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New PC, HELP!

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So I think it's well past time that I replace my 5 year old PC. I'm looking to build my dream PC, but I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. My last PC that I built had a GeForce 9800 GT in it, which I'm told is like 8 generations ago, so yeah... I just got on new egg and added stuff to my cart until it looked like I had all the components to make something that resembles a computer. Here is what I have so far. What am I forgetting, and will this stuff even work together?

Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811129021

Graphics Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814125458

Power Supply - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817182073

Ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231596

Mother Board - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131998

Processor - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116901

SSD x 2 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820721108

That adds up to like $1900 after taxes, so I'm almost to the top of my budget. I really just want to play games on this thing for the next few years, so I want to go big so its not obsolete in 2. But again, I have no idea what I'm doing.

Help me Bill Capella, you're my only hope!

PS, the wife and I are back on the WoW crack. At least for a ten day trial. We'll see if we catch the bug again and stick around longer.
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You messed up the RAM link, it's linking to your PSU.

Other than that it looks compatible and the 750 watts should cover it. I don't know whether those components are your best bang for buck, there used to be regular articles on tomshardware.com listing which components (CPU/Video card mostly) are the best for each price range, very useful.

http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc
I'd recommend making a post there.
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Thanks for the response. Didn't think to look at reddit. I'll check out both suggestions, and hopefully Allepac will have some more insight, so I don't overpay for stuff I don't need.
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Interesting... Even if I don't go for one of the crazy high end new cards, that should mean a price drop for the current generation, no? Either way, I can definitely wait a couple of weeks.
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Sorry been away from the forums but you got a lot of good info.

The only thing I don't like and this has nothing to do with performance or quality. I just hate AMD/ATI. So the 7990 just really bugs me :) I'd go with a GTX 780. But this coming from a guy who has a GTX Titan on order :)

Motherboard is solid, love the Asus boards. Was looking at the Z87-DELUXE myself. Or the ASUS MAXIMUS VI EXTREME but that's probably overkill at 400

DDR3 2666 memory might be a bit of an overkill. But that's ok.

Looks good!
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After researching it a bit, I decided to go with this card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130918
I was on the fence on getting a Titan, but from what I read, the Titan isn't gonna do much more than the 780 for gaming. Now my only real question, is whether I should wait until October and get a 290x, which from the benchmarks I saw, will be better than a Titan, and cost around the same as the 780? Other than that I think I'm ready to start buying parts.

Oh, and I talked to my friend who works at intel here in the bay, and he is going to get me his 50% employee discount on an i7, so I'm gonna get a better one than I had posted earlier.
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Mctucker wrote:After researching it a bit, I decided to go with this card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130918
I was on the fence on getting a Titan, but from what I read, the Titan isn't gonna do much more than the 780 for gaming. Now my only real question, is whether I should wait until October and get a 290x, which from the benchmarks I saw, will be better than a Titan, and cost around the same as the 780? Other than that I think I'm ready to start buying parts.

Oh, and I talked to my friend who works at intel here in the bay, and he is going to get me his 50% employee discount on an i7, so I'm gonna get a better one than I had posted earlier.
feel free to replace my core2 duo while your at it with this redic discount.
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I could probably get you a haswell i5 for under $100. 4 cores > 2. I'll ask him if you're interested.
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