$500 Max Budget for upgrades pls help!

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TuEKiD

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming and 3D Rendering.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$400-$500 max including shipping

3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.

USA Oviedo Florida

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
I need:
CPU – Intel Core i7 2600k
Ram -(DDR3 2133- 8GBs – Cas Latency of 8 or less)
MOBO - Socket 1155 Intel Z68 Chipset

That's all the part I need; I will never buy a Foxconn mobo just for the record.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
PSU: Antec CP-850w
GPU: AMD 6950 2GBS
HDD: 2 140gb 10k RPM Raptor drives, 1tb 7K RPM Samsung drive


6) Will you be overclocking?
No

7) 7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
3 23” monitors

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video (as a backup or main GPU)? etc.
Crossfire support, need at least 2 slots for PCIe.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?

I have a legit copy of Windows 7 64bit with a transferable key.
 
You do not need RAM rated that high, you will not notice ANY difference what-so-ever between DDR3 1333 and DDR3 2133, so spend the money on a cheap 2x4GB or 4x4GB kit of DDR3 1333 to 1600 RAM. Should not cost more than about $40 for the 8GB kit or $80 for the 16GB kit. You'll notice more improvements with more RAM than RAM speed when dealing with Sandy Bridge CPUs.

Also note that since you are NOT overclocking there is absolutely no need for the "K" version of the 2600, since the regular 2600 will be just fine for your purposes.

$299.99 - Intel Core i7-2600 Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz
$159.98 - GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68
$36.99 - G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333

Total shipped: $496.96
 
TuEKiD said:
Thanks skills, I would have never known! :cool:
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No problem. Also if you aren't doing a whole lot of 3D rendering, really no need to get the i7s when the i5s perform just as fast, if not faster in gaming than the i7s do. However, if 3D rendering is a major task done on the PC, then the i7 is the way to go.
 
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