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PC Build w/ a 2000$ Budget

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December 5, 2013 8:06:15 PM

Hello, I am planning on building myself a nice desktop, with graphical power to run heavily modded Skyrim (300+ mods w/ an ENB), Far Cry 3, Max Payne 3, Arma II: OA, Arma III, and any other games for the next few years on maximum settings, with a 2550x1440p monitor. I am willing to budge my price a little. Now, I'm not too sure what I need for all of my equipment, but I would prefer an Nvidia card, with an Intel processor. Any help for a build would be appreciated. I am going to be using my computer for gaming, and regular internet surfing. Also, I would like an explanation as to why I'd use a certain processor or card.

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December 5, 2013 8:30:03 PM

There are some stickies in this part of the forum regarding system configurations, some of them are quite good, be sure to check them out. I would personally recommend starting off with an i5-4670K, it's really all the power you'll need for gaming unless games in the near future begin to utilize more than 4 cores, and even then, the 4670K wouldn't exactly be a bottleneck of any sort. As of right now, you won't see more than a 5% difference in most games between the i5 and the i7, might as well use that money toward your GPU. If you've got your eyes set on a Nvidia, go for the ASUS GTX 780 DirectCU II, MSI GTX 780 Gaming, or EVGA GTX 780 ACX Superclocked. With your budget, you should be able to pick up two GTX 780's for just over $1000, and that will be a crazy amount of power for any game out there. The motherboard doesn't make a huge difference unless you know how to utilize its specific features, but if you just want something solid, go with the ASUS Maximus VI Hero or the MSI GD-65 Gaming, both are very good boards and support SLI like a breeze. As for RAM, all you can really use right now is no more than 8GB in most games, but you can get 16GB kits right now for around $120, which isn't bad at all, and that will give you more headroom. As for storage, use an SSD as your boot drive, and use a standard HDD for your games.
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December 5, 2013 8:33:46 PM

This is a highly overclockable and SLI-ready build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.98 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Video Card ($704.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1779.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-05 23:32 EST-0500)
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