Hey everyone, I'm brand new to these forums but I've read some posts so far and it looks like everyone is really helpful so I'd like to give this a shot.
The goal here is to build a gaming PC that can run current games like Starcraft 2 and WoW at max settings (efficiently, i.e. without struggling) and beyond that I would like to be able to run games in the future, for example: Diablo 3 and Star Wars the Old Republic at near max settings as well. I have always been interested in some FPS games but I've never had a computer that could handle it so I'm looking to try some of those as well.
My Budget is around $1000 but I don't mind going a little over for lasting quality and performance. I have a mouse and keyboard and I'll be ordering a new monitor and windows 7 64-bit at a later date so we're just looking at the raw gaming machine.
My hours of research has lead me to the following setup. Feel free to tear it apart and tell me if I'm heading in the wrong direction. All feedback is welcome!
The goal here is to build a gaming PC that can run current games like Starcraft 2 and WoW at max settings (efficiently, i.e. without struggling) and beyond that I would like to be able to run games in the future, for example: Diablo 3 and Star Wars the Old Republic at near max settings as well. I have always been interested in some FPS games but I've never had a computer that could handle it so I'm looking to try some of those as well.
My Budget is around $1000 but I don't mind going a little over for lasting quality and performance. I have a mouse and keyboard and I'll be ordering a new monitor and windows 7 64-bit at a later date so we're just looking at the raw gaming machine.
My hours of research has lead me to the following setup. Feel free to tear it apart and tell me if I'm heading in the wrong direction. All feedback is welcome!