How to choose a motherboard and graphics card?

Jesse11 · 12-06-2011, 06:27 AM

I'm building my own pc for games like world of warcraft and starwars the old republic. I'm having trouble picking a motherboard and graphics card. I'm probably either going to use a i5 2500k or i7 2600k processor. My budget is $1000ish for the whole pc so the motherboard and graphics card can't be too expensive. I only want to have 8gbs of ram but room to upgrade in the future. Any advice?

**Skiz** · 12-06-2011, 06:42 AM

I just bought the i5 2500K and built this. Lovin' it.

**bijoy** · 12-09-2011, 09:38 AM

Buy Asus P8Z68 V-PRO or MSI Z68A-GD65 both priced ~$200.

**seedless** · 12-09-2011, 12:21 PM

check builds on tomshardware
then check prices on both: slickdeals and fatwallet

**ItsFixed** · 12-12-2011, 11:24 AM

A top-of-the-line graphics card is easy to spot. It has lots of memory and a fast processor. Often, it's also more visually appealing than anything else that's intended to go inside a computer's case. Lots of high-performance video cards are illustrated or have decorative fans or heat sinks.