$1000 gaming system

[ksniffs]

I've realized recently that my pc at the moment isn't quite up to par and I finally decided that I really need a new one. I don't know a whole lot about components/how to make a good build/etc but my dad is quite good at this sort of thing. He told me that if i get what i want he will help me and show me how to set it up, hook it up etc. I was just wondering if you guys could help me out with a very good setup preferably one that runs amd.
What i don't need is a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
I'm going to be using newegg.com to purchase most of the components.
thanks for the help

 

[midget666]

You can look at the $1000 build on toms hard ware. im new to building my self. Ive upgraded many computers before and things like that but never built a system from scratch. I have a $2000 build that is pretty stable and ive had people reveiw it. if you tell me what you want in your $1000 build i can try to put something together for you and people can comment on that if they would like

 

[midget666]

i do have one suggestion however. If your going higher performance and gaming i would go with intel processors. AMD is cheaper but intel is faster on the high end. since your spending $1000 i would go with a more expensive build and are you looking for single or dual Graphics cards? cause dual costs twice as much. and do you have a preference of video cards such as Nvidia cards or ATI radeon. I tend to like Nvidia better because some of the models can overclock better

 

[ksniffs]

like i said i really dont know a ton about computers but I'd like the computer to be easily upgradeable, runs windows 7 and if intel processors are the way to go then I could handle that. But the computer is going to be used mainly for gaming but just as good surfing the web and doing homework as it is for gaming

 

[midget666]

well if your building a computer for gaming NVIDIA has some good video cards. do you want your computer to be upgradeable to put a second video card in it? becuase full SLI boards with the NVIDIA NF 200 chips which basically means that the chipset will allow two cards to operate at their full capacity. cheaper motherboards allow you to operate at half and half capacity.

 

[midget666]

some of the toms hardware builds are really good and i probably couldnt put together one that was better. you should look at those

 

[ksniffs]

yes i want to be able to add a second vc in the future and if it could run them both at full cap it would be nice

 

[midget666]

hmmm. then you should look at the toms hardware builds. they have some stuff on the site about $1000 builds and they have a good setup with an intel processor and two ATI radeon 6850s which should run any game your trying to play on ultra. what games do you play?

 

[aznshinobi]

Check out my build guide for my siggy. Should give you a plentiful amount of info.

 

[midget666]

because if you want to play things like crisis Warhead or crysis two your either gonna have to learn how to overclock or spend more money on dual cards if you want dual cards. The build that Toms hardware has has dual cards and is still under $1000 dollars

 

[midget666]

i have a $2000 build i could post but you wouldnt be willing to spend that kind of money

 

[aznshinobi]

OMG STOP DOUBLE POSTING MIDGET! Edit your posts.

 

[Why_Me]

This build includes amazon, newegg, and superbiiz...but when your on a tight budget you want your $$$$ worth right ?

This build allows you to add another one of those factory over clocked gtx 560's later on for SLI.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233 $59.99 FREE SHIPPING
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RTPMM4/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER $89.99 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Antec Truepower 23754 TP-750 BLUE LED 750-Watt PSU NVIDIA SLI Certified 80 Plus Bronze Advanced Hybrid Cable Management Power Supply

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-P67X4B3&title=ASRock-P67-EXTREME4-B3-LGA1155-Intel-P67-B3-DDR3-Quad-SLI-Quad-CrossFireX-SATA3-USB3-0-A-GbE-ATX-Motherboard $153.99
ASRock P67 EXTREME4 B3 LGA1155/ Intel P67 B3/ DDR3/ Quad SLI & Quad CrossFireX/ SATA3&USB3.0/ A&GbE/ ATX Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 $224.99 FREE SHIPPING
Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231427 $49.99 FREE SHIPPING
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125363 $239.99
GIGABYTE GV-N560OC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-HD103SJ&title=Samsung-SpinPoint-F3-HD103SJ-1TB-SATA2-7200rpm-32MB-Hard-Drive $59.99 Free Shipping
Samsung SpinPoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB Hard Drive

http://www.amazon.com/Lite--LightScribe-Layer-Drive-IHAS424-98/dp/B002SIMPXM/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1301588469&sr=1-1 $22.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25
Lite-On LightScribe 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive IHAS424-98 - Retail (Black)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754 $99.99 FREE SHIPPING
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders - OEM

Total: $1,001.91 *not including shipping, rebates, etc...

