Building a Gaming Computer

lurpapy

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Hello I am from The U.S. and I am a fan of Nvidia, intel and Asus. I will be building a Gaming Computer from scratch in the next couple of week (more like 2 weeks from now) with budget being ($1500 at most $1800).
Im not and expert on computer, so i dont know anything about Overclocking or underclothing. but I m trying to build computer wchich will be use most mainly for gaming (World of Warcraft, Star craft II, Diablo III, and battlefield(resolution High).. and so far all the research I have done has lead me to all this parts
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VIDEO CARD $399
EVGA 02G-P4-2676-KR GeForce GTX 670 FTW LE 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
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PROCESSOR$229
Core i7 3820 LGA 2011 Boxed Processor Intel Core i7 3820 LGA 2011 Boxed Processor
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CPU Cooler. $99
Corsair Hydro Series H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Kit
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Storage:

SSD (Boot Drive)::::: $99 SAMSUNG 830 Series MZ-7PC064D/AM 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Desktop Upgrade Kit

sotage HDD::: $74 Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
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Power supply $80 KINGWIN ABT-850W

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Ram:
AMD 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (2x 4gb)
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Optical Driver
SAMSUNG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Combo Model SH-B123L LightScribe Support - OEM
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Motherboard Budget= $300 at most $350
But Im still undecided on the motherboard I was looking at and $279 ASUS Rampage IV Gene LGA 2011 Intel -X79- OR. a -Z77- FTW LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherboard I am really lost when it comes to motheboard specially with the X79 and Z77 chip-set.( Must be SLI ready) somebody plz explain me or at least help me choose the best gaming motherboard in performance. and if you think there are better and less expensive parts then the ones Im getting . feel free to let me know (Motherboard =case. so depending on which motheboard i get ill be choosing the case according to the motherboard specifications). Willing to pay up to $80 for the case.
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Operation System:
I was planning on buying Windows 7 Home premiun Edition but now that I really think About it should I just U torrent one (Windows 7 Ultimate) ? thats what i currently have on my computer and it has worked fine for about 4 moths since I downloaded it.

 
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mfenn

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Hello there .. I use you Site to post My computer Build specifications
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=33831983#post33831983

but i got a replay saying that i need more info i revise twice and that is all teh info i could gather.. as i mentioned on the post i don't know too much about computer and the knowledge is limited . could you specify what else is it that i im missing..?

Please fill out this sticky.

Go to the link that CoDLolcopter gave, copy the first post, paste it into the bottom of your post, and type the answers to the questions.
 

lehtv

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Well, all those answers have been updated in the first paragraph in the OP. I'll go ahead and paste the answers here:

1. Gaming (WOW, SC II, DIII, BF3) at high settings
2. 1500 to 1800 USD
3. USA
4. Intel, Asus & NVIDIA
5. Not reusing parts
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7. Not knowledgeable about overclocking
8. High resolution (?) clarify please, what's your monitor?
9. Building in 2 weeks
X. Need to buy Windows

With that budget, this shouldn't be hard. I posted a $1400 gaming build on a different thread just yesterday. It's not necessary to spend that much, but even so it's under your budget so what the heck. I recommend overclocking the CPU at stock volts. If that doesn't appeal to you now, leave the aftermarket cooler for later (you'll need to OC to minimize bottlenecking anyway when you upgrade the graphics)

At that budget, I would like to have HT... 2600K is fairly cheap

CPU i7-2600K $290
Cooler CM Hyper 612 PWM $40
Mobo Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H $150
RAM Samsung 2x4GB 1600 $47
GPU MSI GTX 670 Power Edition/OC $405 AR
Audio Asus Xonar DGX $30 (optional but I'd recommend it)
HDD Seagate 2TB $100
SSD Intel 330 240GB $150
DVD Samsung DVDRW $17
PSU Rosewill Capstone 750-M $88 AP (review, non-modular version)
Case Antec 1100 $90

= $1407 AR AP

I don't see a point in spending more. If you must, just slap in another GTX 670. But a single 670 plays 1080p extremely well.

If you have a microcenter nearby, you can get the CPU and mobo for much cheaper
 
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lurpapy

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I really appreciate you commenting and I will take then thought under consideration...... thanks