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Help with gaming PC purchase.

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Shadinn

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

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1200 USD

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

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc.
Case, CPU, RAM, GPU, HD, SSD, Power supply, motherboard

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
DVD burner, Have a Audigy 2 ZS sound card if this would be better to use that on board sound.

6) Will you be overclocking?
No.

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
22" 1680x1050 (Would like a 24")

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

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.
USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Yes. Win 7 x64
 
Shadinn said:
7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
22" 1680x1050 (Would like a 24")
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When are you planning on getting that 24" monitor? Is it part of that $1200 budget?
 
I would like it to be part of the budget but can hold off on it to later.
 
$227 - Intel Core i5 2400 + Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 2 x 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM Combo
$113 - Gigabyte GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 Intel Z68 ATX Motherboard
$260 - XFX HD-695X-CNFC Radeon HD 6950 2GB PCI-E Video Card
$105 - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SSD
$91 - Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$70 - Seasonic S121II 620 620W PSU
$179 - Asus VH236H Black 23" LCD Monitorr
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Total: $1045 shipped

Case wise, choose your own case. I recommend the following cases:
$88 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K58 ATX Case
$90 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K58W ATX Case
$90 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K7B ATX Case
$98 - Cooler Master CM690 II Advance ATX Case
$100 - Corsair Carbide Series 400R ATX Case
$100 - Lian Li PC-7B Plus II ATX Case
$120 - Lian Li PC-9F ATX Case
$120 - Fractal Design Define R3 Arctic White ATX Case
$125 - Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl ATX Case
$130 - Fractal Design Define R3 Silver Arrow ATX Case
$110 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Full Tower ATX Case
$110 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001BK Black Full Tower ATX Case
$125 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-002OR Black Finish w/Orange Trim Full Tower ATX Case
$140 - Antec P280 ATX Case
$140 - Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 ATX Case
$143 - Cooler Master HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$144 - Silverstone RV03B-WA ATX case
$160 - Corsair Graphite Series 600TM ATX Case
$160 - Silverstone RV02B-W ATX case
$164 - Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T ATX Case
 
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With that setup, what kinda of settings do you think I could run BF3, WoW, Skyrim at?
 
Definitely High settings for BF3. I wouldn't try Ultra on account of the CPU not being OC'd. Fairly close to max settings with Skyrim. Though I'm not sure about the CPU usage on that one. Definitely maxed out settings for WoW. All of the above at 1920x1080 of course.
 
Definitely the Crucial M4 128GB:
$169 - Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SSD
 
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