Moving from old laptop to desktop, help please

Budget: I want to stay under $2500. I'm most likely going to purchase the Dell UltraSharp U2312HM 23" Monitor, so 1920/1080 res.

Expectations & Usage: I'll primarily use it for SWTOR and eventually Guild Wars 2 for now, however, I wanted to provide options for upgrades later: specifically sli options. Otherwise, I'll use it for general work/internet.

I've been looking at a lot of the recently posted builds and I think I have a good idea, but, I wanted a little extra advice before I clicked that purchase button. Thanks for any assistance!


Ticket Number:640103

Total Price with Instant Savings: $2,374.00

Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish
Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 (Intel Z68 Chipset) (Features Intel Quick Sync Technology)
System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 1050W Corsair Pro Silver 1050HX (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (120GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: 320 Series)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition)
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology) (EVGA Edition)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Corsair A70 Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler
H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
Noise Reduction: - No Thanks
LaserMark: - No Thanks
Boost Processor: Stage 1: Overclock CPU 4.0GHz to 4.4GHz
Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s)
Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory
Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)
Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Game: - No Thanks
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Surge Shield: - No Thanks
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Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
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Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty

Edited by DC - 05 Jan 2012 at 3:35pm

Hi DC,

A nice build. You are setup to go SLI when you want to. Two changes I would make.

1. Go with the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe MoBo. This gives you more PCI slots for expansion. +$15

2. Go to stage 2 OC. You have a great case and air cooler you should take advantage of them. +$20 giving you a grand total of $2409. Still under your budget even with shipping.

You will want to add a second 200mm fan to the top of the case. That will be $30 installed.

Edit: I see DST4ME posted while I was typing.

Frank

Edited by FrankW - 05 Jan 2012 at 5:36pm