Help with New PC Build

[bullwinkl86]

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Mainly Gaming and Video Editing

2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1000.00 total

3) Where do you live?
Louisiana

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
CPU,RAM,MB,VIdeo Card,Case,Power Supply,Hard Drive(s)

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
N/A

6) Will you be overclocking?
Yes

7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
22"

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? etc.
I would like a raid controller and SLI or Crossfire would be nice if I could fit mulitple video cards into the budget.

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 32bit and XP Pro 32 and 64...not sure what I'll use...any advice?

Thanks in advance. Any help/recommendations are appreciated.

 

[Dangman]

$340 - Intel Core i5-750 + GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3P ATX motherboard combo
$105 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$160 - XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$70 - Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$26 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$75 - Antec Earthwatts 650W PSU
$50 - Cooler Master Elite 335 RC-335-KKN1-GP ATX Case
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Total: $826 plus tax and shipping.

Go with Windows 7.

 

[HardwareGuru]

Dannys build is actually perfect. Meets the budget even if Windows 7 O/S is added.

$340 - Intel Core i5-750 + GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3P ATX motherboard combo
$105 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$160 - XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$70 - Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$26 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$75 - Antec Earthwatts 650W PSU
$50 - Cooler Master Elite 335 RC-335-KKN1-GP ATX Case
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Total: $826 plus tax and shipping.

Go with Windows 7.

 

[Shadowssong]

$340 - Intel Core i5-750 + GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3P ATX motherboard combo
$105 - G.Skill Ripjaw Series F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 2 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
$160 - XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB PCI-E Video Card
$70 - Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
$26 - LG GH22NS50 DVD Burner
$75 - Antec Earthwatts 650W PSU
$50 - Cooler Master Elite 335 RC-335-KKN1-GP ATX Case
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Total: $826 plus tax and shipping.

Go with Windows 7.

I would splurge and go with a better case, win 7 is only what, like $100, so he has another 30-40 he could spend on a case. The 335 is a decent case but it with the budget I would get something with more features.

 

[bullwinkl86]

All great recommendations, thanks Danny. That config looks very promising. I like the processor and MB combo. I may look around for other cases and I'm researching the Video Card (looks good so far). I also may get a couple HDDs to put that raid controller to use.

 

[Sikkyu]

solid build +1