BestConfigs Poll - Budget Intel-Based Gaming PC

the z68x-ud3 also had a combo deal with that same ram, which would have allowed you to use a spinpoint and evga 560 ti's. you also could have used the microcenter i5-2500k+z68x-ud3h combo, which was $290 a couple days ago ($300 now).

either way, i think you demonstrated pretty clearly that if you jump on the right deals, you can have an i5-2500k + dual 560 ti system for under $1000, and that cant really be beat.

no offense, but i think the single gtx 570 has no business up here seeing as there were several perfectly capable gtx 580 builds.

only a 6950 2gb? how did that get in here? i didnt know this was the best gaming build after you spend another 250$ on a second gpu......

does anyone know what you get if you win?? everyone has been asking and i m curious too.

oh noes! I'm losing! ;(
Oh well .
I forgot about this... should've changed the graphics card. IMO my build would've been great if it hadn't been the graphics card. .

Same. I wanted to try to get at least a little something too.

Fame. Sort of
Your build will be in the next System Build thing and you will be given credit.

It would be very interesting to me to see a very similar to my own personal pc on the next system build if I won. This would help me a lot improve on my next upgrade by catching problems I miss

Anyone have a gaming build that is abouts 1500? or a bit less?

i though all i had to compete with was leo's build since it had the 2nd best gpu setup (performance wise).... but i guess not.

We had this bestconfig from before and I never know what do you get if you
get the most votes.
So what do you get?

the case+cpu combo in the last build is no longer available. I wonder what will happen when that build wins & prospective buyers click that link which goes on to NOTHING.

For the sake of system build, TBH I don't want techno's build to win. Same build as last time. I really wish to see a 570 or 2x560tis. This would be interesting. Come on....

All of these builds suck so I just chose the 6950 build.

I just configed a build yesterday on newegg for under $1000 and it had a 96gb ssd on it.

I would not build a gaming pc today without an SSD in it.

ill make some changes to my build right here if you want....i thought the voting would never happen so i gave up updating my build

MJMJ'S REVISED 1000$ GAMING GREAT

i5 2500k- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115072 220$

Asrock p67 extreme4- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157265 160$ i just stumbled across this and damn it looks good

antec 750w psu- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 2a1lvddl3i 70$

Galaxy gtx 560 ti- http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.ph [...] Video-Card 187x2=374$

Gskill 4gb 1600mhz- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231427 35$

seagate barracuda 500gb & lg dvd burner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Comb [...] mbo.696157 52$ the lg burner and the same hdd bundle was still there it was just more expensive

Antec 300 illusion- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6811129066 50$

hyper 212 plus- http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Maste [...] 824&sr=1-1 27$

Total=988$

what gpu do you have in it?

so his build is really a solid 800$ build?

ya i could afford 8gb's of ram if i went with a i5 2500k from microcenter...maybe they should set some rules to this

thats where tomshardware needs to come in they should set some rules like no mail in rebates, buying from microcenter (because you need to pick it up), i think combos are fine just dont add any mail in rebates. also dont start the voting right at the start of the month. whos great idea was that?

hmmm wouldn't the 912s need more fans? they just have 2, though they're great cases btw.

My vote goes with the no-combo CPU cooler included build

But it never registered Sorry Leo I guess noscript turned it into a "blank vote".

This is very similar to the build i had entered in this (friendly) competition...editors didn't pick it lol. Though that may be because it kind of exceeded the budget by i think $100 without MIRs if i remember correctly...or maybe bacause these seemed better...can't tell.

well they are not bad just slower and more expensive (the 1tb hdd).....a lot of people say they are much more reliable but i dont buy it. the samsungs are just as reliable.

^agreed on the expense, even the 500GB ones are more expensive. But i thought they're supposed to be "performance" drives with very low access times?

I used these charts for reference:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] ,1007.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] ,1008.html

It's just the forum culture. Used to be very pro-WD and lately has swung away to Samsung and Seagate. WD does usually come up as the leader in reliability, especially in enterprise drives. I prefer WD myself as a long time user.
I always get the expected HD Tune scores on them and haven't had a problem with one since about '94. The problem I had in '94 was resolved instantly by WD, as they rushed me a new drive and I just mailed back the old one once I got the new one. All free of shipping charges.... but that was '94, they probably don't do that these days.

I have used Samsung drives in builds and also found them to be good.