Gaming computer

[bigfoot1]

hello i am new to computer gaming and to this forum. i was wondering witch build would be better for my money. i plane on playing games like shogun 2 TW, COD, battle field 3, WOW. at top quality if possible. i am on a budget, of around 700ish.

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz Turbo

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD5 AM3+

OCZ Agility 2 OCZSSD2-2AGTE60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

HIS IceQ X Turbo H685QNT1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
[CPU mother board and ssd] are a combo deal

or

BIOSTAR TA75M FM1 AMD A75 (Hudson D3) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

AMD A6-3650 Llano 2.6GHz 4MB L2 Cache Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core

HIS IceQ X Turbo H685QNT1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB

CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM

[2x] Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive



or any other suggestions

 

[bigfoot1]

Antec EarthWatts EA-650 GREEN 650W

COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1

some optical drive off of a dell pc

 

[jjd721]

ok u should have enough watts to run every thing

your video card looks good (a gtx 560 will slightly out preform it)

the ram in the second build will be runing in single channel mode if you use 3 sticks i would get some gskill 8gb kit (2x4)

oh and whats your budget?

 

[bigfoot1]

700ish$ dont really wont to get into 800$,

 

[jjd721]

for $700 this is what i would recommend

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor

MOBO:ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890GX HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

Video card: gtx 560 ti or a redaon hd 6850

Power supply: XFX PRO750W XXX Edition Semi-Modular 80Plus Silver 750 Watt Power Supply

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1

optical drive: that dell optical drive

HDD: Samsung spinpoint f3 1tb

Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop

on newegg these parts come out to about $650

plus the OS and keyboard mouse and speakers

 

[bigfoot1]

okay thanks

 

[bigfoot1]

what settings can i expect to get out of this on shogun or something

 

[jjd721]

yea no problem u should get like ~80-90 fps on mw2 idk about wow or bf3

 

[jjd721]

shogan 2 --> http://www.geforce.com/Optimize/OPS/Shogun-2-Total-War-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560-Ti-OPS

WoW --> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-560-ti-gf114,2845-12.html

 

[bigfoot1]

ok thanks

 

[sarinaide]

I would go with an Intel setup if I were you, even the bulldozer will be a innefficient processor compared to the higher end sandybridge cpu's and you won't have compatibility with a piledriver by the looks of things.

GA-Z68XP-UD4 or UD5
Asus P8Z68 V Pro or P8P67 Pro
i5 2500k

much more efficent than anything AMD have to offer, and you have the option of going to ivybridge down the line, if it is at all necessary.

 

[joemama069]

since your not trying to blow all your money, stick with AMD. I have a triple core phenom ii 720 oc'ed to 3.4, 8 gigs of ddr3 1333 and a gtx 460 that i overclock a little and i max vsync @ 60fps with everything on the games you mentioned (besides BF3) cranked to the max at 1920x1080 with out a drop below 60... ever, crysis warhead, crysis 2, bfbc2, black ops, mw2, dirt 2 and 3, assassin's creed series and more and like i said.. never a hiccup

 

[bigfoot1]

Best answer selected by bigfoot1.

 

[bigfoot1]

okay one more quistion, waht brand of GTX 560 ti

 

[jjd721]

I would get a asus. It has a duel fans and great cooling