[Ultimatum]

Well hey guys! I have started looking for a good build for myself so I took a look around and here are probably what I will buy for my build.

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V P8Z77-V.Z77 4xDDR3 3xPCI-E16 GBL SATA3 USB3.0 RAID DSP HDMI DVI VGA WiFi

Fan cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO w Transparent 12cm

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K LGA1155 CPU 3.4Ghz 6Mb Cache Ivy Bridge

RAM: Corsair 16G (4x4GB) Vengeance CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 DDR3 This will be Quad-Channel.

Case: Antec Eleven Hundred Black Gaming Case

GPU: Gigabyte GV-N660OC-2GD GTX660 2GB,1033/6008MhZ,HDMI OR EVGA GTX660 2GB SC 1046MHz

PSU: Corsair HX-650 ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan 650 Watts

Monitor: Dell 23" S2330MX Ultra-Slim LED Monitor - 1920x1080, 2ms (GTG), 1x VGA, 1x DVI (With DVI-HDMI

HDD: Western Digital 2TB SATA3 64M Black(WD2002FAEX)

Keyboard: Logitech G19 Gaming Keyboard

Total Cost: $~1,300 AUD (Australia Dollars)

[w00t]

1. Since I'm assuming size isn't a concern, get a Sandy Bridge core, not Ivy, Sandy's tend to be faster and overclock better

2. Please no NVIDIA. They're better for gaming, but considerably worse for computations(hashing aka "hash cracking", cryptocurrency mining)

3. Unless your harddrive is going, I wouldn't upgrade, personally, it's an unnecessary hassle.

I'm not too sure on this one, but you may want to look into mobos without built in wifi + a PCIe WiFi card, it may be less expensive.

[Ultimatum]

To fight with the first question:

1. The i5 Ivy Bridge Quad Core will over-clock much better than the i7 quad core edition. Also I'm not a Sandy Bridge fan. Additionally, the Ivy Bridge will run faster than Sandy Bridges. Otherwise Intel would have died from over-flowing mail of protesting.
2. Lol, I AM NOT using this to crack hashes. Fucking hell.
3. This is a new computer and all. I won't use my old HDD which is literally dead.

The PCIe WiFi card will run fine. It has good transfer speeds, however, I might not even use it if I use a Ethernet cable.

Also this PC will be used for gaming.
And also for the record. I hate AMD products.

[w00t]

Intel runs a development cycle. Ivy was made to be smaller than sandy, not faster, and the next generation will be smaller and faster than sandy.

Think we had a little miscommunication, the mobo you listed has built in wifi, I'm saying, if you want wifi, it may be cheaper to just buy a mobo without it built in and buy a cheap PCIe card.

[Xeronations]

Just out of curiosity, why aren't you buying from Newegg? They are more reliable and cheaper than almost all other websites.

[E.J]

For me, I use 1 GB graphics, 4GB RAM, 500GB storage, core i3 and I'm fine.

[Simbaa]

Well, just asking.
Why don't you go for i7?
I mean, I want to know the reason.

[Oni]

Just out of curiosity, why aren't you buying from Newegg? They are more reliable and cheaper than almost all other websites.

I used Tigerdirect when I built my beast of a desktop.

[Ultimatum]

Lol. You are assuming I live in America.

[Rawr]

Consider:
- switching your GPU to this: http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_lis...sid=100441
- switching your motherboard to this: http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_lis...&sid=89537