| Vetteman94 said: OK this is what I am currently looking at getting for my Gaming PC. Decided to go with the i5 as the i7 build I was doing was getting expensive quickly. Not that this is cheap, but its no where near what the i7 build was getting at. Processor: Intel i5-760 204.99 Total is: 1,181.90 Total includes thermal compound as well, but does not include a wireless adapter which I will need. If there are any ideas on how to streamline this build to be better, cheaper or whatever please let me know. As it stand I will probably be buying these components before the end of the year. So any help will be appreciated |
Looks pretty solid to me. That motherboard is pretty high end, not sure if its worth the price for a gaming machine. You could shave off $50 with a lower end mobo from Gigabyte or even the non -Pro version of that from ASUS.
That graphics card is beast, but be sure to stress test it early on as some problems may not show up until you run it at 90% for a while. Try a program called Furmark to test it. Nothin worse than finding out your card has bad RAM 3 months down the road, as that is the most expensive part in that build.
Also, if you're a student, or know a student at a university or college, Microsoft has huge discounts on their windows programs through their MASDNAA program. I actually got my windows 7 pro 64 for free =D.
May want to wait until boxing day to see if Newegg puts on any sales. Im not too sure how their business model works, but Ive seen some pretty good sales from them.
