How's it going everyone? My birthday (turning 21) is this Friday and I've been lookin at building a decent gaming rig that will actually let me play the newer games with decent settings. I'm currently running off a HP Pavilion Dv7 series, which actually does pretty nice, considering it will play Batman: Arkham City.
Here's what I'm lookin at
Case: NZXT Crafted Series Phantom Black/Green ATX
MoBo: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO or LK
CPU: Intel Core i5 3570k
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB PCIe 2.0
Memory: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB)
PSU: CORSAIR enthusiast series CMPSU-650TX 650W
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500gb
Fans: 2x XIGMATEK LED Fan Crystal series CLF-F2005 200mm
From what I've heard from my more builder savvy friends, this should work wonders.
The build will cost me 946.96 off of Newegg
RIGormortis
Mobo: ASUS P8Z77-LX ; CPU: i5-3470k 3.2GHz ; GPU: RADEON 6970M
RAM: 16GB 1333MHz ; PSU: ULTRA X4 modular 850W ; 120GB SSD