New Rig

[Keyboardjenkins]

Greetings all i recently posted a thread with a build my buddy suggested for me and it pretty much got shot down for various reasons. I decided to start over, and like many others post this will be a tax return rig

•Budget My budget is roughly between 1000-1200ish


•Resolution erm not sure

•Games / Settings Desired- I may or may not be frapping games i'll be playing including but are not limited to WoW/Diablo/Starcraft/Sims/ First person Shooters (CS BS2 BF3)/ Civ and many other random steam titles. Also some programs I would be using would be Photoshop Gamemaker X... I would love to run most games at near max settings while in 25 man raids.


•Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc) I believe i listed everything above


•Country US


•Parts that can be reused NONE


•Do you need an OS? no



•Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? I think i will just need a keyboard. I plan on running this on a 30 inch flat screen that can serve mulitple purposes. actually lets just leave this as none for now lol i know how to shop for keyboards.


I believe this covers everything im looking for. I truly appreciate any and all help. Also i see overclocking come up alot in these threads, i do not know how to do it but i dont think it will be to hard to figure out if that helps any. if any questions i'll be checking this frequently to respond asap. Thanks again!

[jholdaway]

The case is just my personal prefrence. Feel free to pick out your own case if you don't like it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($212.95 @ Mac Connection)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.68 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1179.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-14 09:58 EST-0500)

[Keyboardjenkins]

The case is just my personal prefrence. Feel free to pick out your own case if you don't like it.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($212.95 @ Mac Connection)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.68 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1179.78
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-14 09:58 EST-0500)

thanks for the reply just curious why do you prefer that case?

[Toffie]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Duof

[vesseblah]

I plan on running this on a 30 inch flat screen that can serve mulitple purposes.

If it's normal cheap TV, it will be really bad as the only computer monitor for various reasons.

[jholdaway]

thanks for the reply just curious why do you prefer that case?

Good cable management, plenty of room to work with, almost all steel construction, great airflow and as ex-military I like the looks of it. Oh and screwless sidepanels.

[Keyboardjenkins]

If it's normal cheap TV, it will be really bad as the only computer monitor for various reasons.

What do you mean by normal cheap tv? would a 1080 hdtv regaardless of brand not be a good idea? i've never run a computer off a television buy i have always like the idea of seeing my pc games much bigger

[jholdaway]

What do you mean by normal cheap tv? would a 1080 hdtv regaardless of brand not be a good idea? i've never run a computer off a television buy i have always like the idea of seeing my pc games much bigger

It'll work great for a while depending on which games you're playing. I noticed on my 32 inch TV that I was using while playing MoP was begining to get lines in it when I moved. Figuring that wasn't a good sign I ordered a actual computer monitor. I haven't had that problem since.

[Keyboardjenkins]

It'll work great for a while depending on which games you're playing. I noticed on my 32 inch TV that I was using while playing MoP was begining to get lines in it when I moved. Figuring that wasn't a good sign I ordered a actual computer monitor. I haven't had that problem since.

so i take it scratch the tv idea when it comes to computer gaming

[jholdaway]

Modified my build and fit in a decent monitor.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($39.98 @ Outlet PC)
Storage: OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($121.74 @ Mwave)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($71.68 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB Video Card ($239.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair Vengeance C70 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($99.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($89.24 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224BB DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ Outlet PC)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor ($167.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1156.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-02-14 11:01 EST-0500)

[vesseblah]

What do you mean by normal cheap tv? would a 1080 hdtv regaardless of brand not be a good idea? i've never run a computer off a television buy i have always like the idea of seeing my pc games much bigger

TV has notable lag compared to monitor, picture is blurry when trying to see small details outside gaming like for example reading text on web pages and most 32" and smaller TVs are actually 1366x768 panels, not 1080p.