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Gaming Build Suggestions

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Shazay

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, schoolwork.

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1200-1500+ range, flexible.

3) Where do you live?
Northern Virginia. 10 minutes away from Microcenter. I also work at Bestbuy but that doesn't really mean anything. Online deals are usually better.

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.
Case, psu, mobo, cpu, ram, ssd (thinking of 64 or 80gb for the OS and main programs), hd, dvd burner, video card, sound card, cooling, etc.

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
I have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, set of speakers.

6) Will you be overclocking?
Yep.

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
BenQ 2400WD, 24", 1920x1200.

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Unless there is a reason I should wait? Within the next couple of days.

9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 64 bit. Already have a key lying around.


Appreciate any replies, thanks for your time :)
 
Okay, after doing some research my preliminary list:

$190 - i5-2500k
$133 - MSI P67A-G45 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$350 - XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
$120 - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
$110 - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply
$55 - G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
$65 - SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Bare Drive
$20 - LG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH22NS70 OEM - OEM
$50 - COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7
$90 - LIAN LI K60B Black CECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
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Currently puts me at $1183 with some leftover.

Open to any suggestions.
 
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Why are you buying the Asus P8P67-M Pro? There are plenty of good ATX P67 boards available, like the MSI P67A-G45.

Since you're going to Micro Center, pick up the processor, motherboard (there should be plenty of processor/motherboard combo deals available), CPU cooler, hard drive, and optical drive there. IIRC, the NOVA Micro Center store will price-match with NewEgg and gives you a discount if you buy all of your parts from there (but call beforehand as that may change).

For the video card, consider the 1GB HD 6950. If you're serious about gaming, look at the 2GB HD 6970 or GTX 570.
 
tiraides said:
Why are you buying the Asus P8P67-M Pro? There are plenty of good ATX P67 boards available, like the MSI P67A-G45.
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I wasn't too sure about which mobo to pick but was actually considering the same one you listed. Switched, list updated.

tiraides said:
Since you're going to Micro Center, pick up the processor, motherboard (there should be plenty of processor/motherboard combo deals available), CPU cooler, hard drive, and optical drive there. IIRC, the NOVA Micro Center store will price-match with NewEgg and gives you a discount if you buy all of your parts from there (but call beforehand as that may change).

For the video card, consider the 1GB HD 6950. If you're serious about gaming, look at the 2GB HD 6970 or GTX 570.
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As it turns out Microcenter does match Newegg and they have a pretty good cpu + mobo deal going on right now. The only problem is that i5 is sold out. Since that deal ends on the 4th, I think I'll wait a couple of days and see what happens.
 
If you want to overclock, you're limited to the i5-2500K and the i7-2600K. Those are the only Sandy Bridge processors with the unlocked CPU cores. The only other alternative is to buy the processor and motherboard from NewEgg, which also has some pretty good combo deals.
 
Thanks for the tip. It looks like they have i5-2500ks in stock so I'll grab that and the mobo from Microcenter at the very least.

*Edit* nvm.
 
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... Uh, I should have said "multipliers" instead of "cores." But the point remains that the "K" processors are the best ones for overclocking out of the current Sandy Bridge lineup.
 
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