Help with new rig please.

This build has better graphics and future proof features for 2012. I left out the Case tower, for your personal preference. The Rosewill ARMOR ATX-Mid Tower ($79.99) has awesome cooling for it's price. The NZXT gamma is good enough for it's cheap price, but eventually you'll have to get a better one. The Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming Full ATX Tower ($129.99) is also fantastic if you're looking for a modest full tower, and i"m personnally a fan of the HAF series.

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K ($219.99)
MoBo: ASRock Z68 EXTREME3 GEN3 ($129.99)
RAM: G.Skill 4GB (2x2) DDR3 1333MHz ($29.99)
GPU: GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6950 1GB ($239.99)
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB ($59.99)
Disc: LITE-ON 24x DVD-RW ($18.99)
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer Series 750W 80+ Bronze ($94.99)
OS: 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium OEM ($91.99)
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$885.92

I really like your build. I'll probably do the 2gb if I'm going to go with the 6950. Also, how come only 1333 RAM? I was always told that 1600 is better? I'll probably beef it up to 8GB no matter what though. Stein102

Just remember to stick with AMD GPUs. They offer much better price/performance ratio than Nvidia GPUs. And AMD GPUs offer Morphological Anti-Aliasing which Nvidia GPUs do not.

BTW, Nvidia Physx is pretty much irrelevant.

Just remember to stick with AMD GPUs. They offer much better price/performance ratio than Nvidia GPUs. And AMD GPUs offer Morphological Anti-Aliasing which Nvidia GPUs do not.

BTW, Nvidia Physx is pretty much irrelevant.

Baurus_1

If I like to listen to loud music. Should I get the card? or would I be good without it?Stein102

If you are talking about a sound card, I would first try the onboard sound card that comes with your motherboard, and see if you like the sound. Get a quality motherboard. ASUS makes the best motherboards.

[QUOTE="Stein102"]If I like to listen to loud music. Should I get the card? or would I be good without it?Baurus_1

If you are talking about a sound card, I would first try the onboard sound card that comes with your motherboard, and see if you like the sound.

What kind of headset do you use? Are you using normal headphones or one of the surround sound headphones that uses a USB connection?

If they are normal headphones then you will want a sound card. Though you could hold off on getting one and put that money towards another component like a better gpu or mobo. You could use the mobo's onboard sound until you save up for a sound card since the sound card isn't necessary for the system to run. Just know that with a decent set of headphones a sound card can make a big difference in audio quality.

If you are using a headset that has a USB connection then don't get a sound card. Most headsets with USB connections have their own built in sound card so you wouldn't be using the sound card in your PC or the mobo's onboard sound.