My new gaming rig

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CyberPower

Reply to anora101

If this is for gaming only we could do way better for that budget, if you could fill out the 'new build advice' form at the top of the forum I'll see what I can do.

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Approximate Purchase Date: next 2 days

Budget Range: 1500-1800

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming and watching a movies

Parts Not Required: have a good keyboard and mouse and speakers and 24in monitor

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: new egg

Country: USA

Parts Preferences: by brand or type AMD cpu , full tower atx case, ASUS MB , evga, nvidia

Overclocking: Yes cpu

SLI or Crossfire: maybe next year

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1200

Additional Comments: need a window on case and room for cooler, don't like front doors on cases don't care about noise level

Message edited by anora101 on 02-09-2012 at 03:15:21 AM

Reply to anora101

OK firstly, it really makes no sense to go with AMD at this budget, the CPU you have chosen performs on par with the i3-2100 at stock (in games). I would certainly go with the i5-2500k, it massively outperforms anything from AMD in games. It overclocks very well too.

Also I wouldn't bother with SLI/Crossfire when playing on a single monitor, you will run into unnecessary problems with heat, noise and compatibility. It's best to go with a good single card for single monitor gaming in my opinion.

With the RAM, as far as I know no game will use more than 4GB so 8GB really is more than enough.

You would get much better performance out of something like this:

Intel Core i5-2500k
8GB Mushkin Silverline
ASRock Z68 Extreme3
Sapphire HD 7970 3GB
Samsung 830 128GB
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
XFX Core 550W
Coolermaster HAF 932
Noctua NH-D14
Samsung DVD Burner

Total: $1657.90 on Newegg

I realise that you specified ASUS/EVGA/AMD etc. but I would really urge you to research the parts I mentioned. You would get much better performance.

Shouldn't you go with like a 700 watt psu? 550 seems a little low?

Reply to BuBzXXL

I agree, you should go with a higher PSU (prolly 650 or more).

A Hyper 212 Evo could handle overclocking up to probably 4.5 ghz; if you plan on going over, then go with an MH-D14 (or look into closed loop water cooling ;D)

Also consider a ROG MAximus IV Gene-Z/ Gen 3

Great Reliability and performance, and considered one of the best boards out there right now.

Another thing is that for a single monitor, a 7970 could be considered overkill, but if your budget allows it, go for it!

Message edited by EnigmaticPebble on 02-09-2012 at 05:49:54 AM

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