$2000 Gaming PC-First Time Building

[ItzTom]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: As soon as I can finish researching/comparing parts. Hopefully sometime this week.

BUDGET RANGE: 2000 Max

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, Watching Movies, Surfing the Web, Video Editing

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitors, Headphones

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: I was planning on using newegg. No real preference though.

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA

PARTS PREFERENCES: I was planning to use an i7 930 Bloomfield. Other than that, I haven't acquired enough knowledge to justify choosing parts on my own.

OVERCLOCKING: Maybe. I don't know much about overclocking, but I'm willing to learn.

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Initially no, but definitely sometime in the near future.

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1900x1080. 2 Monitors, however 1 is currently running at 1400x900 and I'm considering upgrading it in the near future.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: My room gets really hot. I was thinking about possibly getting a water cooling system, but I don't know much about it. I would like to future proof this machine as much as possible. I'm really starting from scratch, no past building experience, limited knowledge from reading beginner articles/stickies on this site. Any advice/parts suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Will edit to add parts as I choose them, let me know what you think.
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[Mr Pizza]

I would go with this,

1090t, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849

Crosshair IV, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644

RAM, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231279

Hard Drive, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Graphics Card, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102887

850w Pro, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139015

DVD Burner, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039

And pick your case
I went with AMD because AMD Fusion CPUs are coming next year and you will be able to drop the new CPUs into todays motherboards very good upgrade path, and you get a stronger graphics card.

 

[asteldian]

I wouldn't go with 1090 or i7 if gaming is your priority, I would be looking at i5 750/760 or AMD 955/965.

Aside from that, I would be looking at getting G Skill 1600mhz 4gb RAM (or 6gb triple if going i7).

Probably a Corsair 750w PSU so that you can XFire the 5870s later (850w if planning on big OCing on everything)

Samsung Spinpoint F3 500gb or 1tb HDD.

Asus P7P55D E Pro if you went the i5 route. Otherwise an Asus or Gigabyte board (890 for AMD, x58 for i7)

 

[Mr Pizza]

I wouldn't go with 1090 or i7 if gaming is your priority, I would be looking at i5 750/760 or AMD 955/965.

Aside from that, I would be looking at getting G Skill 1600mhz 4gb RAM (or 6gb triple if going i7).

Probably a Corsair 750w PSU so that you can XFire the 5870s later (850w if planning on big OCing on everything)

Samsung Spinpoint F3 500gb or 1tb HDD.

Asus P7P55D E Pro if you went the i5 route. Otherwise an Asus or Gigabyte board (890 for AMD, x58 for i7)

It would be good future proofing if he went with a better CPU, and his budget allows for it.

 

[xurwin]

cpu/mobo:amd deneb 955 + biostar 890fx
gpu:ati 5970
hdd:samsung f3 1tb
ram:gskill ripjaws 4gb
psu:corsair 650 watts
hsf:cm hyper 212
dvd:cheap dvd sata drive
case:cm haff 922
ssd:mushkin enhanced callisto delxue 60gb

total:$1516.89

below budget. this is VERY good for gaming.

 

[Mr Pizza]

cpu/mobo:amd deneb 955 + biostar 890fx
gpu:ati 5970
hdd:samsung f3 1tb
ram:gskill ripjaws 6gb
psu:corsair 650 watts
hsf:cm hyper 212
dvd:cheap dvd sata drive
case:cm haff 922
ssd:mushkin enhanced callisto delxue 60gb

total:$1,533.89

below budget. this is VERY good for gaming.

.... BIOSTAR? really? for a 2000 dollar budget get something thats better than that, i mean really. Asus, MSI, EVGA. best brands. best boards.
and that ram wont do good in that board, dual channel! you posted triple.

 

[xurwin]

.... BIOSTAR? really? for a 2000 dollar budget get something thats better than that, i mean really. Asus, MSI, EVGA. best brands. best boards.

LOL, its a 890fx board. Biostar is also a trusted brand. i jsut picked it because it has a combo and to fit a ati 5970. why waste so much money on intel when they would replace lga 1366 next year and amd's bulldozer would be a great choice for upgrade. and he's only going with gaming. so 5970 is the way to go. and this biostar mobo is still a good mobo.

my bad on the 6gb ram. yes, i know that. i already changed it.

 

[Mr Pizza]

LOL, its a 890fx board. Biostar is also a trusted brand. i jsut picked it because it has a combo and to fit a ati 5970. why waste so much money on intel when they would replace lga 1366 next year and amd's bulldozer would be a great choice for upgrade. and he's only going with gaming. so 5970 is the way to go. and this biostar mobo is still a good mobo.

Well, 3/4s of that i said to him I know bulldozer, thats why I posted an AMD build too, with a 5970? I would go for the Crosshair IV Formula, MSI 890FXA-GD70 or the GIGABYTE GA-890FXA-UD5

Links,
Gigabyte, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128441&cm_re=890fx-_-13-128-441-_-Product
Asus, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644&cm_re=Corsshair_iv_formula-_-13-131-644-_-Product
MSI, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274&cm_re=msi_890fx-_-13-130-274-_-Product
Another Asus, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131655&cm_re=890fx-_-13-131-655-_-Product

look at my first post.

 

[xurwin]

+1 to the crosshair 4. if he's gaming he also get that rather than what you said is that biostar is

 

[Mr Pizza]

+1 to the crosshair 4. if he's gaming he also get that rather than what you said is that biostar is

Well, i am making a $2200 build and i know a lot about what people have said over 5+ months of research

 

[xurwin]

here an intel build. value for money

cpu:i7 930
mobo:asus R3E
gpu:gtx 460( 2 of these SLI)
hdd:samsung f3 1tb
ram:gskill 6gb
psu:corsiar 850watts
hsf:cm hyper 212
dvd:cheap sata dvd drive
case:cm haff 922
ssd:mushkin enhanced callisto deluxe 60gb

$1,848.88

 

[xurwin]

Well, i am making a $2200 build and i know a lot about what people have said over 5+ months of research

i feel you bro.yeah, here at toms many good people give's great advice's i learned from them like batchuka,alvin smith,asteldian,lmeow,saint. even from you. 5months of research then new gpu's mobo's and cpu's come out. goodluck with that $2200.

 

[Mr Pizza]

i feel you bro.yeah, here at toms many good people give's great advice's i learned from them like batchuka,alvin smith,asteldian,lmeow,saint. even from you. 5months of research then new gpu's mobo's and cpu's come out. goodluck with that $2200.

Thanks man

 

[ItzTom]

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