Hello, it's been about 11 years since I bought my comp from Alienware(bad experience) to play Half-Life on and now I have the budget to buy a new rig. This time around I want to try BF3 on my 24" 1900x1200 monitor( I actually have 2 of them). My budget is around $1000.
Here's a list of what I think would be good after reading TR's system guide and some research...
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.... $100
Mobo... Asus P8Z68-V LE .... $133 I wont be overclocking so I'm not sure if I should just stick with this one or if something cheaper will work the same.
Proc.... Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz ... $180 I think the mobo/proc combo at Microcenter will cost around $260 if I read it properly.
GPU .... 7850 or 560Ti $220-250 Not sure which is better and can I run my (2) 24" 1900x1200 monitors with one of these cards ?
Mem ..... Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 $40
Storage..... Crucial M4 128gb $100
PSU ...... not sure what I'll need yet
Case ...... looking for an aluminum case around $125 range
I'm going to find out more about Microcenters mobo/cpu combos, I just recently found out about them when researching this build...BTW.. this will be my first build from scratch, my current system has been completely overhauled several times but with all older components, the newest being the PSU which is about 5 years old. The only original part to this comp is the case(beige) itself and I hate it with a passion.
Any help would be appreciated...thanks