Second Opinion - New gaming PC

[LiveWire12345]

Approximate Purchase Date: Late December/ Early January

Budget Range: $1,200 - $1,500 or less with good reasons


System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming with plans to upgrade to 3 monitors and crossfire


Are you buying a monitor: I will upgrade those in a few months


Parts to Upgrade: All parts


Do you need to buy OS: Yes, Deciding on win 7 or 8


Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg


Location: USA


Parts Preferences: NA


Overclocking: Maybe


SLI or Crossfire: Maybe


Your Monitor Resolution: I will accept advice on some good options for eyefinity


Additional Comments: I want to see if you guys recommend any changes.. Ex different brand or size Also, if I should downgrade anything.


And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I was way past due.


Potential Parts List:


Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...=Combo.1166683


ASRock Z77 Extreme6 LGA 1155
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157295


SAPPHIRE 100351SR Radeon HD 7970 3GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202008


Rosewill CAPSTONE Series CAPSTONE-750
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814202008


Intel 330 Series Maple Crest SSDSC2CT120A3K5 2.5" 120GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167121


Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 1TB 7200 RPM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148840


COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103099


G.SKILL Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231416


LITE-ON DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106289


Rosewill THOR V2-White Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...=Combo.1166683


I appreciate any and all advice.


Thanks!

 

[DominionSeraph]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/spmq

Since case is a personal preference I went with yours. I mostly do budget/midrange builds so I don't venture into the more expensive cases. You might want to check out the HAF 922 though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119197
$15 rebate and $15 promo.

Win 8 because Win 7 Home Premium has a 16GB RAM limit and that board supports 32GB. And 8 is cheaper.
Note the 240GB SSD.

 

[teh impaler]

Intel 330 Series Maple Crest SSDSC2CT120A3K5 2.5" 120GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167121

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 - $110

As suggested for my HTPC build.

 

[mfenn]

Your title begs the question, "where's the first opinion?"

Dominion's build is pretty good, but the first rule of building a monitor-centric machine is to buy the monitors first. If you do it the other way around, there is a good chance (>50%) that you will never buy the extra monitors and the money you spent on a Crossfire-capable machine will be completely and utterly wasted. Buying the monitors first is guaranteed to at least give you a benefit for 2D desktop usage and incentivizes finishing the build.

AOC i2367Fh x3 $540
i5 3570K $215
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 + DDR3 1600 8GB combo $135
7950 3GB $280 AR
WD Blue 1TB $70
XFX Core 650W $70 AR
Corsair 400R $70 AR AP
Windows 8 $100
Total: $1480 AR AP

You can add the SSD (Crucial M4 128GB $110) and another GPU after the fact. Alternatively, if you don't need much storage now and/or can move over some old drives, you could get the SSD and leave off the HDD.