I have a relatively small budget ($500-$800; Can go higher...but would prefer not to break the bank)
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (it's a two year old Samsung $200 24" monitor)
Games / Settings Desired: World of Warcraft Mist of Pandaria!
Any other intensive software or special things you do (Frequent video encoding, 3D modeling, etc): None of the above! Strictly for "hard-core" gaming, school uses and everyday web searches
Country: USA
Parts that can be reused: My last computer died (faulty motherboard I believe Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 LGA 1156)
But I still have: Radeon HD 5660 graphics card
Cosair Gaming RAM (XMS3 4x2GB) 1.50V Version 3.11
2TB western Hard drive (but I would lilke to get a new smaller HD, and possibly a small solid state drive to save my game + OEM on, thought on that?)
Basic DVD RW disc reader (works perfectly for me)
Large Antec Computer case (but fans do not work as well, need to upgrade if I were to re use)
700 Watt power supple (cannot find my box for this, but I believe it's a roswill)
Intel i5 (I think 3.2), but it's LGA 1156
Do you need an OS? No! I have my key and disc
Do you need peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse, keyboard, speakers, etc)? no!
Ideally include a list of parts, we see the same request almost every day. There are other topics that have parts lists that you can copy and modify.
Case:Cooler Master Elite 431 Mid-Tower Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window
CPU: AMD FX-8150 3.60 GHz Eight-Core AM3+ CPU 8MB L2 Cache & Turbo Core Technology
Liquid Cooling: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA) w/ standard coolant
MOBO: [CrossFireX] GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ On/Off Charge, Ultra Durable™3, 7.1 Audio, GbLAN, IEEE1394a, USB3.0, SATA-III RAID, 2 Gen2 PCIe X16, 3 PCIe X1 & 2 PCI (Pro OC Certified) [+19]
Memory:Corsair 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3/2133MHz Dual Channel Memory
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 1GB 16X
Power Supply: 500 Watts - Corsair CX500 V2 80 Plus Certified Power Supply
Hard Drive: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
SSD: 60GB Corsair Force Series SATA III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 550MB/s Read & 510MB/s Write
Let me know your thoughts and suggestions! (I'm curious about trying a AMD over a intel, but have no past use of a AMD CPU)
Intel CPUs, especially in WoW, run all over AMD CPUs.
The 660 is such a great card, and it isn't that much more expensive than the 650.
Closed loop liquid cooling systems don't really offer any performance increase over air coolers.
If you really want an SSD, you could switch to a 3570 (non-K) and an H77 motherboard (but you won't be able to overclock), or you could drop down to the GTX 650. I'd recommend a 128GB Samsung 830: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung...ve-mz7pc128bww