Finally going for a build

[Droodid]

Finally decided it's time i build my own PC and have narrowed it down to these.

Case - http://www.amazon.com/Guardian-Black...d_sim_sbs_pc_3
CPU - http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FX-8350-Ei...ds=amd+fx+8350
Motherboard - http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-99...+ga-990fxa-ud3
RAM - http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Vengea...ref=pd_sim_e_6
HDD - http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digita...b+caviar+black
Power Supply - http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Builde...=Corsair+CX750
Heatsink - http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-...+hyper+212+evo
GPU - http://www.amazon.com/Asus-GTX660-DC...s=asus+gtx+660


Alternate GPU (SHOULD I SPEND THE MONEY TO GET THIS INSTEAD??) - http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Mini-...radeon+hd+7950



My biggest questions. Compatibility. Changes.

Thank you for any help you may provide.

[Toffie]

Are you moving your old CPU into the system? If yes, what model is it?
Where are you from & budget?

[Droodid]

I have no computer at the moment, Fixed my typo up top, PSU should have been CPU. My fault.

My budget is right at 1000, From MO, dead midwest.

[Deleted]

...Okay.

Depending on how close you are to St. Louis, you may be able to get a motherboard/CPU combo much cheaper from Microcenter. Not sure if they'll apply that to Haswell, but the Ivy Bridge combo of i5-3570k and ASRock Z77 Extreme4 for $260 is beyond decent.

RAM and HDD are fine, though you may be able to add in an SSD with the savings made elsewhere, such as this Samsung 840. EDIT: if you do this, you may want to downgrade the HDD to a Caviar Blue.

Case - is okay, but you may be better off with a Corsair Carbide 200R: it's $20 less on Amazon and equally as good as your case.

I'd probably change the PSU to this Rosewill, as it's definitely modular.

CPU cooler is fine.

GPU: I'd probably go for either the Sapphire 7870XT from Newegg/SuperBliz or the GTX760Ti that's due out in the next few weeks. You might even be able to stretch to a GTX770, though depending on the game usage you may not want to.

[chazus]

Included most of the changes tenangrychickens listed (modified board in case you don't have microcenter available). Added OS since you said you don't have a computer at all, so no license to transfer.

PCPartPicker part list
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.16 @ Outlet PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($22.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G45 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($95.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Patriot Signature 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($93.99 @ Adorama)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($248.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $991.03

[Droodid]

Alright, taking all in consideration, looking at all the suggestions and seeing what to switch etc. And i always forget about Microcenter, i'm like 30 minutes from it so i'll def. check it out too later after work.

[Deleted]

Don't buy yet, though. Ask about the new 1150 motherboards and processors first, see if they can give you a cost for those, as they're due out Monday.

[Droodid]

Was looking at microcenter, with the new chips coming out it seems they have dropped the i7-3770k to only 230. Should i grab that with a mobo combo for just 299?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/3...oxed_Processor
http://www.microcenter.com/product/3...el_Motherboard (Shows 104, but only 64 in cart)

[Idrinkwhiterussians]

The i7 is actually normally that price at Microcenter, but it is still not something to consider with ~1 week till new chips come out.

Also, i7 is not and upgrade for most games. (by most, I mean about 99.9%)

[blargh312]

Was looking at microcenter, with the new chips coming out it seems they have dropped the i7-3770k to only 230. Should i grab that with a mobo combo for just 299?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/3...oxed_Processor
http://www.microcenter.com/product/3...el_Motherboard (Shows 104, but only 64 in cart)

Like whiterussians said, that's microcenter's normal price, but it's in-store pickup only, so unless you live near one of their stores it's not really an option.