Complete New Gaming System $850 with Monitor.

[pointystar]

Approximate Purchase Date: This week

Budget Range: $850 BEFORE REBATES

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching movies, surfing web.

Are you buying a monitor: Yes



Parts to Upgrade: None, buying new system altogether.

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon, Superbiiz

Location: Washington D.C. (live near microcenter)

Parts Preferences: None.

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: Getting a $90 1080p monitor at Bestbuy, so take that out of the budget.

Additional Comments: Nothing else really.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2 Ghz and 2GB RAM isn't going to cut it nowadays.

 

[nickbachu]

Total is 849.91$

Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Storage http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
SSD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726

Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637

CPU/Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113284

RAM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231308

Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139051

Keyboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823436003

Mouse http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168261
Video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133466

srry forget graphics but thats included in the total

 

[Gammyduck]

What games will you be playing?

 

[pointystar]

Battlefield 3 online, Black Ops 2, some strategy games too.

 

[angaddev]

Bit over budget but good.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($149.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($94.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($60.49 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: HIS Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Rosewill Blackbone ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS524-06 DVD/CD Writer ($25.98 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Asus VS238H-P 23.0" Monitor ($149.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $846.40
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-11 16:19 EDT-0400)