First Custom Gaming PC Need Your Opinions

[ViZxR3zolve]

Hey guys, im thinking about building a gaming pc and would like some replies to my build. I would like to play most games that come out on max or close to max settings.

Here it is:

COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

PowerColor AX7950 3GBD5-2DH Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/AM3+

Total Cost - About 1000$

Thanks in advance to anyone who responds.

[ballsack213]

your computer is balls.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

I'd change the OCZ vertex 3 SSD to a Crucial M4, Intel 510/520 or Samsung 830, otherwise it looks pretty good.

[Deleted]

Hey guys, im thinking about building a gaming pc and would like some replies to my build. I would like to play most games that come out on max or close to max settings.

Here it is:

COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

GIGABYTE GA-Z77M-D3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

ASUS HD7850-DC2-2GD5 Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply compatible with Intel Sandybridge Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD Phenom

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K

OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS - OEM

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 "Heatpipe Direct Contact" Long Life Sleeve 120mm CPU Cooler Compatible Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7

Total Cost - About 1000$

Thanks in advance to anyone who responds.

Looks nice

Will do you fine.. not sure on the HDD though

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Oh yeah, Western Digital Caviar Black for the HDD.

[Deleted]

Oh yeah, Western Digital Caviar Black for the HDD.

Yep thats what I was thinking.. Seagate is nice.. but it has always reminded me off the cheapy crap brand.. like a PC world computer (Crap pc retailer in the UK lol )

[Plagiarizer]

in my opinion you have put a decent bit of money in places that you could take a step down which would allow you to put more money into a better GPU which currently looks like your bottleneck. Unless you plan to use the Z77 chipset to its fullest potential in tandem with your i5 3570k you could drop to a i5 2500k (which is still considered a tank of a gaming processor) and go with a z68 MOBO. for example heres marest's sample build for about 1k US.

Gaming 1050
MoBo: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 – $121.99
CPU: Intel i5 2500k – $204.99
RAM: G.Skill Sniper 1600MHz 2x4GB – $47.99
GPU: MSI Radeon 7950 – $399.99
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint 1TB – $109.99
PSU: Seasonic S12II 520W – $69.99
Heatsink: CM Hyper 212+ – $29.99 Review
Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout – $79.99
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Estimated Total Price – $1065

courtesy: Marest's Sample Builds