First new system in a while (advice)

[speednat]

Hi, I am a student in college and will be using my computer for internet courses, Diablo III possibly WoW, and a bit of home video editing. I have a lot of other games that probably won't be an issue... Guild Wars, Witcher, Empire Total War, Also I have a need to run some of my older games, hence the professional windows is required. Finally I have kids, but there emphasis for game playing is the 360. The big exception is DIABLO III I have some specs for you folks.


Case: * Apevia X-Trooper LED Light Mid-Tower Case w/ Side Window (Red LED Light Color)
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Quad-Core 3.60 GHz 10MB Intel Smart Cache LGA2011 (All Venom OC Certified)
Freebies: FREE! Tribes: Ascend Promo Pack ($60 value)
Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel: Intel® Core™ i7-3820 Performance Tuning Protection Plan by Intel [+29]
Venom Boost Fast And Efficient Factory Overclocking: No Overclocking
Cooling Fan: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) (Single Standard 120MM Fan)
Motherboard: * (3-Way SLI Support) GIGABYTE X79-UD5 Intel X79 Chipset Quad Channel DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ UEFI DualBIOS, Dolby Home Theater 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 3 Gen3 PCIe X16, 2 PCIe X1 & 1 PCI [+67]
Freebies: GIGABYTE GC-WB300D Exclusive Bluetooth 4.0/WiFi PCIe Expansion Card
Memory: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1600MHz Quad Channel Memory [+86] (Corsair Vengeance)
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card [-82] (Major Brand Powered by AMD)
Power Supply Upgrade: * 850 Watts - Thermaltake TR2 RX Modular 80 Plus PSU - PN: W0319RU [+82]
Hard Drive: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 7200 RPM HDD [+5] (Single Drive)
Optical Drive: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [-32] (BLACK COLOR)
Sound: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
Network: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
Keyboard: (Keyboard & Mouse Combo) Razer Cyclosa Gaming Keyboard & Abyssus Gaming Mouse
Extra Thermal Display: NZXT Sentry LX Aluminum High Performance Fan Control, Clock, & Temperature Display [+69]
Flash Media Reader/Writer: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
IEEE1394 Card: None
Internal USB Port: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Professional [+31] (64-bit Edition)
Rush Service: RUSH!!! READY TO SHIP IN 3 BUSINESS DAYS [+69]

This all works out to 1619 after rebates before tax, that includes a $69 ship in 3 day Rush Fee.

I will recycle my Asus 23" LCD Monitor and if needed my SB X-FI not sure which version

My emphasis is to spend around $1500 today and if needed, when I get my next bonus in January to purchase a couple of extra items that I could live without for a few months... as long as I don't have to throw $ away by upgrading then. Like for example, picking up an SSD, and a second graphics card, external HD, or additional Internal for A Raid setup.

Thanks in advance for your time and advice.
speednat

[glo]

That 7750 isn't going to run much of anything beyond lowish settings @ 1080p and x79 quad core is a huge waste of money since Ivy Bridge out performs it now. Are you able to build on your own? If not, what site are you ordering from?

[speednat]

I am using CyberpowerPC.com, and I could build on my own, but would prefer not, as I am running out of time. By the time my $ comes in, school will be starting and I won't have a lot of time to mess around. It's worth a little extra money to have a pre-made no problem system.

Should I not buy an AMD video card and stick with Nvidia. I would like this system to last me 4+ years with only the odd upgrade. I don't mind adding on, I just don't like spending good money on a graphics card, and then 2 years later buying a new one, and basically throwing the old one away.
speednat

[Xuvial]

An $800 build could run all your games better than that $1600 setup if you assembled it on your own, the specs listed there are so horridly out of balance for gaming it's not even funny.

Building a PC doesn't take more than a couple of hours (most of the time is spent unboxing shit really), especially when we're talking fairly simple and midrange build.

Check this out:

MoBo: ASUS P8Z77-V LK – $139.99 CPU: Intel i5 3570k – $229.99 RAM: G.Skill Sniper 1600Mhz 2x4GB – $45.99 GPU: Gigabyte GTX 670 – $399.99 HDD: Samsung Spinpoint 1TB – $89.99 PSU: Seasonic X750 – $119.99 Heatsink: Noctua NH-U12P – $75.99 Case: CoolerMaster HAF-XM – $129.99 -------------------------------------------------- Estimated Total Price – $1231

If you're really set on Cyberpower then see if you can get the above parts sorted out (Case is up to you really).