I'm currently looking at building a new PC to replace my >5 year old one. Current one is a huge piece of shit, I'm lucky to get 10 FPS in a 25 man raid with 0 addons and min settings. x.x So, lets get started with what I need and what I know, etc.
-I've got around $1550 or so to spend, I can go a bit higher but would prefer to keep it a bit lower if possible.
-In addition to building the new PC, I'm also looking to go to dual screens, and prefer getting two new monitors to have them be the same, 21-24 inch preferred. I know very little about monitors other than size and that I don't want wide screens, so please, any sort of information/reasoning behind them would be greatly appreciated.
-I will be building this myself, so, please, no premades. <3
-Currently, I do mostly gaming (D3/WoW/SC2/LoL, etc), though will likely start doing a lot more PC gaming once I have a computer that can handle it, so I need something that's pretty good. Other than gaming, I do school work/programming, so, something that'll run all my games at 60ish FPS etc is what I'm looking for.
-I don't really know that much about the hardware side of computers, so any and all reasons/reviews and whatnot for any parts would be appreciated so I can make an informed decision on my purchase
Those are most of the basics, if you need any other information let me know, I'll be checking this thread often.
Currently looking at going with this: Updated
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($224.98 @ NCIX US)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Hard Drive: Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($119.98 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: MSI Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($274.98 @ NCIX US)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair 650W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($78.38 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS224-06 DVD/CD Writer ($20.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($192.98 @ B&H)
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($192.98 @ B&H)
Total: $1504.23
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)