Approximate Purchase Date: End of Summer, late August
Budget Range: up to $1500, would prefer up to $1200
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Programming, Web, Animation
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any at all
Country of Origin: US
Parts Preferences: Leaning towards Intel CPU, otherwise no preference
Overclocking: Probably not
SLI or Crossfire: Probably not
Monitor Resolution: Unknown (have yet to purchase or choose one)
Additional Comments: I am a Game Design and Development student, so I am into gaming, and will need my computer to perform well
when playing some of the more recent games, as well as allowing good performance when compiling code and programming. This is my first build.
I would like to have a small (40-60gb) SSD combined with a larger (1-2TB) HDD.
This is what i've come up with thus far. You may notice that this is mostly based off of http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2011/03/ars-system-guide-march-2011-edition.ars
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&cm_re=intel_i5-2500k-_-19-115-072-_-Product
Asus P8P67 B3 LE Intel P67 1155 Motherboard
http://www.frys.com/product/6552813
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231422
PowerColor AX6950 1GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 6950 Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.1 (x16), Dual-DVI, HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, Eyefinity, CrossFireX Ready
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=292641&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K7B Black Aluminum/ SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112154
Any and all advice is welcome, I need help rounding these choices out to make a full, some-what balanced desktop;
or if there are other selections you think superior, please chime in with your reasoning.
EDIT: Will probably be using Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Budget Range: up to $1500, would prefer up to $1200
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Programming, Web, Animation
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any at all
Country of Origin: US
Parts Preferences: Leaning towards Intel CPU, otherwise no preference
Overclocking: Probably not
SLI or Crossfire: Probably not
Monitor Resolution: Unknown (have yet to purchase or choose one)
Additional Comments: I am a Game Design and Development student, so I am into gaming, and will need my computer to perform well
when playing some of the more recent games, as well as allowing good performance when compiling code and programming. This is my first build.
I would like to have a small (40-60gb) SSD combined with a larger (1-2TB) HDD.
This is what i've come up with thus far. You may notice that this is mostly based off of http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/guides/2011/03/ars-system-guide-march-2011-edition.ars
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&cm_re=intel_i5-2500k-_-19-115-072-_-Product
Asus P8P67 B3 LE Intel P67 1155 Motherboard
http://www.frys.com/product/6552813
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model F3-10600CL9D-8GBNT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231422
PowerColor AX6950 1GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 6950 Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.1 (x16), Dual-DVI, HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, Eyefinity, CrossFireX Ready
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=292641&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=VRqCjC7BBTkwCjCECjCE
LIAN LI Lancool PC-K7B Black Aluminum/ SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112154
Any and all advice is welcome, I need help rounding these choices out to make a full, some-what balanced desktop;
or if there are other selections you think superior, please chime in with your reasoning.
EDIT: Will probably be using Windows 7 Professional 64-bit