EDIT:
Yay, finally got it all built and up and running! I'll be installing software and testing it out and stuff tonight!
Thanks so much to everyone that helped!
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Hello, everyone!
I come from a pretty hardcore Mac family that (after some convincing) are allowing me to build a computer before I head off to college. After reading up on stuff over the past week or so, this is the build that I've sort of managed to come up with, and I would very much appreciate any advice!
Country: United States of America
Budget: $2500 (Worth noting that any money saved does not go back to me - but this doesn't mean it should be spent needlessly)
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Games / Settings Desired: Haha, well, being a Mac user for the past decade, my options in gaming have been fairly limited...I'm mostly interested in playing newer releases such as Guild Wars 2, Skyrim, and Tribes: Ascend at max or near-max settings, and hopefully getting decent-good settings on titles released in the future.
Any other intensive software or special things you do: Some light music and photo editing on the side, but nothing too intense.
Parts that can be reused: I have speakers...and that's about it. I need a new everything, pretty much.
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? Yes, see above.
Do you need an OS? Yes, some version of Windows 7.
Okay, with that out of the way...here's my proposed build!
(Prices do not include S&H, and are rounded up to the nearest whole dollar)
- Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit + $140
- Case: Corsair Vengeance Series C70 + $140
- Power Supply: Corsair HX750 + $145
- CPU: Intel Core i7-3820 + $300 (-$20 from combo with Power Supply)
- Heatsink: Noctua NH-U12P SE2 - $68
- Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LGA + $190
- Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 + $54 (-$20 from combo with Case)
- Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 670 FTW + $408 (-$20 from combo with Operating System)
- Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB + $120
- Solid State Drive: Samsung 830 Series 256 GB + $230 (-$30 from combo with Motherboard)
- DVD Drive: Asus 24X SATA DVD+/-RW + $18
- Monitor: Asus VW246H 24" + $200
- Keyboard: Filco Majestouch 2 + $150
- Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei Raw + $60
- Mousepad: Steelseries 9HD + $35
- Headset: Steelseries Siberia V2 + $90
TOTAL: $2258 (before S&H)
Other notes: Before this week, I knew absolutely nothing about computers, so if there's some glaringly obvious fault here, please forgive me! I know "future-proofing" a computer is impossible, but I'd like to think that if I build a great computer now, it will last as a good and decent computer some years down the line. Hopefully I'll be learning a lot more about how computers work in both digital and physical aspects in the coming years such that I can figure some of this stuff out on my own and upgrade where necessary.
Thank you for your time!EDIT:
Yay, finally got it all built and up and running! I'll be installing software and testing it out and stuff tonight!
Thanks so much to everyone that helped!