New budget build, $1,000.

[marshall vick]

Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: This week.

Budget Range: (e.g.: 300-400) $1,000 after rebates.

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Moderate gaming, web browsing, video.

Are you buying a monitor: No.

Parts to Upgrade: Full system.

Do you need to buy OS: Yes

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Location: Pensacola, Florida, USA.

Parts Preferences: Intel/Nvidia, but flexible if AMD is a far better value.

Overclocking: In the distant future.

SLI or Crossfire: In the distant future.

Your Monitor Resolution: 1920 x 1080.

Additional Comments: Would like to comfortably run games, without stuttering or hiccups.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Laptop went out.


This is where I'm at right now, on pcpartpicker.com. I am completely open to an overhaul of all of my decisions.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Hihw

 

[realchaos]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card ($283.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Rosewill Tachyon 750W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($119.00 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Kingston 2x4gb RAM ($39.99)
Other: WD Cavier Blue 1tb ($67.99)
Other: corsair 200r case ($49.99)
Total: $1043.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-03 17:27 EST-0500)

If it's fine with you, some of the parts are from ncix in order to get cheaper prices. I dropped a mouse in order to get more performance in the tower itself, allowing you to get a 660ti instead of a 660. If you don't plan to SLI, you could drop the psu to a 550w and grab a gtx670 which comes with 4games compared to 3games on the gtx660. The extra game is DiRT 3. Apparently, it comes with msi cards but i only see the promo on ncix.com

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Other: Kingston 2x4gb RAM ($39.99)
Other: WD Cavier Blue 1tb ($67.99)
Other: corsair 200r case ($49.99)
Other: MSI geforce gtx670 + 4games ($334.99)
Other: xfx 550w ($63.99)
Total: $1039.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-03 17:35 EST-0500)

 

[marshall vick]

Thanks for the detailed reply, it looks really good.

 

[granthomas99]

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HlVP
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HlVP/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HlVP/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($55.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($100.17 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($21.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $1108.07
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-03 20:55 EST-0500)