- Feb 23, 2012
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Hi everyone, first time builder here.
I have some friends with much more experience that will help me with assembly and such, but I want to try and pick out all of the parts myself.
For now I guess I will just fill out the provided form and see what happens.
Approximate Purchase Date: ~5 Months for the Summer
Budget Range: Preferably below 1500 (not including peripherals or rebates) (estimated price drops are fine)
*EDIT* Not including Monitor(s) / keyboards / or mice)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming ...... everything else.
Parts Not Required: OS not required.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Preferred Amazon or New-Egg
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Reliability
Overclocking: I would like to do so, if it wouldn't help at all though I wouldn't attempt it.
SLI or Crossfire: If it is in the budget.
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080. Would like 2 monitors if possible with the gpu.
Additional Comments: Would like to have room to update in the future. Would also appreciate in-depth comments with reasoning for any parts/decisions made.
What I am fairly confident I want -
CPU: Intel i5 2500k - overclocked if it would potentially be a bottleneck (or if it would be easy and safe to do).
BR Compatible optical drive. Not really concerned with specifics as long as it can play movies without huge delays / lag.
What I have been looking at in general:
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) - 180$ (This is in part due to the fact that it seems super friendly for overclocking).
Graphics Card: Various forms of an overclocked GTX 560 TI seem to be reccomended a lot. This is one area I would be very happy to spend more money on though (looking at closer to $300 or so)
Hard Drive: Any decent 1 TB drive. Most seem to be around $100-120
SSD: Any decent 60-90 GB drive. Most seem to be around $100.
Cooler for Overclocking to ~4.5ghz or so : Corsair seems highly recommended. One I have been looking at is
Corsair CWCH60
*EDIT* cooler master hyper 212 evo also seems to be a popular choice.
What I have some idea about:
RAM - 8gb of whatever works best for the build
What I have very little idea about:
Case
PSU
Sound Card
I really appreciate any and all answers or comments on this!
(Also don't feel compelled to spend up to 1500 if the cost to value ratio really begins to tank)
I have some friends with much more experience that will help me with assembly and such, but I want to try and pick out all of the parts myself.
For now I guess I will just fill out the provided form and see what happens.
Approximate Purchase Date: ~5 Months for the Summer
Budget Range: Preferably below 1500 (not including peripherals or rebates) (estimated price drops are fine)
*EDIT* Not including Monitor(s) / keyboards / or mice)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming ...... everything else.
Parts Not Required: OS not required.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Preferred Amazon or New-Egg
Country: USA
Parts Preferences: Reliability
Overclocking: I would like to do so, if it wouldn't help at all though I wouldn't attempt it.
SLI or Crossfire: If it is in the budget.
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080. Would like 2 monitors if possible with the gpu.
Additional Comments: Would like to have room to update in the future. Would also appreciate in-depth comments with reasoning for any parts/decisions made.
What I am fairly confident I want -
CPU: Intel i5 2500k - overclocked if it would potentially be a bottleneck (or if it would be easy and safe to do).
BR Compatible optical drive. Not really concerned with specifics as long as it can play movies without huge delays / lag.
What I have been looking at in general:
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) - 180$ (This is in part due to the fact that it seems super friendly for overclocking).
Graphics Card: Various forms of an overclocked GTX 560 TI seem to be reccomended a lot. This is one area I would be very happy to spend more money on though (looking at closer to $300 or so)
Hard Drive: Any decent 1 TB drive. Most seem to be around $100-120
SSD: Any decent 60-90 GB drive. Most seem to be around $100.
Cooler for Overclocking to ~4.5ghz or so : Corsair seems highly recommended. One I have been looking at is
Corsair CWCH60
*EDIT* cooler master hyper 212 evo also seems to be a popular choice.
What I have some idea about:
RAM - 8gb of whatever works best for the build
What I have very little idea about:
Case
PSU
Sound Card
I really appreciate any and all answers or comments on this!
(Also don't feel compelled to spend up to 1500 if the cost to value ratio really begins to tank)
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