- Sep 30, 2013
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I want to build a working system that would allow for decent gaming experience as well. For my work the system below is more than enough, so I'm more concerned with gaming. The monitor I'm planning to buy is Dell U2713hm, which has the resolution 2560 x 1440. I read that higher bandwidth GPU is better for higher resolutions. Also I will use a 15m displayport cable and a 15m usb, so PC will be in other room. So noise will not be a problem.
From the info I gathered I came up with this:
Radeon HD 7950 Boost = $259.99
i5 3570k = $219.99
16 gb DDR 3 1600 MHz = 140 $ ( I use VM's from time to time and have a lot of stuff open when working).
Motherboard ???
Power Supply ??? [that will work with crossfire]
Case ???
I'm a complete noob at hardware and I don't even know what motherboard to choose. I wanted to make the system extendable to that I could put an additional GPU in the future using crossfire, since most of micro-stutter is fixable with the latest drivers
I can put an additional 100$ or so on a better GPU if that will really be worth it, but I would prefer not to. Please help a fellow newb. Also what should I expect from this system when gaming and will I even be able to play most games at 2560 x 1440 with decent FPS?
EDIT: I came up with this system. If somebody can look at this and point if something isn't good enough for that price I would be very grateful. There's no cooler, I don't know which one to choose, yet. And there are two GPU's because I wanted to find a motherboard that would support crossfire, so that I would be able to extend this build. Right now I'll buy just one card.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1JqUu
From the info I gathered I came up with this:
Radeon HD 7950 Boost = $259.99
i5 3570k = $219.99
16 gb DDR 3 1600 MHz = 140 $ ( I use VM's from time to time and have a lot of stuff open when working).
Motherboard ???
Power Supply ??? [that will work with crossfire]
Case ???
I'm a complete noob at hardware and I don't even know what motherboard to choose. I wanted to make the system extendable to that I could put an additional GPU in the future using crossfire, since most of micro-stutter is fixable with the latest drivers
I can put an additional 100$ or so on a better GPU if that will really be worth it, but I would prefer not to. Please help a fellow newb. Also what should I expect from this system when gaming and will I even be able to play most games at 2560 x 1440 with decent FPS?
EDIT: I came up with this system. If somebody can look at this and point if something isn't good enough for that price I would be very grateful. There's no cooler, I don't know which one to choose, yet. And there are two GPU's because I wanted to find a motherboard that would support crossfire, so that I would be able to extend this build. Right now I'll buy just one card.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1JqUu
Any specific reasons for choosing MSI Radeon 7950 instead of Sapphire or Gigabyte?
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