Okay peeps, I am a noob and I suck...Now that that's out of the way, I would like to submit my idea of my dream machine. Not too much, but not too little. I play mostly SCII, WOW, and Call of Duty, with a little bit of RIFT sprinkled in. I am tired of my old junk and am looking to upgrade with something new, but with my own hands for the first time...Read on!
Approximate Purchase Date: Within One Month
Budget Range: Approximately $1400
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming! Duh!
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg or whatever is the cheapest with good service
Parts Preferences: Prefer Intel and AMD products as those are what I have used in the past...everything else is up in the air...or whatever suggestions are the best
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution:
Additional Comments: Don't care about noise because I have a dedicated room and I usually rock headphones because I have a bunch of kids...
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Case
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811129021
Power Supply (Just in case I want to add a second GPU, plus it matches the case)
Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-750 750W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817371049
Mobo
ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813157229
Processor
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819115072
Hard Drive x2
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822136533
RAM (maybe x2 but not really necessary?)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820231445
GPU (probably x2 when I get more dough)
HIS IceQ X Turbo H695QNT2G2M Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814161372
Optical Drive (Only because I have to...don't watch Blu-Ray...I have a Blu-Ray Player for that )
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827135204
So that's what I'm looking at now after a couple of weeks of comparisons and reading. I would like a good monitor as well...preferably a 27" monitor with as high a resolution as possible. Eat me up if this sucks or not...but please...be gentle! I would like to walk normally after this reaming...
Edit: I would be running Windows 7 Home 64-bit...if that is necessary. Thanks again! I'm very excited to get the ordering started!
Approximate Purchase Date: Within One Month
Budget Range: Approximately $1400
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming! Duh!
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg or whatever is the cheapest with good service
Parts Preferences: Prefer Intel and AMD products as those are what I have used in the past...everything else is up in the air...or whatever suggestions are the best
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution:
Additional Comments: Don't care about noise because I have a dedicated room and I usually rock headphones because I have a bunch of kids...
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Case
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811129021
Power Supply (Just in case I want to add a second GPU, plus it matches the case)
Antec High Current Gamer Series HCG-750 750W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817371049
Mobo
ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16813157229
Processor
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16819115072
Hard Drive x2
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822136533
RAM (maybe x2 but not really necessary?)
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820231445
GPU (probably x2 when I get more dough)
HIS IceQ X Turbo H695QNT2G2M Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814161372
Optical Drive (Only because I have to...don't watch Blu-Ray...I have a Blu-Ray Player for that )
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827135204
So that's what I'm looking at now after a couple of weeks of comparisons and reading. I would like a good monitor as well...preferably a 27" monitor with as high a resolution as possible. Eat me up if this sucks or not...but please...be gentle! I would like to walk normally after this reaming...
Edit: I would be running Windows 7 Home 64-bit...if that is necessary. Thanks again! I'm very excited to get the ordering started!