Mr.Alaska
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So you all seam a lot more friendly then the last site I tried to get help from so I think I'll try my luck with you guys. The last site kinda rubbed me the wrong way when I told them my preferred brand for motherboards is ASUS and the only guy that replied tried to sell me on a ASRock. While I have no doubts thats It's a decent board I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for. Anyway pretty much all the computers I have owned have been hand-me-downs of some kind. Right now I'm using my brothers old macbook so I thinks its time to get a proper gaming PC.
My original budget was about $1500 but I don't want to cut corners and that motherboard kinda broke the budget so now it's $2000 and I can work with the price a little but this is going to be a basic build for now and I will add a lot more in the months to come. I am aiming to build a gaming PC that will last as long a possible without having to rebuild the whole thing and just add parts as I go. With my limited knowledge about real computers something tells me I will need a high end motherboard for this.
On the case I am not looking for anything fancy with flashy lights. Cooling is top priority with noise and wire management a close second. I originally was going to get a cooler master HAF 912 but I think It's to small for the board. I will get a ODD in a few months but for now I want the speed of a SSD. While I know nothing about over clocking reading about it has gotten me really interested and I know it will probably lead to playing with just about everything the motherboard can do.
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Motherboard: Z68? Open to suggestions.
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Tu... Intel Core i7-2600K - $279.99
I have read that the I5 2500k is the best for the money so I might go with that. But won't games in the future use Hyper Threading? Maybe in 2012 if we survive the end of the world? If not I will go with I5 2500k.
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO - 33.99
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $29.99
SSD: Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III - $209.99
GPU: MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III - $369.99
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 - $189.99
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - $21.99
Total: $1,167.93
My original budget was about $1500 but I don't want to cut corners and that motherboard kinda broke the budget so now it's $2000 and I can work with the price a little but this is going to be a basic build for now and I will add a lot more in the months to come. I am aiming to build a gaming PC that will last as long a possible without having to rebuild the whole thing and just add parts as I go. With my limited knowledge about real computers something tells me I will need a high end motherboard for this.
On the case I am not looking for anything fancy with flashy lights. Cooling is top priority with noise and wire management a close second. I originally was going to get a cooler master HAF 912 but I think It's to small for the board. I will get a ODD in a few months but for now I want the speed of a SSD. While I know nothing about over clocking reading about it has gotten me really interested and I know it will probably lead to playing with just about everything the motherboard can do.
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Motherboard: Z68? Open to suggestions.
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Tu... Intel Core i7-2600K - $279.99
I have read that the I5 2500k is the best for the money so I might go with that. But won't games in the future use Hyper Threading? Maybe in 2012 if we survive the end of the world? If not I will go with I5 2500k.
CPU Cooler: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO - 33.99
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 - $29.99
SSD: Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III - $209.99
GPU: MSI N570GTX Twin Frozr III - $369.99
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 - $189.99
DVD Burner: ASUS 24X DVD Burner - $21.99
Total: $1,167.93
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