$2000-$2300 Gaming Rig Suggestions?

[Ozm4n]

Im looking for a hardcore gaming rig build. I WANT to spend $2000-$2300 AUD, so no budgeting under or over that please. I live in Australia so i will be using PCPartPicker AU. And i also really want to be able to use Eyefinity (Would love 2x 7970's even if it is a little over kill).

If you want to hook me up with suggestions cheers, If not all good.

(I currently have a 2TB HDD, Monitor(s), Keyboard+Mouse and i only game with my Astro a50's)

Look forward to seeing your decisions on my final build(Will be buying within the next few days)

 

[cball1311]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($85.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($135.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($245.00 @ Scorptec)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($419.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($419.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Thermaltake VN300M1W2N ATX Full Tower Case ($159.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Antec TruePower New 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($169.00 @ Foxcomp)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $2070.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-05 03:27 EST+1100)

 

[djangoringo]

A single one is suffice, if you have a triple monitor setup just add another 7970 in the list, it will fit : http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/Brdp
Edit : almost the same specs as cball1311 suggestion.
Another edit, the plextor ssd is sold out get the sandisk extreme 240GB : http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/Bu21

 

[g-unit1111]

I'm not the biggest fan of the case that cball picked out, this is what I would suggest:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($85.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($175.00 @ Scorptec)
Memory: Mushkin Blackline 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($75.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: OCZ Vector Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.00 @ Scorptec)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($419.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($419.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (White) ATX Full Tower Case ($205.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($149.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Total: $1934.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-05 04:18 EST+1100)

 

[mastrom101]

^RAM/OSS wasn't added to cost

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/BtPj

Fairly similar to the other builds

 

[g-unit1111]

^RAM/OSS wasn't added to cost

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/BtPj

Fairly similar to the other builds

I had RAM in my build. But there's another bug in PC Part Picker where it doesn't have all the parts for all the countries. That RAM you picked out should be low profile.

Fixing:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.00 @ PCCaseGear)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U9B SE2 37.9 CFM CPU Cooler ($59.00 @ Scorptec)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($135.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($54.00 @ Foxcomp)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($75.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Storage: OCZ Vector Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.00 @ Scorptec)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($419.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($419.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Antec Eleven Hundred ATX Full Tower Case ($129.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($149.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($19.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 3-Pack (OEM) (32-bit) ($99.00 @ Scorptec)
Total: $1945.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-05 08:14 EST+1100)