Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
CPU:
Intel Core i5-3570 Ivy Bridge
GPU:
Asus GTX 660 Ti 2gb
PSU:
Corsair enthusiast series 650 watt
HDD:
Western Digital 1TB 7200 RPM sata 6gb/s
RAM:
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
Case:
Antec Nine Hundred black steel gaming case
DVD Drive: (subject to change, suggestions appreciated.)
Lite-on Black 48x drive
Windows 7 home premium OEM
Keyboard & mouse:
Logitech Mk520
Total cost with shipping and handling: $1320 so we will round up to $1400 + a monitor so lets say $1500.
Now, I need a monitor, and I'm not sure which one to get. Preferbly 22" 1680 x 1050 and DVI. Now I could get a bigger resolution, but for me anyhow 1680x1050 is big enough.
The purpose of this rig would be to play the battlefield series, CoD series, numerous RTS games (supreme commander, civilization to name a few) battlefront 2 (duh) and normal usage.
I am not too interested in SSD's but if you guys can find one with a fairly low space (100gb) then I may downgrade the HDD to 750 gig and use the SSD. The intel i-5 is great for gaming. The i-7's just add 2mb cache and hyperthreading, not worth it in my opinion. I could get away with a lesser GPU but I may as well make the investment while im at it, and future proof my PC too.
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