1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming, General use
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1,500 US flexible
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Houston, TX
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.
New parts I am planning are listed below.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-620HX ??powerful enough for this build??
Lian Li case
6) Will you be overclocking?
CPU nad possibly GPU
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Have a Dell Ultrasharp 27" 1920x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP, spent about a week so far researching new parts
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc.
Want to take advantage of SATA 6Gb/SSD. Not interested in dual GPUs would prefer a single card. The GTX 580 looks to me like a good high-end part that still has alot of life left in it for all the upcoming 2011+ gaming titles.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Win7 x64
Existing rig (for reference)
Intel Core i7-920
ASRock X58 Extreme
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-620HX
G.SKILL 8GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
XFX Radeon HD 5850
Planned new parts list:
MB: ???
CPU: i5-2500K (possible i7-2600 for hyperthreading in non-gaming apps)
GPU: MSI Lightning Radeon HD 6970 2GB
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600
HDD: WD Caviar Black 2TB
SSD: Crucial M4 128 GB
DVD: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
COOLER: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212+
Conclusion: Its been a little over 2yrs since I last upgraded and just looking for get up to date with some more recent parts while keeping the budget fairly reasonable. The biggest thing I am considering splurging on is the GPU (GTX 580). Mostly looking forward to playing all the upcoming PC titles (BF3, MW3, GW2, Rage, Skyrim, etc) at full details 1920x1200 silky smooth.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions on my build![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Gaming, General use
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$1,500 US flexible
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
Houston, TX
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.
New parts I am planning are listed below.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-620HX ??powerful enough for this build??
Lian Li case
6) Will you be overclocking?
CPU nad possibly GPU
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
Have a Dell Ultrasharp 27" 1920x1200
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP, spent about a week so far researching new parts
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? eSATA? Onboard video? etc.
Want to take advantage of SATA 6Gb/SSD. Not interested in dual GPUs would prefer a single card. The GTX 580 looks to me like a good high-end part that still has alot of life left in it for all the upcoming 2011+ gaming titles.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If yes, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Win7 x64
Existing rig (for reference)
Intel Core i7-920
ASRock X58 Extreme
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-620HX
G.SKILL 8GB DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
XFX Radeon HD 5850
Planned new parts list:
MB: ???
CPU: i5-2500K (possible i7-2600 for hyperthreading in non-gaming apps)
GPU: MSI Lightning Radeon HD 6970 2GB
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600
HDD: WD Caviar Black 2TB
SSD: Crucial M4 128 GB
DVD: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
COOLER: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212+
Conclusion: Its been a little over 2yrs since I last upgraded and just looking for get up to date with some more recent parts while keeping the budget fairly reasonable. The biggest thing I am considering splurging on is the GPU (GTX 580). Mostly looking forward to playing all the upcoming PC titles (BF3, MW3, GW2, Rage, Skyrim, etc) at full details 1920x1200 silky smooth.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions on my build
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