Hello there. Im building a new rig specifically for the games above, as well as future titles, and I'd like some feedback. Id like to play these game at high/ultra settings if able within my budget. This is NOT my first build, I had been doing it for years up until about a few years ago due to money, travel, moving etc, and im pretty out of the loop, but any feed back would be appreciated. If you think there are components I can find alternatives to to shave off a few bucks cool, as long as it doesnt sacrifice power. Thanks much.
For: Gaming (battlefield 3, skyrim, rage, etc)
Budget:1000-1300 USD
Parts: Microcenter (all prices are from their website in the last week or two, Ill be picking them up in store)
Parts not needed: monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard.
Components list:
Case: Nzxt Phantom II - 112.00
Cpu: I5-2500k - 180
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX 155.00
Psu: Corsair Gaming Series 800 Watt High Performance ATX 140.00
HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 7,200RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" 45.00
Optical: not concerned. approximately 20.00
Ram: Patriot Viper Xtreme Series 4GB DDR3-1600 or Patriot Viper II Sector 5 Series Patriot Viper II DDR3-1600 each 50.00
GPU: either 2x GTX 460's 1gb or x2 Ati 6850 1gb. Id prefer 460's however im finding them increasingly difficult to find on the market.
$320.00-340.00
Do you think this is suitable for high settings on the games mentioned, and holdup for some time?
My other alternative would be a single GTX 570 and at a later date, buy a second one. As is theyre roughly 300.00-320.00
Is the dual card set-up better or the single 570. Im looking for instant gratification here. If the single 570 pulls as much weight as X2 460's or 6850'S ill take it.
Otherwise dual cards are what id go for.
Total around 1050.00 w/o cooling, tax and MIR
The other component that im most unsure of, is the heatsink/cpu cooling, I was looking at the Noctua Dh-14,
but it isnt available at microcenter, and i was actually hoping for something more around 50-70 to wrap up the build that i old find in store that is community approved and recommended.
Thoughts?
For: Gaming (battlefield 3, skyrim, rage, etc)
Budget:1000-1300 USD
Parts: Microcenter (all prices are from their website in the last week or two, Ill be picking them up in store)
Parts not needed: monitor, speakers, mouse, keyboard.
Components list:
Case: Nzxt Phantom II - 112.00
Cpu: I5-2500k - 180
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX 155.00
Psu: Corsair Gaming Series 800 Watt High Performance ATX 140.00
HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 7,200RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" 45.00
Optical: not concerned. approximately 20.00
Ram: Patriot Viper Xtreme Series 4GB DDR3-1600 or Patriot Viper II Sector 5 Series Patriot Viper II DDR3-1600 each 50.00
GPU: either 2x GTX 460's 1gb or x2 Ati 6850 1gb. Id prefer 460's however im finding them increasingly difficult to find on the market.
$320.00-340.00
Do you think this is suitable for high settings on the games mentioned, and holdup for some time?
My other alternative would be a single GTX 570 and at a later date, buy a second one. As is theyre roughly 300.00-320.00
Is the dual card set-up better or the single 570. Im looking for instant gratification here. If the single 570 pulls as much weight as X2 460's or 6850'S ill take it.
Otherwise dual cards are what id go for.
Total around 1050.00 w/o cooling, tax and MIR
The other component that im most unsure of, is the heatsink/cpu cooling, I was looking at the Noctua Dh-14,
but it isnt available at microcenter, and i was actually hoping for something more around 50-70 to wrap up the build that i old find in store that is community approved and recommended.
Thoughts?
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