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I am building a PC after 4 years so wanted to check what I have so far. Thank you for all the people that post reviews for products as it was very helpful for research:
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Web Browsing, HD and Blue Ray Movies, Gaming (Wow, GW2, Skyrim)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
1500 Excluding a Monitor, Tax and Shipping not included
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
USA, NY, NYC
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
Case, Mobo, CPU, GPU, RAM, Power Supply, CPU Fan, Blu Ray Player, SSD Drive
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 7Y250M00653RA 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Fans from my Antec 900 Case (Is this possible ?)
6) Will you be overclocking?
I have never overclocked before so unless there is an easy way to do so: No
7) 7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
I am currently using a Samsung 2253BW monitor: 22' (1680 x 1050 is the recommended resolution). I am not apposed to buying a new monitor. However, this one has served me well for 4 years and works perfectly.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Ideally late October or early November, though I can wait till January
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
RAID, Crossfire or SLI support, 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?
I have a legit WinXP Home Edition 32 bit license
These are the components I have some up with so far:
$119 :Antec Lanboy air Yellow Black / Yellow ATX Mid Tower Computer Modular Case
$199: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$219: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core
$290: SAPPHIRE Toxic 100312TXSR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (when it comes back in stock). Once to start with and a second early next year (if needed).
$150: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply
$75: G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory
$58: Thermaltake Frio Overclocking-Ready Intel Core i7 (six-core ready) & i5 Compatible Five 8mm Heatpipes Dual 120mm Fans Intel & AMD Universal CPU Cooler
$115: LITE-ON 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner with 3D Playback iHBS212-08 LightScribe Support
$110: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). I have 2 separate drives for storage.
$13: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Total on Newegg so far: $1,340.00
I am trying to future proof a bit as I usually don't upgrade a PC for a few years. Sorry for the very long post but i have tried to keep it as clean as possible. Any help would be much appreciated as I have been out of the PC Build loop for a long time.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Web Browsing, HD and Blue Ray Movies, Gaming (Wow, GW2, Skyrim)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
1500 Excluding a Monitor, Tax and Shipping not included
3) Which country do you live in? If the U.S, please tell us the state and city if possible.
USA, NY, NYC
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
Case, Mobo, CPU, GPU, RAM, Power Supply, CPU Fan, Blu Ray Player, SSD Drive
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 7Y250M00653RA 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 1.5Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Fans from my Antec 900 Case (Is this possible ?)
6) Will you be overclocking?
I have never overclocked before so unless there is an easy way to do so: No
7) 7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
I am currently using a Samsung 2253BW monitor: 22' (1680 x 1050 is the recommended resolution). I am not apposed to buying a new monitor. However, this one has served me well for 4 years and works perfectly.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Ideally late October or early November, though I can wait till January
9) What features do you need in a motherboard?
RAID, Crossfire or SLI support, 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?
I have a legit WinXP Home Edition 32 bit license
These are the components I have some up with so far:
$119 :Antec Lanboy air Yellow Black / Yellow ATX Mid Tower Computer Modular Case
$199: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
$219: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core
$290: SAPPHIRE Toxic 100312TXSR Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (when it comes back in stock). Once to start with and a second early next year (if needed).
$150: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply
$75: G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory
$58: Thermaltake Frio Overclocking-Ready Intel Core i7 (six-core ready) & i5 Compatible Five 8mm Heatpipes Dual 120mm Fans Intel & AMD Universal CPU Cooler
$115: LITE-ON 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner with 3D Playback iHBS212-08 LightScribe Support
$110: Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). I have 2 separate drives for storage.
$13: Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Total on Newegg so far: $1,340.00
I am trying to future proof a bit as I usually don't upgrade a PC for a few years. Sorry for the very long post but i have tried to keep it as clean as possible. Any help would be much appreciated as I have been out of the PC Build loop for a long time.
