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Building a New tower

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by bryce.hayner, Jul 7, 2012.

  1. bryce.hayner

    bryce.hayner Member

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    Hey this is my first time building a computer and i was looking to build an up to date gaming computer a few games that id like to be able to run on it mechwarrior online guild wars two command and conquer starcraft 2 diable 3 crysis max settings if possible my budget is a little over $1000

    id like to know parts prices websites that have good prices and how to install it
     
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    I guess it depends on where you live as far as the places to buy the parts at.Are you in the UK or what.
     
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    I live in the washington dc area in the united states and i kinda figured buying them online would be cheaper then going to a computer store
     
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    ive heard lots of good stuff about newegg but i wasn't sure if there was a better website to buy computer parts from so i figured i would ask
     
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    ok so i spent some time looking around mostly on tiger direct and heres a list of stuff i think will work together and fulfill what im looking for but im hoping you guys can look this over and give me some advice let me know if some components wont work together or if its not going to be able to run what i want it to run

    Case
    Cooler Master HAF X Full Tower Case

    Mobo
    ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

    CPU
    Intel Core i7-2600 BX80623I72600 Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail

    Ram
    Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B Desktop Memory Kit - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, Intel XMP Ready, Unbuffered

    PSU
    Ultra LSP650 650-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, SLI-Ready, 135mm Fan, Lifetime Warranty w/ Registration

    SSD
    OCZ VTX3-25SAT3-120G Vertex 3 Solid State Drive - 120GB, 2.5", SATA III

    HD
    Seagate ST1000DM003 Barracuda 1TB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 64MB, SATA 6Gb/s

    GPU/Graphics Card
    SAPPHIRE 11188-22-20G Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card (OC Edition)

    (edit a friend suggested a different graphics card and realized the mobo and cpu werent compatible so changed to a compatible mobo)

    Sorry that i couldnt link these to the pages

    Thanks for the input
     
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    i am not familiar with the computer used for playing gamws
     

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