Building my new computer

[Sheathx]

Hey so I've recently received 5,000$ from an accident I had 3 years ago and decide to invest in a great gaming computer with it, and even willing to go as high as 3k for a computer, So I took time today and put this together and just want your opinion, tell me what you think.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/saved/1E7E6W

[Butler Log]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($269.99 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($119.98 @ NCIX US)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($115.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (CrossFire) ($499.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 3GB Video Card (CrossFire) ($499.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case ($144.49 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($194.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) ($136.48 @ Amazon)
Total: $2514.84
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-05-30 06:34 EDT-0400)

Is what I would do on that budget. That said, you don't need the second video card. You don't need the top-of-the-line motherboard. You don't need 16GB of RAM, 8GB is perfectly fine. If you don't get the second video card, you could go down to a 650 or 750W PSU without a problem. You could easily drop the price by almost a thousand dollars and still have a PC that would take any game out there today and yell "GIVE ME MORE TO DO!"

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LE ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($159.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($115.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) ($136.48 @ Amazon)
Total: $1638.36
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-05-30 06:42 EDT-0400)

[Wamler]

Got to agree with the guy above me. My setup is similar to the second list he made but I'm on sandybridge i5 2500k and a p67 motherboard with a gtx 670 windforce x3. I've overclocked the cpu to 4.4ghz and the 670 is holding down a 1230mhz core overclock (damn, I got a nice card for ocing). There is literally nothing I can't play in maximum settings, it eats BF3 alive with full AA/AF. If I had the kind of money you had to spend then I'd literally build the system I have again but upgrade it to ivybridge. Save your money and buy a second graphics card when it's needed and make sure you have the ventilation to house two as it's a big increase of heat inside your machine.

[Butler Log]

Just remembered, you can drop the SSD to 128GB and save another 120 bucks, reducing the price even more to about 1500, which is the round thousand less than the first.

[Nab]

This is overkill but it's amazing.


CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100 92.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ CompUSA)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($93.99 @ NCIX US)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($109.00 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($507.55 @ Newegg)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($507.55 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 800D ATX Full Tower Case ($259.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair 1200W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($267.98 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) ($136.48 @ Amazon)
Total: $2410.49

[hapylol]

SNIP EWW

Is what I would do on that budget. That said, you don't need the second video card. You don't need the top-of-the-line motherboard. You don't need 16GB of RAM, 8GB is perfectly fine. If you don't get the second video card, you could go down to a 650 or 750W PSU without a problem. You could easily drop the price by almost a thousand dollars and still have a PC that would take any game out there today and yell "GIVE ME MORE TO DO!"

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LE ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($159.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Amazon)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($115.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Hard Drive: Crucial M4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($399.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($17.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) ($136.48 @ Amazon)
Total: $1638.36
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-05-30 06:42 EDT-0400)

OP,

I would definitely go with this build. The only thing I would do is change the RAM to Gskill sniper or Ares, or Mushkin blackline.

Also, get windows7 home