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Budget Range: $1200
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Want to run games like WoW, SC2, Brink, Portal 2, BF2-BC and eventually BF3/D3 for later on this year.
Parts Not Required: Speakers, mouse, headset, Monitor, GPU, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Tigerdirect, Amazon, Ebay
Country of Origin: Australia
Parts Preferences: Nothing really preferred.
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution:
1920x1080
Parts so far:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz - Will OC it to around 4.5-5GHz
219.99
HSF: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
34.99
Motherboard: ASRock P67 Extreme4
162.99
Ram: Kingston Technology Hyper X 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM (Kit of 2) XMP X2 Grey Series KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX
59.96
SSD: 64 GB+ (80-250 bucks)
HHD: Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 1TB ST31000524AS SATA3 7200RPM 32MB
62.99
Video Card: GTX 570
350
Case: Need something with excellent cooling, doesn't look like a upside-down toilet and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. (80-150 bucks)
Power supply: Corsair CMPSU-650TXv2 TX-650 V2 650W Enthusiast Series
120.99
CD/DVD: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
21.99
Monitor: Acer 24" (1920 x 1080)
OS: Microsoft Windows 7
Budget Range: $1200
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Want to run games like WoW, SC2, Brink, Portal 2, BF2-BC and eventually BF3/D3 for later on this year.
Parts Not Required: Speakers, mouse, headset, Monitor, GPU, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Tigerdirect, Amazon, Ebay
Country of Origin: Australia
Parts Preferences: Nothing really preferred.
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe
Monitor Resolution:
1920x1080
Parts so far:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz - Will OC it to around 4.5-5GHz
219.99
HSF: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
34.99
Motherboard: ASRock P67 Extreme4
162.99
Ram: Kingston Technology Hyper X 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM (Kit of 2) XMP X2 Grey Series KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX
59.96
SSD: 64 GB+ (80-250 bucks)
HHD: Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 1TB ST31000524AS SATA3 7200RPM 32MB
62.99
Video Card: GTX 570
350
Case: Need something with excellent cooling, doesn't look like a upside-down toilet and doesn't cost an arm and a leg. (80-150 bucks)
Power supply: Corsair CMPSU-650TXv2 TX-650 V2 650W Enthusiast Series
120.99
CD/DVD: ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM
21.99
Monitor: Acer 24" (1920 x 1080)
OS: Microsoft Windows 7
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