*** When you get some extra money, I suggest getting this cpu cooler down below

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002G1YPH0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER $28.43 & this item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler, RR-B10-212P-G1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157229 <---- that same Asrock board on newegg...but it's sold out atm.

http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/1000116#axzz1EqpvWFEN <---Review on that Asrock motherboard after the latest bios update

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1098/pg2/asrock-extreme4-p67-and-fatal1ty-professional-p67-vs-x58-with-core-i7-950-review-asrock-p67-extreme4.html <---Review on that Asrock motherboard after the latest bios update

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4080/welcome-to-sandy-bridge-with-the-asrock-p67-extreme4 <--- Review before the latest bios...and it still smoked the Asus and Gigabyte boards

http://www.asrock.com/news/events/201102ex/warranty.html <----- Asrock two year warranty

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=P67%20Extreme4 <--- ASRock P67 Extreme4

 

[midget666]

GTX series overclock like beasts but this is a better model of the 560 IMO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121424&cm_re=GTX_560_ti-_-14-121-424-_-Product

 

[Why_Me]

GTX series overclock like beasts but this is a better model of the 560 IMO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121424&cm_re=GTX_560_ti-_-14-121-424-_-Product

And what are your reasons for that being a better model ?

 

[aznshinobi]

^ Before we start arguing.

The DirectCu is 10$ cheaper with the MIR. But also DirectCu's have been solid performers, I don't know about the Gigabyte overclocks, but the DirectCu's aren't bad either. However One thing to say if price was not a HUGE factor. The MSI Twin Frozr is my recommendation. Guru3D did a review and I'm just stunned by the acoustics and overclock ability and well as thermals.
http://guru3d.com/article/msi-n560gtx-ti-twin-frozer-ii-review/

 

[Why_Me]

^ Before we start arguing.

The DirectCu is 10$ cheaper with the MIR. But also DirectCu's have been solid performers, I don't know about the Gigabyte overclocks, but the DirectCu's aren't bad either. However One thing to say if price was not a HUGE factor. The MSI Twin Frozr is my recommendation. Guru3D did a review and I'm just stunned by the acoustics and overclock ability and well as thermals.
http://guru3d.com/article/msi-n560gtx-ti-twin-frozer-ii-review/

atm the two Gigabyte 560's (SOC & O/C) are the king of the hill so to say in regards to factory over clocked gtx 560's. Those two cards are clocked higher than any of the other 560's on the market. On guru's review of the Gigabyte SOC version it smoked the 570 in more than a few head to head benchmarks. The O/C version of that card isn't far behind it.

 

[aznshinobi]

I'm not to sure about Gigabyte. But I'm assured that DirectCu's and Twin Frozr II's come with Voltage tweaking. As you know, I like overclocking my cards (5850 Reference w/ 1ghz core clock atm) and that's a deal breaker with good thermals for me And acoustic.

 

[midget666]

your talking factory OC im talking manual. the ASUS comes with the tool to manually OC it to 50% more than its stock capacity whereas the geforce OC to 33% more in the description

 

[midget666]

nicely OC core i want to acheive 1 Ghz. I have air cooling in my system right now which im going to faithfully stay with until I get a second card then i might think about upgrading to water cooling with a custom loop so i can get a better OC on everything
P.S. sorry still double posting noob to these forums havent started using them since beginning of this week

It could be that I like the ASUS better because ive found they have reliable and stable overclock and they are a lot cooler than standard GTX 560s

 

[aznshinobi]

Hah, you don't need WCing I'm running air cooling off the reference design.

 

[midget666]

you think WC is a joke? I know some people who dont beleive in it. Including me but a quality WC system that will let you OC by an ENOURMOUS margin is like $300 to create a custom loop its a big hassle. what are you OC speeds for CPU ram and GPU?
I was thinking of going WC but its so expensive. it looks cool but do you really need 5 Ghz OC? when your not even going to use it to full capacity even with video editing or 3D model editing. oh whats your system specs as well?

 

[Why_Me]

you think WC is a joke? I know some people who dont beleive in it. Including me but a quality WC system that will let you OC by an ENOURMOUS margin is like $300 to create a custom loop its a big hassle. what are you OC speeds for CPU ram and GPU?
I was thinking of going WC but its so expensive. it looks cool but do you really need 5 Ghz OC? when your not even going to use it to full capacity even with video editing

You can do 5.0ghz easily on air with these SB cpu's and still have good temps. They run cooler than any other chips before them. All you need is a decent cpu h/s, and a case with good air flow/ventilation. Now the nubs over at guru3d forums would have you spend hundreds of dollars on a w/c set up for something like a C2D and dual 8800's. I crap you not. Those guys are great for advice on setting up a buchoo dollar w/c set up, but tards when it comes to putting a balanced build up.

As long as you don't have to volt the crap out of a cpu I'm all for o/c. Peeps on this board have been hitting 4.4 -4.5 on stock voltage. That's good enough for me.

 

[midget666]

do you know if the cooler master hyper 212 comes with the extra fan? its the one im going with since its got some of the best reviews. any suggestions for an even better cooler perhaps? around same price ive got 30 bucks more room for the build lol

 

[Why_Me]

do you know if the cooler master hyper 212 comes with the extra fan?

It only comes with one fan, but for another $5-$8 you can add an identical one to it for a "push-pull" effect. It's already set up to add another other fan. That cooler will easily take you to 4.6ghz with these SB cpu's.