Summer Build

[Lucifer Morning Star]

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

2) What's your budget?
2k

3) Which country do you live in?
Little Rock, AR

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?
cpu, card, motherboard, psu, ssd, monitor

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?
ram, case, and cd-rom if there's nothing better out there.

6) Will you be overclocking?
no

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor? What size is it?
1680x1050

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
june '14

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)? UEFI? etc.
not really sure about most, but crossfire/sli is a sure thing as well as usb 3.0

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
win7 64bit but i'm no longer sure about the key so i may need to buy another version.


Back again, you guys have helped me with all my builds so why not this one too? here's a link to past threads:

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1634197
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1488343

here's my current build:
Case: 800D
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit OEM
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 CPU
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 ATX Motherboard
Power Supply: Corsair GS700
Memory: Corsair 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM
Hard Disks: Crucial CT128M4SSD2CCA 2.5" 128GB SSD, Seagate esternal 2TB, Seagate external 3TB
Video Card: XFX HD-585A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5850 1GB PCI-E Video Card
Sound Card: on board
Monitor: Dell 2007

I've had this build for four years now and think it's time for something new and improved. I want to upgrade to a monitor that will harness the power of the newer cards. By the time I finish buying everything it will be may/june. So what cards would you recommend for a build taking place within the next few months? Is my current cpu and ram sufficient? I'd like to upgrade to a 256gb-500gb+ ssd but I want the price to stay around $400. I would also like the option of getting a second card later.

thanx as always

 

[Dangman]

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
june '14

First and foremost, you're planning WAAY too early. Our parts recommendations tends to change weekly and sometimes even daily. So if you want an up-to-date build list, your best bet is to ask for advice when you're 1-2 weeks away from buying. Nor is it advisable to buy parts over time unless you're constantly keeping up-to-date on hardware deals and know a lot about computer hardware in general.

Also, I wouldn't bother upgrading the GPU unless you really really really need a performance increase in a game. Though at your low resolution, it's going to be wasting the power of a lot of newer GPUs. In other words, to make a new GPU worthwhile, a new monitor is needed.

Memory: Corsair 3 x 2GB DDR3 1600 RAM

What's the model number of this RAM?

 

[Lucifer Morning Star]

the earliest this build would go down would be april, is that still too early? A new monitor is on the list of things to get. the numbers for the ram are:

10021073
CMX6GX3M3A1600C9

 

[Dangman]

the earliest this build would go down would be april, is that still too early? A new monitor is on the list of things to get

Since April isn't 1-2 weeks away, still too early.

CMX6GX3M3A1600C9

A bit too high-voltage according to Intel but some people are using 1.65V RAM just fine.