High End Core i7 Gaming Rig $1000? Possible?

[cod4ftwguy]

I think so!

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=6979409

went about 60 dollars over the budget.

or for exactly 1000 i can get this.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=6979489

do you think the $60 price difference is worth it? hehe

 

[Why_Me]

I think so!

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=6979409

went about 60 dollars over the budget.

or for exactly 1000 i can get this.

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=6979489

do you think the $60 price difference is worth it? hehe

Nice build

ok a few fixes on that build. First off this HD down below is faster than that 750 for the fact the 640 Black uses 2x320 platters and that 750 uses 3x250. 640 Black ftw.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319 $74.99 Free Shipping*
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

Small case in your build, so go "modular" with your psu. Try this one down below.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009795 $74.99 ($49.99 after MIR) Free Shipping
OCZ OCZ550FTY 550W Active Power Supply Retail

Same psu as above, only this one's a newegg link...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341022 $79.99 ($54.99 after $25.00 Mail-In Rebate)
OCZ Fatal1ty OCZ550FTY 550W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready Modular Active PFC Power Supply - Retail

 

[cod4ftwguy]

thanks thats a great deal, i never really looked outside of corsair PSU's hehe.

but yea! a nice build comment from Why_me haha.

But which build is nice, which one would you go with?

 

[Outlander_04]

Ci7 isnt particularly good in games with only single gfx card .

You are better spending your money elsewhere if gaming is your only concern

 

[cod4ftwguy]

i didnt get a big(not very big but big) psu for no reason, im going to Xfire to sometime. ANd no its not my only concern but if it cant play games on very high with atleast 25+ fps theirs a problem

 

[Why_Me]

Ci7 isnt particularly good in games with only single gfx card .

You are better spending your money elsewhere if gaming is your only concern

LOL...???

 

[cod4ftwguy]

u didnt reply to me

 

[Why_Me]

u didnt reply to me

I'm making a few changes to that build of yours with the "non micro atx case". Gimme about 10 min and I'l have ya a 750w psu...a good one, for future SLI, and a few other tweaks.

 

[Why_Me]

Ok this build allows you Crossfire or SLI...that way your not constrained if you decide to change your vid cards later on. That OCZ RAM doesn't have high heat spreaders which won't conflict with your h/s on smaller boards. 750w allows for Crossfire/SLI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009 $109.99 ($79.99 after $30.00 Mail-In Rebate) Free Shipping*
PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7 - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.199037 Combo Discount: -$7.00 Combo Price: $167.98 $20.00 Mail-In Rebate
OCZ Gold 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3G1600LV6GK - Retail
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-EX58U3R $178.99 | $163.99 after rebate
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R Core i7/ Intel X58/ DDR3/ CrossFireX/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/gigabyte-nvidia-sli-motherboard,7463.html <--- Gigabyte: Enable SLI On X58 Boards

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx?ITPID=mscomsc <--- Save yourself some money on an o/s until March 2010 and dl the 64 bit version of Windows 7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128375 <---more pics, specs, and customer reviews on that mobo

bigger case with better cooling and is a plus for Crossfire and SLI...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119137 $79.99
COOLER MASTER RC-690-KKN1-GP Black SECC/ ABS ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

 

[rooseveltdon]

LOL...???

he has a point the i7 is awesome for heavy multi tasking and cpu intensive apps like video encoding and editing programs but for games or even other things other cheaper quads will do the job just fine and probably give you great performance in games too

 

[Outlander_04]

LOL...???

All with a gtx 260
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/phenom2_955/8.htm

The ci7 cant even keep up with a Phenom 720 be or a Phenom 810 quad


If you also factor in the extra you pay for a ci7/x58 mobo/triple channel ram kit then ci7 is lousy value , and offers poor performance

LOL

 

[Why_Me]

All with a gtx 260
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/phenom2_955/8.htm

The ci7 cant even keep up with a Phenom 720 be or a Phenom 810 quad


If you also factor in the extra you pay for a ci7/x58 mobo/triple channel ram kit then ci7 is lousy value , and offers poor performance

LOL

You must have failed to read the rest of that article you linked...espeicially the conclusion.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119-8.html <--- try this link

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3551&p=16 <--- or this...

If the OP had wanted inferior technology for a few less dollars then yes I can understand him going the AMD route. But this guy (or gal) seems to want the best that technology has to offer atm....sans the title of this thread. And if the OP decides to go Nvidea later on....well he can, unlike with the AMD rout which limits him.

 

[Outlander_04]

You must have failed to read the rest of that article you linked...espeicially the conclusion.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119-8.html <--- try this link

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3551&p=16 <--- or this...

If the OP had wanted inferior technology for a few less dollars then yes I can understand him going the AMD route. But this guy (or gal) seems to want the best that technology has to offer atm....sans the title of this thread. And if the OP decides to go Nvidea later on....well he can, unlike with the AMD rout which limits him.

The OP seemed to want the best GAMING rig , and to want to do it within a budget .

I have read the conclusion of the article I linked to .
Were you unable to understand the GAMING benchmarks?
Yes ci7 is a better encoding cpu , but frankly most people dont sit there waiting for a video to encode so a few seconds here and there dont matter squat.

