Alright, I started off thinking about building a $600-800 gaming PC, but then I noticed that everything was so expensive & I want to have this PC for 5+ years. So, I've decided to go all out & my budget is ~$1,400-1,800 for the PC & then about $300-450(up to $650 b\c of expensive keyboards) for the keyboard, mouse, monitors, ect. First off is the case. It's a full tower made by Antec & it comes with 6 LED fans & it looks like it has plenty of room. Case: Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Unbeatable Gaming Case I guess the next is the motherboard. I don't really know what to look for in the motherboard, so anybody offering any help is more than welcome. I'm going with an Intel motherboard. Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS The processor is an Intel i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4Ghz(3.8Ghz) 1155. I think I'm good with this. If you recommend me downgrading it, I'm just going to get this b\c I'd rather be safe than sorry. Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K For the SSD, I'm going with a Samsung 2.5% 256GB Sata 3. I think that this is good enough b\c some people recommended the 128GB to me, but I decided to go with the 256GB. SSD: SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC256B/WW 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) For the ram, I think I'm going with the 16GB Corsair DDR3 1600 b\c again, I'd rather be safe with getting the 16GB over the 12GB. RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10R For the GPU, I have NO clue what to look for other than the "GTX 570" thing haha, all opinions will be put into consideration for this. GPU: EVGA SuperClocked 012-P3-1573-KR GeForce GTX 570 HD w/Display-Port (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP ... For the power supply, I'm going with a 800W Rosewill lightning power supply with all of the LEDs & everything. =]]]]] Power Supply: Rosewill LIGHTNING Series LIGHTNING-800 800W ATX12V/EPS12V 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active-PFC Power Supply For the monitors, I'm going with two Hanns-G monitors, one 26" 5ms widescreen & one 23.6" 5ms widescreen Monitors: Hanns-G HL269DPB Black 26" 5ms Widescreen LED-Backlit LCD Monitor & Hanns-G HL248DPB Black 23.6" 5ms Widescreen LED-Backlit LCD Monitor For the mouse, I'm just getting a Razer DeathAdder mouse, but I might get a newer one, but it has to be blue =]]]]]]] Mouse: RAZER DeathAdder Black 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Precision Optical Gaming Mouse - 3.5G Infrared Sensor Again, feel free to comment any opinions & all help is put into consideration. =]
All I can say is WOW! Such an awesome build, for a GPU with 1.5k bucks budget, a GTX 680 is awesome! Get a Cooler Master HAF X 942 case.. Just the BEST! Get 2133Mhz DDR3 it's only 100$ for 16GB(G.SKILL). Get a cooler and overclock your i5 when you buy.. Get 120GB of SSD(60GB will work too) and only download your games and OS on it. Get a 1TB Western Digital 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III Making both monitors the same is better IMO That's it
Thanks for reminding me about the HDD! Totally forgot about that. However I'll stick with with the 256gb ssd to be safe. And yes, I'm getting a cooler & possibly a water cooler & about two more led fans. I'll also take into consideration the other things. Thanks again.
