I need the case and everything in it minus a hard drive and dvd drive which I can carry over from what I have now. I do need an OS since I'm still using XP. This will be mostly used for gaming and maybe a little photo and video editing. This is what I have come up with:
CPU: 2500k I'm pretty sure that this is good.
MB: AsRock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen 3 This looks like it has a lot of features at a low price and would allow me to eventually Crossfire.
RAM: 8gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 This was just in a combo with the 2500k, it looked good enough to me.
GPU: XFX 2gb 6950 How much of a difference is there between the 1gb and 2gb versions?
PSU: Antec EarthWatts 750W I think I want to Crossfire later, but I don't know if this would be any good for that.
CPU Cooler: Hyper 212+ I saw that there was an updated version of this, the 212 EVO. I looked at a few reviews and it looks only slightly better, but costs $10 more.
Case: Rosewill Ranger I just kind of picked this at the end to fit into the budget. Is the gpu and hyper 212+ going to fit in this?
OS: Windows 7 64 bit Right now I have a 60gb IDE as the primary drive and a 640gb as the second. The 640gb is the one I'm going to carry over. Would I have to wipe the drive to install Windows 7 on it? Or is there some sort of transition process? I could borrow an external drive to copy everything if I have to.
After coupon codes, combos, and rebates it comes out to about $850.
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