Hi, this is my first time building a gaming PC, and I'd appreciate it if you guys could look over my parts selection and make sure I didn't make any mistakes.
Case: LIAN LI Lancool PC-K63 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $100 (-$30 coupon)
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $55 (-$5 coupon)
GPU: XFX HD-687A-ZNFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity $195 ($25 MIR)
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible $90 ($15 MIR)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL $40 (-$10 coupon)
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
Mobo: MSI P67A-G43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard CPU + Mobo combo for $330 ($20 MIR)
Thermal Paste: Mad Dog Techie Toyz Arctic Silver 5 Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound - Thermal paste $6.41
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler, RR-B10-212P-G1 $37
Mouse: Logitech MX 518 High Performance Optical Gaming Mouse (Metal) $35
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Mechanical Gaming Keyboard $75
Mousepad: steelseries QcK Mass Mouse Pad $18
Burner: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM $19
The Operating System isn't included in the price. I'll be getting Windows 7 Ultimate, but I'm not sure if I should get the 32-bit or 64-bit version. What would be best? I'll be reusing my monitor as well, so I won't need to buy a new one.
So all together (excluding the OS), this costs around $1000 before the coupons and MIR are applied. The coupons take off $45, and the mail-in rebates total up to another $60, so all together this is $900ish build that looks good to me. I've got a couple of questions though... for starters, is all of this stuff compatible (and will it all fit in that case)? I believe it is, but I'd just like to be sure. And the 620W power supply should be enough for this build, right? And will the 4GB of RAM be enough? I have a friend telling me that it will be a bottleneck. I can't really think of any other questions at the moment, so I'd appreciate any advice or opinions. Thanks!
Case: LIAN LI Lancool PC-K63 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $100 (-$30 coupon)
HDD: SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $55 (-$5 coupon)
GPU: XFX HD-687A-ZNFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity $195 ($25 MIR)
PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible $90 ($15 MIR)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL $40 (-$10 coupon)
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
Mobo: MSI P67A-G43 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard CPU + Mobo combo for $330 ($20 MIR)
Thermal Paste: Mad Dog Techie Toyz Arctic Silver 5 Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound - Thermal paste $6.41
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler, RR-B10-212P-G1 $37
Mouse: Logitech MX 518 High Performance Optical Gaming Mouse (Metal) $35
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Mechanical Gaming Keyboard $75
Mousepad: steelseries QcK Mass Mouse Pad $18
Burner: LITE-ON DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-04 - OEM $19
The Operating System isn't included in the price. I'll be getting Windows 7 Ultimate, but I'm not sure if I should get the 32-bit or 64-bit version. What would be best? I'll be reusing my monitor as well, so I won't need to buy a new one.
So all together (excluding the OS), this costs around $1000 before the coupons and MIR are applied. The coupons take off $45, and the mail-in rebates total up to another $60, so all together this is $900ish build that looks good to me. I've got a couple of questions though... for starters, is all of this stuff compatible (and will it all fit in that case)? I believe it is, but I'd just like to be sure. And the 620W power supply should be enough for this build, right? And will the 4GB of RAM be enough? I have a friend telling me that it will be a bottleneck. I can't really think of any other questions at the moment, so I'd appreciate any advice or opinions. Thanks!