A Headset 50MM Drivers Circumaural Earcups

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/crucial-m4-ssd-firmware-update,13314.html <----- Crucial M4 Firmware update

 

[legendkiller]

Why get a GTx 580 for a low resolution? 1920x1080 is too low to get a high-end GPU that can do anything at max(Even modern or the next 5 years(or more) of games/3d product) and wont slow the 580 at 1920x1080...

Get this 570 and replace my 6970 if you dont like Radeon
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130595

570 vs 6970:
http://www.hwcompare.com/9020/geforce-gtx-570-vs-radeon-hd-6970/

 

[Max_35]

Thanks for your help guys. I must admit that i didnt really know what a SSD was. I never had one in my previous computers. If i understand correctly its like a small ultra fast HD. Do i have some configuring to do once i boot up my computer for the first time or does it kind of work by itself?

 

[legendkiller]

Thanks for your help guys. I must admit that i didnt really know what a SSD was. I never had one in my previous computers. If i understand correctly its like a small ultra fast HD. Do i have some configuring to do once i boot up my computer for the first time or does it kind of work by itself?

SSD are extremely fast, faster than you can make a HDD... SSD stand for Solid State Drive and it's availible with the speed up to 500MB/s and a HDD is like 70MB/s

 

[Why_Me]

Thanks for your help guys. I must admit that i didnt really know what a SSD was. I never had one in my previous computers. If i understand correctly its like a small ultra fast HD. Do i have some configuring to do once i boot up my computer for the first time or does it kind of work by itself?

Install Windows on the SSD and make it your boot drive and your good to go.

 

[legendkiller]

Install Windows on the SSD and make it your boot drive and your good to go.

Yep!!!... My Cousin has one and it made his computer from the touch of the button to windows loaded with everything only took 8 Second.... Once he touch the power button, it took 8 second to load everything on windows and start playing games and stuff lol...

 

[Max_35]

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