Building a new gaming pc

[thebozz333]

So I have a lot of it figured out on what I am buying but I still need some advice on what GPU to get

I can get 2 of these now

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127608

Or I can get one of these now but probably wouldn't end up getting a 2nd until the prices dropped considerably if ever.



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130687

Sometimes I'll be using my 42 in 1080p LCD, but mostly an older 21inch 1080i monitor. I obviously want it to be amazing on the tv though.

 

[striker410]

Can you give us the specs of the system?

At 1080p I'd suggest at least a GTX 560 Ti, like the one you listed (maybe a cheaper version) although many prefer 6950's. You can find 6970's for as little as $270 now, might wanna look into that.

NO! That 570 is a bad buy. 1GB of Vram is plenty for 1080p. Plenty.

 

[kajabla]

I think the 570's definitely the way to go, but as striker says, its stock 1.2gb of VRAM is plenty. This one, $340 after rebate (EVGA Superclocked DS): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130740

 

[thebozz333]

Ok this leads to mroe Questions. Why is that 570 a bad guy? And why do so many people jump up and down screaming(ok maybe not screaming) that BF3 needs at least 1.2GB?

 

[esrever]

people want to justify their purchase by claiming stuff.

bf3 runs fine on 1 gb of ram.

 

[thebozz333]

Sorry didn't see you asking for system specs


mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131791

cpu - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

SSD - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147134

RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231478

case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129087

cooler - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118097

or - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709002

 

[striker410]

Woah there buddy! Nice setup. I'd make a few tweaks though.
-First, where is the PSU and HDD?
-Might wanna drop the case to a $99 one, like the HAF 922 or Corsair 400R.
-Get 8GB ram. Much cheaper and you'll see the same performance.
-Drop the cooler to something like a Hyper 212+ EVO unless you plan on doing some CRAZY OCing.
-Lastly, cheaper motherboard. An ASRock P67 Gen3 Extreme4, or the Z68 Extreme3 are good options that will save you a bundle.

We'll talk more about graphics once you've looked at those changes

 

[thebozz333]

My bad, I was planning on going with a corsair hx850 or 1050 for the modularness(that a word?) and If I SLI I don't want to have to worry about lack of juice. I was concerned dropping back to an ASrock as I have heard lots of bad things. I really hadn't fully decided on the cooler and apparently grabbed the worng link for the ram, meant to grab the link for the 8GB kit.

Thanks for all the input

 

[striker410]

A cheaper Asus would do the trick then. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131806 Gene-Z anyone?
MicroATX not your thing? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131792

 

[thebozz333]

I think I am settlgin in on the asus - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131792&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=4176827&SID=1h8tdkg4jjrdw

But a question that didnt get answered was why was that EVGA I posted a bad card?

 

[striker410]

It's bad because:
-2GB Vram. You DO NOT need 2 GB Vram.
-Way high price for what you get. You pay an incredible premium for something so unneccessary.

Seriously, try a 570 with 1280MB of ram or something. I'd prefer a 6970 but it's your call.