Approximate Purchase Date: this week
Budget Range: <= 750 after shipping, no rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Light gaming (DDO, Civ games), movies on HDTV, surfing, photoshop, video editing
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: i5 2500k + see below
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: in the future
Monitor Resolution: 1440x900 monitor / 1920x1080 TV
Additional Comments: I'd like a fairly quiet PC, will upgrade components in the future, rather than building new. My current PC is a Pentium 4!
My attempt at a build list:
Case: Rosewill Challenger http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153
PSU: Coolermaster 600W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036
HD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
CPU: i5 2500k http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
Optical: Asus DVD RW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
Video: Gigabyte 5670 1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125339
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128476
I selected the mobo because it's in stock at Newegg, but perhaps I should just wait another week or so for Asus motherboards to come in.
Budget Range: <= 750 after shipping, no rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Light gaming (DDO, Civ games), movies on HDTV, surfing, photoshop, video editing
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com
Country of Origin: USA
Parts Preferences: i5 2500k + see below
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: in the future
Monitor Resolution: 1440x900 monitor / 1920x1080 TV
Additional Comments: I'd like a fairly quiet PC, will upgrade components in the future, rather than building new. My current PC is a Pentium 4!
My attempt at a build list:
Case: Rosewill Challenger http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147153
PSU: Coolermaster 600W http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036
HD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185
CPU: i5 2500k http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
Optical: Asus DVD RW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
Video: Gigabyte 5670 1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125339
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 4GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128476
I selected the mobo because it's in stock at Newegg, but perhaps I should just wait another week or so for Asus motherboards to come in.