Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: this week
Budget Range: $1300 (not including mouse). Give or take $50.
System Usage from Most to Least Important:gaming, word processing, bitcoin mining, web browsing.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: Upgrading everything except I have 8 gigs of G.Skill DDR3 ram, a Western Digital Blue 500gb HDD, and a dvd drive.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com and amazon.com.
Location: Bay Area, California.
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, probably AMD GPU for mining.
Overclocking: Maybe in the future.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future.
Your Monitor Resolution: hopefully 1920x1080 monitor.
Additional Comments: I would like a smaller computer that is on the quiet side which is why I picked this case.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:I want to play PC games on ultra and want to bitcoin mine.
This is what I am thinking of buying right now:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TKIq
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TKIq/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TKIq/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus V Gene Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($189.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.67 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($309.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($100.89 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($177.58 @ Newegg)
Other: Razer DeathAdder 2013 ($70.00)
Total: $1348.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-30 21:49 EDT-0400)
Budget Range: $1300 (not including mouse). Give or take $50.
System Usage from Most to Least Important:gaming, word processing, bitcoin mining, web browsing.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: Upgrading everything except I have 8 gigs of G.Skill DDR3 ram, a Western Digital Blue 500gb HDD, and a dvd drive.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com and amazon.com.
Location: Bay Area, California.
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, probably AMD GPU for mining.
Overclocking: Maybe in the future.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe in the future.
Your Monitor Resolution: hopefully 1920x1080 monitor.
Additional Comments: I would like a smaller computer that is on the quiet side which is why I picked this case.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading:I want to play PC games on ultra and want to bitcoin mine.
This is what I am thinking of buying right now:
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TKIq
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TKIq/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TKIq/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus V Gene Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($189.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.67 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($309.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($100.89 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer H236HLbid 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($177.58 @ Newegg)
Other: Razer DeathAdder 2013 ($70.00)
Total: $1348.08
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-30 21:49 EDT-0400)