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    Lightbulb Building My First Computer - Need Suggestions

    So I finally want to build my own gaming rig. I have never built a computer before. I want to get back into WoW to play Mists of Pandaria. This is what i'm thinking for the parts. I have a budget of around 2k but I can go a little bit higher or a little bit lower. I need everything, monitor, speakers, and OS. I also am a web programmer but I sometimes have to do some design work. The adobe creative suite is something I will be using. I've been on Macs for the past 3 years but I'm going back to windows. I want to be able to play WoW on maxed settings with 60fps or more and be able to maintain that in a 25 man setting.

    Here are some parts that I really want

    CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E 3.2GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80619i73930K 569.99

    RAM: I really want 32GB of ram

    Hard Drive: I really want SSD in my PC. Not completely SSD, but I want my OS, WoW, and the Adobe programs at least loaded on it. Things like music will be put on other stuff.

    Monitor: I'd like a 27 inch monitor and preferably play in better-than 1080p resolution.

    I really don't know what else to put in there. Graphics card is so confusing for me, since I don't know how much is too much overkill and what is too little to accomplish what I want to accomplish. Is all of this possible for around 2k? Thanks everyone!

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    CPU: Even though you want to do some design & graphics on the side, the 3930k isn't really worth it. You wouldn't notice a difference to the 3770k or maybe even the 3570k besides the price. (compared to the 3770k you pay about $300 extra without a real benefit. $250 for the cpu, > $50 for the more expensive motherboard)

    RAM: While RAM is cheap, 32GB is just totally and utterly overkill. You probably would be fine with 8GB, but to be on the safe side, get 16GB.

    TFT: Your best choice is probably a Dell 27" IPS TFT (U2711 or U2713) for around $750

    As you can see, the monitor alone is going to eat up a third of your 2k budget. So, there isn't really any room for an overprized Socket 2011 build...

    You best choice is probably something around the 1260 build fom here
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