Custom gaming computer suggestions please

[James1503]

Im using cyberpower pc to get an affordable gaming pc that wont be completely obsolete in a year. The specs are

AZZA Solano 1000 Full-Tower case

AMD Phenom™II X4 955 Black Edition

XtremeGear HP-1216XCPU Cooling Fan

GigaByte MA790FXTA-UD5 AM3 AMD 790FX 3-Way CrossFireX Support Chipset DDR3 ATX w/ 7.1 HD Dobly Audio, GbLAN, USB3.0, 2 x SATA-III RAID, 3 Gen2 PCIe, 1 PCIe X1 & 3 PCI MOBO

4GB (2GBx2)DDR3/1600MHz A data ram

Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium

ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5 16X PCIe Video Card

Corsair 750watt 80+

In the future I plan on buying another 5770 for crossfire. I also have an acer monitor 1600x900. This build is $1152 and I am looking for advice and suggestions on it.

 

[gkay09]

EDIt: Just noticed the price...

^ How much are you paying for that ?
Have you thought about building your own ?

IMO you can get a far more powerful PC for that price with a better graphics card...If you are interested in building your own...

 

[James1503]

EDIt: Just noticed the price...

^ How much are you paying for that ?
Have you thought about building your own ?

IMO you can get a far more powerful PC for that price with a better graphics card...If you are interested in building your own...

I have thought about this but every time I create this same combination on newegg with shipping it ends up costing more and while I know what and where the components go the wiring would probably drive me insane lol.

 

[gkay09]

^ Its not tough to assemble a PC...It takes some learning and time to put a PC that is all...You get so many articles in the net, videos in Youtube to guide you through...

As for the parts, let me try...Assuming your budget is ~$1150...

 

[gkay09]

CPU + Mobo
i5 750 + ASUS P55 PRO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.338965

RAM
ADATA 4GB DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211409

HDD - Seagate 7200.12/ Samsung F3 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395

CASE + PSU
Antec 300 Illusion + Antec 750W TP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.334088

Graphics card
XFX HD 5850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150442

DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

OS
WIN 7 HP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

Total - ~$1099 | $1062 Including rebates - Not including shipping...

 

[James1503]

Well... my configuration was including shipping and the limited warranty and no hassle of throwing it together. Also with the items ive selected in total theres $50 of mail in rebates and on top of that the mobo from cp has 3 gen2 pciex16 and usb 3.0. And again through cp im getting a keyboard and mouse.

 

[gkay09]

^ Well that is the point here...save money by building your own... and you can get USB3.0/ SATA 6GB/s add-on card later on when the tech really takes off...
As for the PCIe slots, 3 ? Why ?
EDIT:
A single 5850 is nearly as powerful as the 2x [strike]HD 5850s[/strike]2x HD 5770s...and 2x HD 5850s later on would be very powerful...So you would need only say 2x PCIe slots...
And also the i5 750 at stock speeds itself is more powerful than the X4 965 3.4GHz CPU...

 

[James1503]

Ordering those components from newegg with the shipping and yes I see some are free shipping would put the price around $1080-1090. With cyberpower the price being $1144 minus the $50 of mail in rebates I have pretty much the same price and its prebuilt with a warranty, a keyboard, speakers, and a mouse. I want all the extra slots to be able to crossfire multiple cards in the future. The only things ive read the I5 being better in would be video editing where it outperforms any Phenom II x4. I wont be doing video editing and im sure that amd's next processors will fit on an am3 board. So ill just have to update then. Thank you for your help and suggestions and going through the trouble of searching around newegg but I think ive got a nice set up for the price. My main worry was the cpu cooler and if everything was compatible.

 

[gkay09]

^ If you want to go AMD route, then also you can get it for nealry the same price but with a more powerful graphics card, and a more powerful CPU - X4 965...But its your call though...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.342787