List of everything I ordered and are on their way :)

[isadorr]

MoBo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813130645
CPU: Intel i5 3570k – $229.99
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231428
GPU:
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136771
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151095
SSD:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148442
CASE:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811352007
Cpu Cooler:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835233082

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100007 Thermal Paste

GPU has not been ordered of yet. I am having difficulty on what I want to purchase at the moment after reading numerous articles. Any advice or input would be fantastic. I went back on the full tower after much griefing from friends and went with the original case that i was adviced to get from mmo. Thanks again for all the help here@mmo Here at the gpu's i have been looking at:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130817
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121656

Please help me out picking a gpu and it doesnt have to be one of the cards i listed. I dont want to go over $350 and have always had nvidia cards and had great luck. Thanks in advance for any advice.

[inux94]

I'd choose either the Gigabyte 660ti, or the ASUS 660ti. Both have incredibly good cooling.

[Ineko]

The 660ti is an amazing card for its price.

I'd probably go with the Gigabyte card, its core clock is slightly higher so you might get a little bit more performance out of it.

[isadorr]

Thanks guy i guess i will go with the gigabyte card and i have one more last question lol. I know i may not need it but I have always wanted this so....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...81017&Tpk=h100 I see that this radiator should fit in the top of my case or am i incorrect in this? I came across a nice chunk of cash and would like to add this? Any thought or suggestions. The gigabyte card is ordered and will be taking pics once done, thanks again for all the help.

Any other suggestions on a cpu cooler would be great as I am hearing either really good rating on the h-100 or really really bad. If you have a cpu water cooler that is better please throw it up there and i would be glad to check out and possibly purchase. Thanks.

Does the mobo comes with the SATA cables i will need for my ssd?

[Martinussen]

Got same case, same CPU and same Corsair H100. It does fit in the top of the case

Things to note on the H100, when booting up it starts off at 100% which is pretty noisy, but then descends down to a normal and very quiet pace after about 10 seconds.
Im running my CPU at 4.5 Ghz no problems at the lowest cooling on the H100. It has three mode changeable by clicking on the mounted block itself. It has quiet mode, balanced mode, and extra cooling mode, but i guess you already know that.

[glo]

Unless you're a total Nvidia fanboy, the 7950 is a much better card for the same price.

[vesseblah]

HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136771

That was rather poor choice, considering 1TB model has four times the space and costs only $25 more. Best to return it unopened and rethink the storage space strategy if you need HDD at all and 250GB SSD would be enough, or if you want 1TB disc with the 120GB SSD.

[isadorr]

Unless you're a total Nvidia fanboy, the 7950 is a much better card for the same price.

I was actually looking at that after reading other articles but i guess i have been a nvidia fan for years and have never been disappointed. So, yes i do have preference to nvidia but was looking at ghz edition of the 7950-7970 and that is where i get torn. I can oc the 660ti to the same as a 670 but i guess it comes down to preference.

I went with the smaller hdd because i do not store much on my computer and my games will be on my ssd.