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Building a gaming computer.

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ish003

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I would like to make a gaming computer for the living room. Can you guys help? Been years since i mess around with computers.

1) What will you be doing with this PC?
- Gaming.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
- No budget really, long as the computer can play the lastest games on max settings. So far $1269.68 including shipping and taxes. Is that too much? For a gaming computer? Is it possible to get same results for less?

3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
- Union City, NJ 07087 U.S.

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.
- CPU, Mobo, RAM, Case, PSU, GPU, HDD, and OS.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
- Ill be buying everything new

6) Will you be overclocking?
- No

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
- I just bought a Samsung - 50" Class - LED - 1080p - 120Hz - Smart – HDTV I want to use with this rig.

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
- Probably as soon as next week once I get my Christmas bonus.

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)? UEFI? etc.
- Long as it’s a good motherboard I don’t need to many features.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
- No, ill most likely buy one off Newegg OEM. Is windows 8 any good? Or should I stick with 7.

Here are the parts I saw online:
$99 Case: Antec P280 Black Super Mid Tower Computer Case

$99 Power Supply: 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

$159 Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

$300 Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770

$39 Memory: TWO - G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR

$80 Hard Drive (HDD): Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

$24 Optical (Disc) Drive (CD/DVD/HD-DVD/BR): MSI 24X DVD Burner 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DH-24AS

$370 Video/Graphics Card (GPU): EVGA 02G-P4-2670-KR GeForce GTX 670 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Additional Cards
- Wireless (802.11b/g/n) Network what kind can I buy no clue here.


Would this set up work? Am i forgetting anything? Can you advise on better pieces?
 
That setup would work but it would be a poor setup in terms of cost to performance.

Since you're only gaming, no reason whatsoever to get that Core i7 CPU. You'll get virtually the same gaming performance out of the Core i5 3470:
http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i5...8&qid=1355521876&sr=8-1&keywords=Core+i5+3470

Motherboard wise, you're not overclocking nor did you state that you wanted certain features. As such that motherboard isn't a good choice for you. I recommend this mobo instead:
$110 - MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 ATX Motherboard

Now with all of the money cut from the mobo and CPU, use that towards a SSD since that will make a huge difference in the performance of the PC. I recommend this SSD:
$110 - Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SSD
 
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Sure ill def make those switches.

just one more question how do ssd's work. i didnt know about them till today. would that be where i mainly install the os and use a secondary hdd for storage?
 
ill def take ur word for it. ive been out of the loop for so long that i still u 1 hdd lol
 
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