Building a gaming Pc with a budget around 1000. Thoughts?
I looking for any thoughts, suggestions, and criticisms to ultimately improve my build performancewise and financially.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/aBCW
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/aBCW/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/aBCW/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($169.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($127.86 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($69.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec 520W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($63.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $870.79
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
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To drager, gintama, and qwan's second post: Yeah, I know. Thanks.
Ah, don't forget that you need an optical drive. As well as the OS if you don't have one already.
Here the ODD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151244
just in case you didnt notice it, the 2500k at microcenter is only available in store only. So if you wanted to buy it online, you wont be able to.
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If you get the motherboard and the i5-2500k at microcenter, they take off 50$ from the motherboard. So instead of paying about $300 it'll be $250.
Edit: If they don't have that motherboard, you could always get another one. Just make sure it's LGA 1155.