Approximate Purchase Date: 1 or 2 weeks(can wait though)
Budget Range: $1500-$2000 excluding rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, and Animes
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: Everything including monitor
Do you need to buy OS: No, I have a full version of Win7 ultimate
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I prefer Amazon, Newegg and NCIX but if price is a huge difference i might buy over there
Location: California
Parts Preferences: Any reputable brand
Overclocking: Yes, i always wanted to try to do some heavy OCing, might even try out the IHS removal method i have seen on youtube
SLI or Crossfire: Yes, in the future
Your Monitor Resolution: don't have one currently
Additional Comments: Silent but cool
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Just need an upgrade of GPU, and i thought i might as well upgrade my whole system
Build of what i am currently thinking of
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek AEGIR SD128264 89.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPOWER ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($212.95 @ Mac Connection)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon)
Sound Card: HT Omega eClaro 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($144.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($144.49 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($678.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2462.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-14 19:27 EST-0500)
Budget Range: $1500-$2000 excluding rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, and Animes
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: Everything including monitor
Do you need to buy OS: No, I have a full version of Win7 ultimate
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I prefer Amazon, Newegg and NCIX but if price is a huge difference i might buy over there
Location: California
Parts Preferences: Any reputable brand
Overclocking: Yes, i always wanted to try to do some heavy OCing, might even try out the IHS removal method i have seen on youtube
SLI or Crossfire: Yes, in the future
Your Monitor Resolution: don't have one currently
Additional Comments: Silent but cool
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Just need an upgrade of GPU, and i thought i might as well upgrade my whole system
Build of what i am currently thinking of
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek AEGIR SD128264 89.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($66.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI Z77 MPOWER ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($212.95 @ Mac Connection)
Video Card: Asus Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon)
Sound Card: HT Omega eClaro 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Stryker (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($144.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 850W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($144.49 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Asus PB278Q 27.0" Monitor ($678.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $2462.34
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-14 19:27 EST-0500)