But in every game they play they will be pinned to the computer .

The bottom line is that if you have $1000 to spend on a gaming pc the "best technology" has nothing to do with intel or ci7 . You will have a better gaming pc with Phenom and spending the extra you save on a more powerful gfx card .

 

[cjl]

All with a gtx 260
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/phenom2_955/8.htm

The ci7 cant even keep up with a Phenom 720 be or a Phenom 810 quad


If you also factor in the extra you pay for a ci7/x58 mobo/triple channel ram kit then ci7 is lousy value , and offers poor performance

LOL

The i7 matches (within reasonable margins of error) both the Phenom II and the Core 2 Quad in gaming for single GPU operation, and in many cases is quite a bit faster in multi GPU situations. It may not be the best value, but it is definitely not slower than a 720 BE.

 

[micky_lund]

true... and the OP said "High End Core i7 Gaming rig ....."

see the ------> i7 <------- part?

 

[Why_Me]

Over clock the i7 to 3.6 - 3.8 and it will mop the floor with any AMD. These new D0 stepping i7's are doing an easy 4.0 - 4.4 on air according to reviews.

 

[rooseveltdon]

You must have failed to read the rest of that article you linked...espeicially the conclusion.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/overclock-phenom-ii,2119-8.html <--- try this link

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3551&p=16 <--- or this...

If the OP had wanted inferior technology for a few less dollars then yes I can understand him going the AMD route. But this guy (or gal) seems to want the best that technology has to offer atm....sans the title of this thread. And if the OP decides to go Nvidea later on....well he can, unlike with the AMD rout which limits him.

lmao you sound like a mac owner....best technology? for what? reading emails? it's called common sense, the i7 is not really known as the best gaming chip out there,for games it comes down to graphics card,and even in multi tasking outside of synthetic benches the i7 is not such a marvel of technology after all,yeah it does better at multi tasking because of hyperthreading and QPI but we are talking of real world differences of a few minutes compared to ther high end quads and no advantage in gaming either.....lol you are probably one of those people that would go and recomment an i7 rig with the 4850 over an amd phenom 2 rig with the gtx 295....lol "inferior technology" GTFO.

 

[rooseveltdon]

Over clock the i7 to 3.6 - 3.8 and it will mop the floor with any AMD. These new D0 stepping i7's are doing an easy 4.0 - 4.4 on air according to reviews.

Mop the floor in what? how much of a real world difference do you think you gain(zero)? FYI 3.6-3.8 ghz is a very easy over clock for both the 955 and the 940 heck even the x2 550 can be pushed to those numbers lol you really don't know what you are talking about you really think that an overclocked i7 with a weaker graphics card would outperform a 955 on a better graphics solution when it comes to gaming? and in multi tasking you really think 3 less minutes in video encoding is considered "mopping the floor" with any AMD....lol the fan boyism never ends

 

[cod4ftwguy]

but to my build plz, thanks. i was happy when i saw all these replys and it wasnt even about my thread.

 

[Why_Me]

lmao you sound like a mac owner....best technology? for what? reading emails? it's called common sense, the i7 is not really known as the best gaming chip out there,for games it comes down to graphics card,and even in multi tasking outside of synthetic benches the i7 is not such a marvel of technology after all,yeah it does better at multi tasking because of hyperthreading and QPI but we are talking of real world differences of a few minutes compared to ther high end quads and no advantage in gaming either.....lol you are probably one of those people that would go and recomment an i7 rig with the 4850 over an amd phenom 2 rig with the gtx 295....lol "inferior technology" GTFO.

I posted the link as to both of those cpu's being over clocked, and the i7 cleaned the AMD's clock. Now you post a link refuting that or save it. And no I don't post sh*tty builds on here, so you can save your bs anytime soon. Now go help on an AMD thread. If your so worried about AMD, go buy more of their stock. If someone wants the best of the best ...good for them. If they ask for an AMD build, good for them. This person asked for an i7 build, and he/she has a good one posted on here.

 

[Why_Me]

but to my build plz, thanks. i was happy when i saw all these replys and it wasnt even about my thread.

You have a nice build going. In fact I would put your build up against most any on here. You did your homework, and with those few changes you have a great build for little money.

 

[cod4ftwguy]

Heres the final build!

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=6979489

$5 under $1000 hehe. IM thinking about saving an extra 100 dollars for a 4890 and a cpu cooler+bracket

 

[micky_lund]

who cares about AMD?????
he said -----------> i7 <-----------
thats the topic of advice u should give him

 

[Outlander_04]

The i7 matches (within reasonable margins of error) both the Phenom II and the Core 2 Quad in gaming for single GPU operation, and in many cases is quite a bit faster in multi GPU situations. It may not be the best value, but it is definitely not slower than a 720 BE.

Interesting you say that because in the benchmarks I have linked you'd be dead WRONG .

The i7 cant compete with the 720 be's performance .

if the OP was building a multi gfx card computer the results could be different , but any one suggesting that the highest gaming performance for $1000 is an intel would be a fanboy , and not even a well informed one at that

 

[Outlander_04]

who cares about AMD?????
he said -----------> i7 <-----------
thats the topic of advice u should give him

he said " High End" too

but whats high end about a gtx260 ?

LOL