Hello there! I am finally making the switch from consoles and would like some help with coming up with a build. Please note that I will be needing everything needed to start gaming: a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. Your help is much appreciated!
Posting where you live would help a lot, unless you want me to find prices based on an Australian store or something!
America :)
Ok this is all from Newegg.com
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 11199-03-20G Video Card $249.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102983
Logitech Black Wired LED Backlighting Gaming Keyboard $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126087
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W High Performance Power Supply $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm sleeve CPU Cooler $29.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
Logitech G500 Wired Laser Gaming Mouse $54.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104318
ASUS VS Series VS228H-P Black 21.5" 5ms LED Backlight
Widescreen LCD Monitor $149.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236176
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" SATA 6.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148840
Kingston HyperX Grey Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM
DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory $41.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104239
Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed Black Computer Case $89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139016
This case can look really good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTgzg67T794
steelseries QcK Mass Mouse Pad $12.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826995042
Microsoft 52A-00004 XBox 360 Common Controller Winxp USB Port $33.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826105438
Arctic Silver Arcticlean Thermal material Remover & Surface $7.49
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100010
ARCTIC COOLING Arctic Cooling MX-4 AC-MX4 4 gram (g) All-Around Thermal Compound $9.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186038
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX Intel Motherboard + Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit $219.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 Quad-Core +
ASUS 24X DVD Burner - Bulk Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS $238.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?
Grand Total: $1,380.33
It's a bit over your budget but it's one hell of a setup considering that you need everything. Definately worth saving the extra too get. It'll will last you a long long time.
I can still get the price down for you by swapping out a few items. Though that will definately compromise the performance from what it is.
Have a look and let me know what you think. No doubt the others around here will also make recommendations and swap things out to get the price down.
I suppose you'll be interested in getting a gaming headset and some speakers as well.
I use logitech X-530 5.1 speaker system and a Creative Fatality Headset. Since I use a dedicated sound card and not onboard audio I won't make any recommendations here, others will have a better idea.
Ok I've swapped out some parts to get the price down to $1,196.33.
Asus DVD writer (no longer in combo) $19.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
Cooler Master HAF 912 $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233
MSI R7850 PE 2GD5/OC Radeon HD 7850 2GB $219.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127688
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028
Microsoft SIDEWINDER X4 Keyboard $49.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109191
Logitech G400 $34.99 - With Logitech Gift - League of Legends
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104577
Intel Core i3-3225 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 $144.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116774
The i3 is a pretty big step down in performance from the i5 but it at least matches the AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition and you can always upgrage later to an i5 or i7.
So at this new price point you end up with an ugly case, a weaker power supply and weaker gpu. But it kicks a consoles arse and suits your budget if your that strict to keep it at a max of $1200.
This is the headset I use, it's cheap and does have fair sound quality.
Creative Fatality Gaming Headset $39.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826158082
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Phenom+II+X4+965
The price can be knocked back even further by going with AMD cpu on a micro atx motherboard, a micro atx case, even dropping the gpu back to an amd 7770 and the power supply to something like a 500w.
But you need to also state what performance you want.
Wow thank you so much! This is a big help and I appreciate it! I still have some saving up to do but I hope to start ordering stuff soon. Thanks again!