New system build for gaming

psufan14

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Approximate Purchase Date: Tomorrow if the cyber Monday deals look good.

Budget Range: 900-1k after rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, internet surfing, occasional movie watching.

Parts Not Required:monitor, keyboard, speakers, mouse

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Country: USA

Parts Preferences: intel processor, and nvidea graphics card, other than that its up in the air

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: down the road. Mobo should be SLI capable, but I'll be running 1 card for the time being.

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments:prefer a quiet PC and one that has good possibility to be upgraded in the future.


Depending on the deals coming out tomorrow, I will be looking to buy all or most of the components for this system. I don't think there are any compatability issues with these parts, but let me know what you think of this build. I'm not sold on the SSD over the HDD, but the 120GB SSD is almost the same price as a 500gb HDD. I'm currently managing with a 80GB HDD but it is pretty maxed out. all I have on it is games and OS files really outside of microsoft office. I know the PSU i have won't be enough for an SLI build, but I'll most likely just 1 card.

CPU - ntel Core i5-2400 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.4GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I52400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074

Mobo - ASUS P8Z68-V LE LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773

SSD - OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726

CD/DVD - SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model SH-222AB - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151233

Case - Rosewill FUTURE Gaming ATX Mid Tower Computer Case,come with Four Fans-2x Front Blue LED 120mm Fan,1x Top 120mm Fan,1x Rear 120mm Fan,Support up to 7 Fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147108

Graphics card - EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1563-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130610

PSU - CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

RAM - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

 
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nutmanmatt

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If your going to spend that much money you are going to want 8gs of ram but after that looks pretty good. I would consider a bigger hardrive though as you fill them up faster than you would think.
 
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