i am looking to build my first gaming computer with around a $1500 limit, right now i am deciding on what GPU and CPU to get and i am not looking to over clock because i heard its not really worth it for gaming. i was looking at getting the gtx 4gb 680 with an i5-3570k i really want it to be a high end computer that will be able to run everything on ultra, and if possible with physx or with additional monitors but i dont know how much i am going to be able to get with a $1500 limit.
What Video Card Should I Get For My Gaming Computer
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Tony FahlerZ
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There is barely any difference in price with i5 4670K and i5 4570K, I'd get the haswell. As for the GPU, unless you're going to run several monitors, you won't need 4GB of GDDR5, and a gtx680 is usually more expensive than it's slightly faster brother gtx770 (~10%).
(edit2: some games give better result with 680 though, and vice versa)
(edit2: some games give better result with 680 though, and vice versa)
William Longstreet
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With out Monitores mine went a little over 1500, but its worth it in performance,
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16JaJ
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16JaJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16JaJ/by_merchant/
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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($257.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($118.26 @ Amazon)
Storage: Corsair Force Series GS 360GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($287.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 680 4GB Video Card ($439.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Antec Sonata IV ATX Mid Tower Case w/620W Power Supply ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($130.55 @ Amazon)
Total: $1659.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16JaJ
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16JaJ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16JaJ/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/16JaJ/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($257.98 @ Outlet PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($118.26 @ Amazon)
Storage: Corsair Force Series GS 360GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($287.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Galaxy GeForce GTX 680 4GB Video Card ($439.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Antec Sonata IV ATX Mid Tower Case w/620W Power Supply ($129.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($130.55 @ Amazon)
Total: $1659.74
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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William Longstreet
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Tony FahlerZ
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Replacing the stock cooler with the relatively cheap evo212 cooler, does wonders and is scary close in performance to the top coolers out in the market. And leaves you with overclocking capability for 4ghz+ easily.
Tony FahlerZ
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He specified clearly he will build it for gaming purposes, you will not need i7 for gaming, and getting a haswell was not a good choice in your opinion? why is there a haswell in your build?
Windows 7 will run more games and generally more attracting to people (this is opinion though!)
And placing the system on ssd, the benefit from the slightly faster (if!) win8 is marginal. Didn't bother to check more into that case, but usually prebuilt cases with powersupply places your components in large risk, there was recently on the main page (if not still) a article about a exploding computer.
Also 16gb ram too much, he could save some bucks with picking 8gb (for gaming 8gb will not be any worse than 16gb). The ssd drive is also quite large, but maybe if he likes to only game on his setup, then the space might be just enough, but for me as a gamer, I have nearly 800gb of data which are taken solely by game relative stuff.
well since it seems like your a big game what would your thoughts be on overclocking? because i haven't decided yet if i should took into it or not, and if i were to overclock what would be a good CPU for that, and what GPU would you recommend for gaming with the budget i have?
William Longstreet
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whow whow whow! haswell generates too much heat,compared to ivy!reason for a bigger ssd: Fast map loading, ie BF4, some Cod Spec ops, IE anything with a large amount of renderable space or AI.
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