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Iosef Minkov

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Yes I have googled around everywhere but nothing really seems up to date with these new Nvidia graphics cards coming down the line... I am looking to build my very first gaming pc (whoo!). Lived in a rural district and never had the power to actually run a power pc but now I've moved to the city... bam!
Ok back on track... as the title suggests, under $2000! Preferably under $1800 in fact but I would rather like to have one of these new juicy 700 series GPU's. I plan to use a 120hz monitor at 1080p so... yeah... best bang for this price range?? suggestions??

ps If you reccomend AMD please give me a good reason cause I haven't had a good track record with them... I also will overclock to hell and back... just saying XD
 
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chromic

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well this wouldnt be best price/performance but this is what i suggest.

GTX 780 - 650$ / GTX 680 in SLI, 700-800$ ( basically a "cheap" 690 )
I4-4770k - 350$
LGA 1050 MB - 200$ ( a "good" one )
8/16 gb ddr3 1600/1866 mhz ram 80-200$
noctua nh-d14 CPU cooler - 80$
some nice case - 100$
depending on case, 120/140mm fans x number 10-100$
samsung 840 120gb ssd - 100$
1 tb HDD - 80$¨

= 1500-1900$
 
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Iosef Minkov

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Do you really reccomend a Haswell cpu?? Does it offer that much more for a GAMER than Ivy Bridge?? I was tossing around the idea of a GTX 780... I could always get another later if I needed to in SLI to meet the requirements for newer games
thanks for the answr!
 
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chromic

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well it doesnt offer that much more gaming performance than the ivy, but the price difference is only like 20$, and it can handle multithreaded tasks better.

My pleasure. :)
 
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Jack Revenant

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Haswell is superior, albeit not massively, to Ivy Bridge. The main sticking point would be the potential to get a sub-par CPU for overclocking, though even in that case you should still be in fine shape.

Also, my pitch:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($78.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($167.86 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($67.23 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($659.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.50 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor ($266.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1834.51
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-07 14:27 EDT-0400)

Note: I would recommend waiting for the ASUS DirectCU II-cooled version of the 780.
 
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obman82

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CPU Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core $309.99
CPU Cooler Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 45.0 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing $22.98
Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme EATX LGA1155 $309.99
Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 $151.29
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 $151.29
Storage Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" SSD $119.99
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" SSD $119.99
Video Card Asus GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB $233.98
Case NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower $103.99
Power Supply Antec 750W ATX12V / EPS12V $94.48
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer $19.98
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 (OEM) (64-bit) $97.98
Total:1735.93 good set up without a monitor tho
 
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