Mild Gaming Desktop Build, Seeking Insight

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sporty_drew

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Hey guys. I haven't built a desktop for a few years since I have been busy with college and use my laptops. I feel very out of the loop, but am catching up by reading a lot on here. I now want to build a mild gaming computer and set it up for two monitors. My main reason for doing it finally is because of Starcraft 2. I was looking on newegg and I was wondering if you guys had any insight. I hope to find two video cards that I can run for my monitors unless you guys can advise of a good single video card that I can use for both monitors.

Here is what i've decided on so far:
Mobo: ASUS P7P55 LX LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor
HD: HITACHI Deskstar HD31000 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA


Thanks for any advice, Drew
 
Budget is ~800 without monitors or input devices.

Okay i'll find a Western Digital Hard Drive. From my reading I thought that it would be a good CPU I could always go with the I7 later on.

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Would this video card suit me or is there something better?

I found a couple other parts:
PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX
RAM: two 2 gig Corsair DDR3 1600
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA

Just have to decide on a video card and case.
 
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The i5-750 is a great CPU. I like it more than the i7 for a few reasons.
WD 1TB Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...re=western_digital_1tb-_-22-136-284-_-Product
This PSU is a little more but you get much more
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=650tx
CPU, faster, newer, $20 more
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121363&cm_re=5770-_-14-121-363-_-Product

BTW, if you have a Microcenter near you the i7-860 is $199 in case you want it.

What kind of case do you want. Lots of lights and windows or plain black?
 
What makes that hard drive better then the 640GB one if it's just the size then it isn't worth the extra money to me as I keep all of my photos an music on another computer on my network.

That PSU looks like it'll do the trick.

The board I picked out wont support a PCI Express 2.1 x16 card.

Edit: That GeForce 9800 GT might just fit my bill. As for a case I really don't know. More then likely I'll just go with a standard black one since it'll be on the floor.
 
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sporty_drew said:
What makes that hard drive better then the 640GB one if it's just the size then it isn't worth the extra money to me as I keep all of my photos an music on another computer on my network. You are correct on this, save money if the extra size is not needed.

That PSU looks like it'll do the trick.

The board I picked out wont support a PCI Express 2.1 x16 card. It is backwards compatible.

Edit: That GeForce 9800 GT might just fit my bill. As for a case I really don't know. More then likely I'll just go with a standard black one since it'll be on the floor.
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Good black case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119152&Tpk=COOLER MASTER 590
 
I didn't know that cards were backwards compatible. That's nice to know.

Not a bad looking case, it is going to be the hardest part to pick out I think.
 
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