first i would just like to apologize because i have no clue what im doing. all ive done so far is research on these forums and go to newegg and see what the highest rated components were that fell into my budget
what i have come up with so far is
CPU - i5 2500K
MOBO - ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68
GPU - EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
CPU Cooler - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
SSD - ???
Approximate Purchase Date: this week
Budget Range: i would like to keep this at 700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming (ARMA2 BF3 and good ole' CS)
Parts Not Required: im going to re-use my 600W OCZ PSU, mouse, monitor, keyboard, speakers, my old HDD and CD/DVD drive and put them in my old case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=11-208-001&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=2&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: w/e is cheapest. i do not have access to a microcenter though
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Intel. everything else i dont care as long as its quality
Overclocking: Not unless i need to
SLI or Crossfire: Yes. when/if i need to down the road
Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments:
i would like to try out a SSD but i'm almost $100 over my budget on newegg but only 15 on my build here
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bs6o
is there anything i can downgrade like maybe the motherboard so i can get the SSD? and what SSD would you recommend? how does this build look? i would like to run BF3 on high if thats possible. also is there anything i'm forgetting?
PS - the case only has two fans which is why i included a cpu cooler. am i off in my reasoning? would i even need a cooler?
what i have come up with so far is
CPU - i5 2500K
MOBO - ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68
GPU - EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB
RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
CPU Cooler - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
SSD - ???
Approximate Purchase Date: this week
Budget Range: i would like to keep this at 700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming (ARMA2 BF3 and good ole' CS)
Parts Not Required: im going to re-use my 600W OCZ PSU, mouse, monitor, keyboard, speakers, my old HDD and CD/DVD drive and put them in my old case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=11-208-001&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=2&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=%28keywords%29&Page=1#scrollFullInfo
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: w/e is cheapest. i do not have access to a microcenter though
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Intel. everything else i dont care as long as its quality
Overclocking: Not unless i need to
SLI or Crossfire: Yes. when/if i need to down the road
Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Additional Comments:
i would like to try out a SSD but i'm almost $100 over my budget on newegg but only 15 on my build here
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bs6o
is there anything i can downgrade like maybe the motherboard so i can get the SSD? and what SSD would you recommend? how does this build look? i would like to run BF3 on high if thats possible. also is there anything i'm forgetting?
PS - the case only has two fans which is why i included a cpu cooler. am i off in my reasoning? would i even need a cooler?