First Gaming PC $600

[shihaab]

Approximate Purchase Date: Month of May

Budget Range: $600 (Canadian Dollars)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, a bit of video editing.

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Tigerdirect.ca, Canadacomputers.com, Newegg.ca

Country of Origin: Canada

Parts Preferences: Sandy Bridge CPU or AMD

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I would like a PC that is cool and calm.

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Sapphire HD6870:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102909&cm_re=sapphire_6870-_-14-102-909-_-Product

or ..

XFX HD6870:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150506&cm_re=6870-_-14-150-506-_-Product

Cooler Master 690 II Advanced:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216

 

[aznshinobi]

Check out the build in my siggy for 600$. It should work out.

 

[shihaab]

I can't go for i3...
I need a quad core for gaming.

 

[brpeden82]

the I3 2100 beats the phenom II X4 955 in gaming even though it dual core. most games dont use more than 3 cores. so do.

if u need the quad core u can get a Phenom II X4 for the same price as the core i3

 

[aznshinobi]

i3 2100 vs 955
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=88

Where did you hear that you need a quad for gaming? That's total BS. Most games don't even have optimization for quads. Most don't use more than 2.

Example, SC2.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/blizzard-entertainment-starcraft-ii-benchmark,2611-10.html

"The good news is that any modern dual-core CPU over 2.0 GHz should be able to run the game acceptably, and more megahertz will only help"

 

[brpeden82]

agreed

 

[shihaab]

I don't play starcraft or anything
but what IF in the future games require quad core processors?
I want the PC to run and play future games too.

 

[aznshinobi]

^ I'm just showing you that RTS games do not require quad cores. And in the future, it will not be anytime soon that games will require quad cores. We still have people running x86. It's going to be at least 2-4 years before we will see any quad-core requirement games.