$1500 for a New Gaming PC

[Craig_31]

Hi guys,

I would appreciate your advice on the following purchase I would like to make.

Budget: $1500 for everything, looking to purchase it at the end of May 2013

Usage: I'm going to be using it primarily for Gaming (at its highest performance option, hopefully), surfing the net and the watching of movies.

Monitor: I will not be buying one.

Parts to Upgrade: it will be everything inside and including the pc case (motherboard, cpu, ram, graphics card, ssd, case, power supply).

OS: I will not need to purchase this.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: zapsonline.com

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Parts Preferences: I'm dead set on the intel i7 3820 cpu, I would like to have the HAF912 windowed case and probably the coolermaster extreme 2 750w psu. The SSD will be the ocz 120gb vertex 4. I'm open to suggestion regarding this and the other components.

Overclocking: Maybe

Sli or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I would like the color of the system to be a black and blue setup.

Games: Hitman, Max Payne, Diablo, Sleeping dogs etc...

Reason for upgrade: I want to be playing high end games and I don't have a pc at the moment.

Selected parts:

i7-3820
http://ark.intel.com/products/63698/Intel-Core-i7-3820-Processor-10M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz

HAF912 Windowed
http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=3009

Coolermaster extreme 2 750w
http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=3084

Thanks in Advance,
Cheers

 

[Craig_31]

Here you go man, black and blue:

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Patriot Intel Extreme Master, Limited Ed 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.61 @ Outlet PC)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($91.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $802.52

Two things to consider. The first is your choice of graphics cards:

I'd go with either a MSI 670, which has a black and blue shroud, or the EVGA FTW 670, which is a considerably better card, but isn't black and blue. That being said, the PCB of the EVGA is black, and looks very good; and since that's what will be visible anyways, as the fans face down...

Second thing to consider, which I left a little room in the budget for, is a better case. You like the look of the HAF cases, but there are much better quality cases in the HAF lineup... for example, the HAF X Blue, which is considerably more expensive, but built very very well, and would look perfect with your color scheme.

Thanks a million, I'm going to have a tough time choosing between the two options that you guys gave me. I really appreciate the effort you put in... That build looks amazing lol.. Cant wait to have it in my room 😀

 

[Craig_31]

Heck, at that point it might be cheaper to pay someone in the US to smuggle a computer over. 😛

If you're offering, I'm sure he won't mind. 😛

Shall I get you at the airport? lol

 

[Craig_31]

I'm going to be making this purchase at the end of the month, I'll try and get some pics online so you guys can see what you helped me build (Super Excited) 😀

 

[Jack Revenant]

I'm going to be making this purchase at the end of the month, I'll try and get some pics online so you guys can see what you helped me build (Super Excited) 😀

I'm glad that we could help! Happy gaming!

 

[DarkSable]

Congratulations - It's always fun to have the anticipation of a new computer.