Looking for Advice on a mid range gaming rig

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darkwave5

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Sep 23, 2011
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Approximate Purchase Date: 1-2 months
Budget Range: $1300
System Usage from Most to Least Important: GAMING, watching movies, composing music.
Parts Not Required: Mouse, speakers, printer, keyboard, monitors
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: Intel/Nvidia preferably, needs to have dual monitor support
Overclocking: Maybe but not likely
SLI or Crossfire: Prefer not to but I'll leave that open ended
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 x2
Additional Comments: Biggest thing is it needs to support dual monitor for my audio editing but still be able to run newer games at high settings, beyond that I'm open. Wouldn't mind a SSD for OS+2-3 games and disk drive for the majority of the storage but with current life expectancy on SSDs I'm not sure if it's worth it.



Looking to build a new gaming system, have a budget of around $1400, and was looking for experience and input on it.

Case:
Antech Lanboy Air
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129091

Motherboard:
ASUS Sabertooth
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131665

CPU:
Intel i7-960 3.4ghz quad
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115224

PSU:
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139015

RAM:
Corsair XMS3 4x 2gb sticks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145261

Heatsink:
Coolmaster hyper212
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

GFX:
EVGA GeForce 570
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130595
 
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You can get decent monitors between $150-200 so that leaves about $900-1000 for the machine.

CPU: i5 2500k $219.99
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ $29.99
Mobo: Asrock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3 $129.99
Mem: Corsair/Gskill/Kingston/Mushkin 2x4GB 1.5V CAS9 1600Mhz $55
GPU: NVidia 560Ti $239 ( before $20 MIR ) - several choices around this price
Case: Lanboy air $119 ( with CC before $20 MIR )
PSU: Corsair HX750 $140 ( before $20 MIR )
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB $59.99
DVD: 20-24x DVD writer $20

~$1000

Monitors: 2x 23" FullHD from Asus, LG, Samsung etc <$400

Total: $1400:ish.
 
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I assumed just one, cos the having the bars in the middle of the point of view would be awkward, as usually people go with the full 3 displays if they decide to Eyefinity/NVSurround.

The 2 monitors would be just for more real estate for the editing stuff.

But i'm sure Dark will let us know.
 
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uh, with my current rig i'm usually gaming on one with youtube vid/music up on the other. and for the post a few up i coulda swore i listed monitor as not needed but double checked and i didnt :\ the tower alone is my budget, the monitor i can worry about later/salvage from my current.
 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.723260 $108.98 - $10.00 Mail In Rebates
Corsair Carbide Series 400R Graphite grey and black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Gaming Case
ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341049 $99.99 - $74.99 after mail-in rebate card FREE SHIPPING 10% off with promo code OCZSEPSAVING, ends 9/30
OCZ ZS Series OCZ-ZS750W 750W ATX12V v2.2 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Performance Power Supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.726112 $219.98 FREE SHIPPING
ASUS P8Z68-V LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory with heatshield Model PSD38G1600KH

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.723046 $304.98 FREE SHIPPING
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-PCI-Express-100312-3SR/dp/B0055Y66A4 $264.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697 $54.99 FREE SHIPPING $5 off w/ promo code EMCKAHH23, ends 9/28
Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

http://www.amazon.com/ML228H-22-Inch-Ultra-Slim-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B00413PHEQ $154.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Asus ML228H 21.5" 1920X1080 2ms Full HD LED BackLight LED Monitor Slim Design 250 cd/m2 10,000,000 :1 (ASCR)

Total: $1,208.90 *not including shipping, rebates, and promo codes
 
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Well in that case my suggestion would be ok, and you can add a 120GB Sata III SSD to it.

CPU: i5 2500k $219.99
CPU cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212+ $29.99
Mobo: Asrock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen3 $129.99
Mem: Corsair/Gskill/Kingston/Mushkin 2x4GB 1.5V CAS9 1600Mhz $55
GPU: NVidia 560Ti $239 ( before $20 MIR ) - several choices around this price
Case: Lanboy air $119 ( with CC before $20 MIR )
PSU: Corsair HX750 $140 ( before $20 MIR )
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB $59.99
DVD: 20-24x DVD writer $20
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120GB ~$200

$1200 or so.
 
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