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11-28-2011
Well heres the summary, you NEED a quad core, anything more is overkill.
Don't spend more than $200 on the CPU.
No more than 8 GB of ram if its for games. Two 4 GB sticks is fine. Speed doesnt matter.
Look to spend $300 on the GPU if you want to do fairly well on most modern games.
Everything else is preference.
Like AMD or Intel.
Or AMD or Nvidia.
Does it matter?
Not really.
11-28-2011
Cache is quite important, yes?
11-28-2011
ROG boards are cool btw.
Lights are always cool.
11-28-2011
Another factor is how long do you want to keep this set up. You could lean towards overkill and not have to update for a while, or choose cheaper and slower and upgrade later.
11-28-2011
I can give you one advice regarding graphics cards.
Find someone you know at Best Buy who's willing to buy you a graphics card of your choosing, enjoy it, and every year, return it and put towards a new graphics card.
- Find someone you know at best buy who's willing to buy you a graphics card
- Enjoy it
- After a year have him return it and get a new graphics card of your choosing
- Yes they can do that
- Enjoy it for another year
- Rinse and repeat
I guess you could include profit??? somewhere in there if you really wanted to, but you get the idea.
11-28-2011
Huh? Best Buy does top of the line GPU rentals for free?Originally Posted by Remnant King
11-28-2011
I know someone who works there. Has his own put together desktop. He buys whatever graphics card he wants, pays the price for it of course, and has an entire year to return it. So what he does is a little before that year expires, he returns it, and put it towards whatever other graphics card there is that's better than his.
11-28-2011
What?
Its a computer.
It'll be outdated within 12 months, and time for an upgrade in 24, and you'll be stuck at medium and in need of DX 12 in 36.
OP, note this chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows..._memory_limits
11-28-2011
Oh... and someone find me a board that supports 192 GB of RAM.... go go go.
11-28-2011
How about 288GB?
Newegg.com - SUPERMICRO MBD-X8DAH+-O Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5520 Enhanced Extended ATX Dual Intel Xeon 5500 and 5600 Series Server Motherboard
11-28-2011
Cray Inc., The Supercomputer Company - Products - Cray XK6 System
Cyber Monday deal.... go go go.
11-28-2011
Just build one of these
Furbeowulf Cluster Computing - build your own supercomputer!
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11-28-2011
560 448 might be a good idea.
its a slightly crippled 570 for less money.
11-28-2011
building a computer is easy onece you understand some basics. Just make sure everyting is compatable. I build my current computer when i was about 13. it was easy, and im far from a "computer geek". so, just take your time, and dont cheap out on anything. have fun!!
11-28-2011
Here's a system that I've had planned out for a build for a few months now. Back when I first thought of it I'd planned it to be pretty top-o-the-line build for gaming but I haven't followed through with my plans due to $$. If you're serious about it though I'd love to see someone put it together or at least use it for a starting point for something else.
Case - Thermaltake Armor A60 Gaming Case - $74.99
I chose this because it supports USB 3.0, comes with blue fans and comes from a great company.
MoBo - P8P67 LE-R3 LGA 1155 P67 ATX - $134.99
This also supports USB 3.0 and goes nicely with the CPU and RAM that I've chosen.
CPU - Intel Core i5 2500k - $179.99
(Unlocked Edition for even easier overclocking, and it can reach a Turbo Boost speed of 3.7Ghz all by itself, plus I've heard of them topping 4.0Ghz on air cooling.
RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333 - $31.99
Your basic DDR3 1333 RAM with low CAS numbers for faster performance.
GPU - Sapphire 5770 Vapor-X Edition - $99.99 After Rebate
I run one of these in my current gaming system and I absolutely love it. It runs really nice and will outperform some of the 6xxx series cards when overclocked , plus it lights up blue which would go well with the blue fans in the case and in the PSU.
HHD - Western Digital Caviar Black 750 GB - $124.99
Nice HD with 750GB of storage and SATA III connection, 6Gb/s transfer rates and a 64MB cache.
PSU - Corsair Gaming Series GS600 - $94.99
I chose this cause it has the option to light up 3 different ways and coming from Corsair it's gotta be good.
Optical Drive - LightScribe 24x Dual Layer Reader/Burner - $24.99
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit OEM - $99.99
Personally I think the upgrade to 7 Ultimate is a waste of $$ so that's why I chose Home Premium.
So that's what $866.91 would get you. Not sure what kind of budget you had in mind (and that's really where you should start) but that's what I had figured up for my next system. Keep in mine though that doesn't include any peripherals like mouse, keyboard or mouse. I hadn't factored these in though because I was planning on using my existing ones.
Anyways, that's what I had figured up. Enjoy.
11-28-2011
^^ need a better gpu. and id opt for a different corsair psu. u can leave lighting up to your case fans. theyll be bright enough.
Last edited by Odi; 11-28-2011 at 08:39 PM.
11-28-2011
I'll agree that it's not top of the line anymore but I paid closer to $150 for mine and I still say it is the best $150 that I've ever spent on my computer. I'd gladly pay another $99 for a new one to run Crossfire if I ever needed more performance (I can get 60+ FPS running 1440x900 res with 4x AA that way it is now on stock settings). It's the Vapor-X edition too so it runs just a fuzz cooler and a fuzz faster than the normal 5770. 960Mhz clock and 1445Mhz memory isn't bad if you ask me.
Here's a really nice page for comparing the ATI GPU's if you're interested. The Vapor-X 5770 isn't on there but it still gives you a nice idea of how things stack up.
11-29-2011
2500K unless you do synthetics.
Come on guys. Its not worth the extra dough.
It simply doesnt have HT which means 8 logical cores instead of four.
Which again, isn't needed for games.
a 6950 is decent.
So is a 560 Ti
They're both quite comparable.
Wait for the 560 448's and see how they do. They shouldnt affect pricing of the other cards seeing as they're a limited time deal, but its still worth considering.
Heres a fun one: Even with a 580, you can't max out the new batman.
When it comes to PSU's they're most efficient at 80% of their rated RMS output.
So if you buy a 1000W and only use 40% of that, you're wasting more electricity compared to purchasing a smaller one.
On the other hand, if you ever wanted to go SLI, you're kinda boned.
On SLI/Crossfire, seems to be worth it if you buy two+ cards at once. Not so much if you wait.
Memory timing and speed don't really matter.
Hate to break it to you.
Theres a fraction of a single FPS difference most of the time.
Last edited by matt5112; 11-29-2011 at 12:45 PM.
11-29-2011
until he posts a budget we can all troll about pc parts and such.
11-30-2011
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