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Help Choosing New PC Parts

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Wardawg1001

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1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

Gaming mostly.

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

$1000-$1200

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

USA

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.

Intel processor. Don't care about the rest.

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

Monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers, other peripherals.

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.

Yes.

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

Overclocking.

8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.

1650x1080 at the moment, maybe 1900x1200 in a few months.

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?

Within 1-2 months.

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Current build:

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115072

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822152185

XFX HD-687A-ZNFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity - Updated
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...XFX-_-14150506

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL - Updated
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687

LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD±RW SuperMulti Drive - OEM - Updated
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687

Price: $645

These are the things that I know I want, but I'm not sure how to go about picking out a case, power supply, cooling system, and motherboard that will be compatible with these items and with each other. My upper price range is $1200, but the sweet spot is about $1000. If anyone has suggestions about picking up items very similar to the above items for less money or that have better performance for slightly more money, I am open to those as well.

Added per suggestions:

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...air-_-17139006

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP Black Steel + Plastic and Mesh Bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-197-_-Product

GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...YTE-_-13128460

Price: 945 - 60 MIR = $885
 
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XFX 650w (modular) from newegg...
Coolermaster Hyper 212+ HSF...

HAF cases are amazing...loving my 932...

MB seems to be the tough once cause P67 is new and BIOSs are still kinda....beta?
 
$70 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-20231426-L08A

$200 XFX HD-687A-ZNFC Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150506



For no future SLI/X-Fire
$127 ASRock P67 PRO3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157222

$72 XFX P1-650X-CAG9 650W ATX12V 2.2 / ESP12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817207002
(There's a version of this with a grey fan if you don't like the green fan).



For future SLI/X-Fire
$156 ASRock P67 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157217

$100 (before $20 MIR) CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc..._-17139006-L0F
Use promo code EMCKJHE27 for $10 more off which isn't listed on the product page.
 
OP has been updated. Follow up questions:

Am I missing any critical parts?

Will the stock cooling be ok for this setup?

Will I need to add more cooling if I put in an additional graphics card in the future?

If I wanted to spend another $100 or so, what would be the best place to put it?

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!
 
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