Approximate Purchase Date: June 2013
Budget Range: $950 before rebates and after shipping/taxes
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (LoL, torchlight 2, d3, sc2, and some GW2 until TESO comes out), watching streams/netflix, web browsing.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I have a 20" 1600x900 that I can use, and I plan to add another monitor with the same specs within the year.
Parts to Upgrade: Everthing but monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I would like to purchase everything from newegg.
Location: Nebraska, USA.
Parts Preferences: CPU: intel, GPU: no preference
Overclocking:I do not wish to overclock with this build
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1600x900
Additional Comments: I plan to add an SSD later this year.
After doing a lot of looking around, here is what I have. I would love to get some feedback on it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UMhY
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($82.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill BlackHawk ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Full (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $910.47 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-04 11:41 EDT-0400)
Budget Range: $950 before rebates and after shipping/taxes
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (LoL, torchlight 2, d3, sc2, and some GW2 until TESO comes out), watching streams/netflix, web browsing.
Are you buying a monitor: No, I have a 20" 1600x900 that I can use, and I plan to add another monitor with the same specs within the year.
Parts to Upgrade: Everthing but monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I would like to purchase everything from newegg.
Location: Nebraska, USA.
Parts Preferences: CPU: intel, GPU: no preference
Overclocking:I do not wish to overclock with this build
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1600x900
Additional Comments: I plan to add an SSD later this year.
After doing a lot of looking around, here is what I have. I would love to get some feedback on it.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/UMhY
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($82.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB Video Card ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill BlackHawk ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Full (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $910.47 (Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.) (Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-04 11:41 EDT-0400)