I'm considering building my first PC, and I wanted to get your thoughts. Here is a list of the parts I am considering.
Budget: $1100 for PC itself
Total Budget: $1500-$1600
I have a MacBook Pro right now so all I really have is a mouse and will be needing to buy a better keyboard, monitor, operating system, speakers, etc. so that is why I have two different budgets. Anyways here are the parts I am considering so far.
CPU: Intel i5-3570k
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Z77 ATX
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 660 Ti
SSD: Plextor M5S 128GB
Hard Drive: WD Caviar Black 1TB
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 750W (probably more than I need, but I figured better safe than sorry)
RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB DDR3
Cooling: Not sure if I should go with air or liquid cooling here, so hopefully you guys can recommend something. I'm comfortable spending $50-70.
Optical Drive: Samsung DVD Burner 24X Model SH-224BB
Case: Antec Three Hundred or Three Hundred Two
Monitor: ASUS VX238H 23” LED
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition
Speakers: Logitech Z313
OS: Windows 7 or 8 (not sure which is better)
So what are your thoughts on this build? Any help is much appreciated. I don't have much experience with computers so please feel free to criticize any parts of my build and tell me if some things are not compatible with one another.
Budget: $1100 for PC itself
Total Budget: $1500-$1600
I have a MacBook Pro right now so all I really have is a mouse and will be needing to buy a better keyboard, monitor, operating system, speakers, etc. so that is why I have two different budgets. Anyways here are the parts I am considering so far.
CPU: Intel i5-3570k
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LK LGA 1155 Z77 ATX
Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 660 Ti
SSD: Plextor M5S 128GB
Hard Drive: WD Caviar Black 1TB
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 750W (probably more than I need, but I figured better safe than sorry)
RAM: Mushkin Enhanced Redline 8GB DDR3
Cooling: Not sure if I should go with air or liquid cooling here, so hopefully you guys can recommend something. I'm comfortable spending $50-70.
Optical Drive: Samsung DVD Burner 24X Model SH-224BB
Case: Antec Three Hundred or Three Hundred Two
Monitor: ASUS VX238H 23” LED
Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Tournament Edition
Speakers: Logitech Z313
OS: Windows 7 or 8 (not sure which is better)
So what are your thoughts on this build? Any help is much appreciated. I don't have much experience with computers so please feel free to criticize any parts of my build and tell me if some things are not compatible with one another.