Looking for Help on Building Gaming PC

[Loki_AoD]

Hello all –
I am attempting to build my first gaming PC and I figured my best bet was to seek the expertise of the community. I was basing my specs off of Borderlands 2, Guild Wars 2 and Diablo 3 and am hoping to run those on highest settings with room to upgrade down the road. I will list the parts I looked at so far, and I wanted to make sure that they will fit together correctly, run optimally, are trusted parts, won't overheat, etc. I am open to suggestions for replacing anything on my list but price-wise these matched my budget so I’d like to keep them if they are worthy. Also need advice on anything I am missing.

Motherboard: P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500 Processor 3.3 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 - BX80623I52500

Video Card: Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB GDDR5 DVI-I/HDMI/2x mini-Displayport PCI-Express 3.0 Graphic Card GV-R785OC-2GD

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model BLS2KIT4G3D1339DS1S00

Harddrive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500 GB SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD5000AAKX

Power Supply: Rosewill HIVE Series HIVE-750 750W Continuous @40°C, 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, Modular Design, Single +12V Rail, ATX12V v2.31/EPS12V v2.92, SLI Ready, CrossFire Ready, Active-PFC Power Supply

Optical Drive: Suggestions?

Operating System: Windows 7 64-Bit

Monitor: Suggestions?

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case


When are you purchasing the parts ? This week or next hopefully.

What is your budget ? Roughly $1000 after monitor, keyboard, mouse

Your location : Chicago, IL

Your preferred sellers/websites : Newegg, Amazon

Do you plan to upgrade this PC ? Not for years, but depending on new game specs.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[tiny voices]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($92.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Wintec One 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($52.72 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.61 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($295.38 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Acer G236HLBbd 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech 920-003693 Wired Standard Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($20.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $949.61
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-07-11 13:02 EDT-0400)

 

[slomo4sho]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme6 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($23.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($23.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card ($234.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Solution (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Acer G236HLBbd 60Hz 23.0" Monitor ($119.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Logitech MK100 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($17.99 @ Expansys US)
Total: $1024.86

EMCXNWW32 to shave another $17.65 off the GPU for a total of $1007.01