Approximate Purchase Date: Now through this week ordering
Budget Range: $500-$1000. Would like to keep it closer to 500 if possible.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Civ 5 type games)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No, will be running Windows 7, already have.
Preferred Website for Parts: Newegg.com preferred, but anywhere works.
Location: USA, Virginia
Parts Preferences: AMD is fine, no real preference as long as they are a respected brand for any parts. I do prefer nVidia.
Overclocking: Maybe, if it's simple to do then sure, but it's not a big deal
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe.
Additional Comments: Giving my current gaming computer to my wife (who plays the same games with me). I need a new one. I play Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Civilization 5, and in general RTS games of one variety or another. Also looking into current WoW type games (guildwars 2, etc) as my wife plays those with me as well. I do not play first person shooters.
My current one that is now my wife's runs these games on either max settings or just slightly under, using a 9800GTX. I'm amazed by that fact, as the video card is OLD, but it gives me great performance so far. I recently built 2 office computers for about $250 each (core machine, no monitor or OS in that price) and they run fast but do not have a video card. I'm hoping I can have a reasonably similar price for a gaming machine with the addition of a video card.
Video Card. I like nVidia. Would prefer to use them. I've only had a 9800GT or GTX, GTS, not sure the extension there. I've gone through a few 9800s over the years. It's tempting to get another used one from eBay but not sure if they work with new builds or not. I know GeForce cards went though 200s, 400s, 500s, 600s, etc, but didn't really keep up to date on them. If a 9800 had me on high settings, can I get a high end 200 or 400 and have the same or better output? I don't really want to get a current generation high end card, paying $300-600 for it, when an older high end card can give me the same performance. I don't know if you only need the higher end newer cards for First Person Shooter games or something else, but the games I've listed above all use max or 1 setting below max on my current card (which is where I'm seeing it age as it's no longer 'everything' on max settings).
So please let me know. Thank you in advanced.
Budget Range: $500-$1000. Would like to keep it closer to 500 if possible.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Civ 5 type games)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No, will be running Windows 7, already have.
Preferred Website for Parts: Newegg.com preferred, but anywhere works.
Location: USA, Virginia
Parts Preferences: AMD is fine, no real preference as long as they are a respected brand for any parts. I do prefer nVidia.
Overclocking: Maybe, if it's simple to do then sure, but it's not a big deal
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe.
Additional Comments: Giving my current gaming computer to my wife (who plays the same games with me). I need a new one. I play Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Civilization 5, and in general RTS games of one variety or another. Also looking into current WoW type games (guildwars 2, etc) as my wife plays those with me as well. I do not play first person shooters.
My current one that is now my wife's runs these games on either max settings or just slightly under, using a 9800GTX. I'm amazed by that fact, as the video card is OLD, but it gives me great performance so far. I recently built 2 office computers for about $250 each (core machine, no monitor or OS in that price) and they run fast but do not have a video card. I'm hoping I can have a reasonably similar price for a gaming machine with the addition of a video card.
Video Card. I like nVidia. Would prefer to use them. I've only had a 9800GT or GTX, GTS, not sure the extension there. I've gone through a few 9800s over the years. It's tempting to get another used one from eBay but not sure if they work with new builds or not. I know GeForce cards went though 200s, 400s, 500s, 600s, etc, but didn't really keep up to date on them. If a 9800 had me on high settings, can I get a high end 200 or 400 and have the same or better output? I don't really want to get a current generation high end card, paying $300-600 for it, when an older high end card can give me the same performance. I don't know if you only need the higher end newer cards for First Person Shooter games or something else, but the games I've listed above all use max or 1 setting below max on my current card (which is where I'm seeing it age as it's no longer 'everything' on max settings).
So please let me know. Thank you in advanced.
Sweet! What I would have recommended as well. Try going for the Superb or if you can still up the budget a bit, the Excellent Tier, as the i5-3570K gives you the best bang for your buck.
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