[Supra_MKIII]

Originally Posted by erayser

Easy mistake for someone new. He's learned a lot though.

Yeah, he's a good dude.

Originally Posted by akward silence

I gave up once my computer turned on

Haha I gave up a long time ago. I haven't built a computer in years, unless you count rebuilding this one when I got the i7 stuff last summer.

[Jagov Fapsky (Banned)]

to get a SSD just to be cool or not get a SSD that is the question

[djballer115]

Appreciate the feedback guys, didn't want to spark up a war though. Would anyone have any suggestions to modify that list to get the absolute most bang for my buck. I'll defiantly switch cards and also look into micro center for picking up the i5, would there be a more preferable combo out there for cpu, gpu, mobo, memory and power supply at the 700.00 price point? So many choices! Its great but mind numbing at times! Thanks Again

[paintballking72]

With your current setup, what is your shopping cart total?

[akward silence]

I would recommend the setup I got, but it comes with an HDD and case. However, it costs $800 and comes with the i5-2500k, that same ram 8gb, EVGA GTX560ti 2gb, 500gb 7200rpm hdd, and a coolermaster 600w PSU.

[erayser]

Originally Posted by Jagov Fapsky

to get a SSD just to be cool or not get a SSD that is the question

Buy one to be cool? Nah... But to get an SSD for what you can benefit from it... That's cool...

[djballer115]

Originally Posted by paintballking72

With your current setup, what is your shopping cart total?

At this point with selecting the 560 ti akward suggested with shipping and taxes comes out to 788.36
pretax and shipping amount was 722.96 I can swing for tax and shipping just wanted to stay at the 700ish price point before tax and shipping.

Originally Posted by akward silence

I would recommend the setup I got, but it comes with an HDD and case. However, it costs $800 and comes with the i5-2500k, that same ram 8gb, EVGA GTX560ti 2gb, 500gb 7200rpm hdd, and a coolermaster 600w PSU.

I saw that deal when I was selecting the 2500k, I like what I see however I really don't need a case at this point and time. Have an older case waiting for this new build.

[akward silence]

I love my card, go with it

I got the combo because it was much cheaper with their coupons.

[djballer115]

Originally Posted by akward silence

I love my card, go with it

I got the combo because it was much cheaper with their coupons.

I mite just have to, it did seam like a great deal and I suppose I could just sell off the case? You purchased the combo with the micro-atx rite? I'm giving myself about a week to decide, if I could get a better mobo or other parts for cheaper then the combo deal I'd be more willing to do that. Like I said I have a case, HD and optical drive ready to roll. Thanks for your help Akward!

[Promagistrate]

Originally Posted by paintballking72

With a $700 budget for a processor, motherboard, memory, gpu and psu, I would definitely be beefing up that GPU.

I don't know much about AsRock mobos, but I really like my Asus. The UEFI bios makes everything so easy.

AsRock mobos have a habit of not working out of the box, although they've been slightly better as of late.

[paintballking72]

Originally Posted by djballer115

At this point with selecting the 560 ti akward suggested with shipping and taxes comes out to 788.36
pretax and shipping amount was 722.96 I can swing for tax and shipping just wanted to stay at the 700ish price point before tax and shipping.

Sign up for the free 2 day shipping, and then cancel your account after you receive your items

if you go through newegg that is.

[djballer115]

Originally Posted by paintballking72

Sign up for the free 2 day shipping, and then cancel your account after you receive your items

if you go through newegg that is.

Haha unfortunately I used my free trial of shop runner up last time I ordered from newegg. And on that note micro center has the 2500k for 179.99 so I'm going to go in and pick that up today!

[plushdragon]

realtec 2.67 the newest ones for most mb (hd audio drivers) real teck has in the software called auto sensing ports that only turn on the ports that it see speakers or head phones plugged into. look into the audio control pannel and see if it shows your front pannel as a et of audio out ports. if it dont you have to tweak that drivers or software to see the front ports.

[akward silence]

Originally Posted by djballer115

I mite just have to, it did seam like a great deal and I suppose I could just sell off the case? You purchased the combo with the micro-atx rite? I'm giving myself about a week to decide, if I could get a better mobo or other parts for cheaper then the combo deal I'd be more willing to do that. Like I said I have a case, HD and optical drive ready to roll. Thanks for your help Akward!

No problem. The case it comes with is actually pretty nice, I like mine a lot. Yeah it's a micro atx board, but it is also pretty nice. It has lots of ports and is pretty user friendly.

The gpu is the best part. I'm having no problem running skyrim, fear 3, mw3, and all other new games in my collection.

It benchtests above base model GTX570ti cards too

[paintballking72]

It auto detects the front ports, which was becoming a pain in the *** because it kept popping up every couple seconds. Don't know why. Maybe it didn't have a full connection?

[pb_freak9666]

Which front ports? The USB's or the Audio Ports?

[paintballer35]

Originally Posted by djballer115

Haha unfortunately I used my free trial of shop runner up last time I ordered from newegg. And on that note micro center has the 2500k for 179.99 so I'm going to go in and pick that up today!

if you get that from microcenter that should make up the difference for going with the 560 instead of the 550.

this is what i see as far as prices for your build so far.
Part list permalink / Part price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($137.86 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB Video Card ($117.55 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: OCZ 600W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $532.38
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated 2012-03-16 14:52 EDT-0400)

those prices include the mail in rebate deductions from the actual price that you'd pay now though.

[paintballking72]

Originally Posted by pb_freak9666

Which front ports? The USB's or the Audio Ports?

RealTek auto detects the audio ports. All the usb's work just fine.

[pb_freak9666]

You might want to try disconnecting the cable that goes from the Front Audio ports, then reconnecting it. Also try downloading the latest Realtek Audio drivers.

[paintballking72]

I have tried reconnecting a few times. I will check to see if I have the most recent drivers. I probably don't as I think I just used the CD that came with the mobo.

[djballer115]

Originally Posted by paintballer35

if you get that from microcenter that should make up the difference for going with the 560 instead of the 550.

this is what i see as far as prices for your build so far.
Part list permalink / Part price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($137.86 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB Video Card ($117.55 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: OCZ 600W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $532.38
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated 2012-03-16 14:52 EDT-0400)

those prices include the mail in rebate deductions from the actual price that you'd pay now though.

I think that is what I'm going to end up doing, anyone have a better recommendation on the mobo with that power supply, the 560 and the i5 2500k? I'm just looking to do a bit of gaming nothing extreme I'd like to ideally be able to have a nice experience playing bf3. Thanks!