BEST GAMING COMPUTER

[s281er238]

ive always owned intal cpu and asus boards .i want to build the best gaming machine what you guys recommend as far as board and cpu .Should i try amd for a chaneg or stick to intel i was looking into the asus boards the rampage v extreme or maximums i don't know whats better there are so many .What is the best cpu board combp for gaming

 

[sarinaide]

Best advice is to wait until next month with Ivy Bridge coming out and the full line up of Z77 motherboards. I would look at a i5 3570K to go with that.

On current availability I would say a ASUS P8Z68 V Pro Gen3 or a MSI Z68A GD80 with a i5 2500K

On the AMD front, if you accept the lesser per core performance and weaker IMC then the FX 8120 on a ASUS Crosshair V Formula is a consideration.

 

[Rockdpm]

Yea don't ever change from Intel, i will be getting ivy eventually..... first i have to get a NVIDIA Kepler card.... then i get ivy!....

I +1 to Sarinaide's comment

 

[s281er238]

so avoid I7 920 chip.i havea asus p6t7 deluxe with 6 gig ram 920 intel i7 and 4870 x2 card express pci 2 gig ram on board

 

[sarinaide]

The i7 920 is getting on now, a better upgrade will to be to look at a 950/960 or better but the old i7's have reached the end. Performance wise the cannot mach sandy or ivy and in most instances match the lower priced Phenom II x 6 Thubans in performance.

 

[s281er238]

so we wait for ivy

 

[serialkiller]

The best gaming rig you can build in few months time

intel i7 3930k
asus rampage iv extreme
corsair dominator 4x4 gb 1866mhz cas9 ddr3 ram
2 x evga gtx 680 hydro copper 2 classified
Crucial m4 128 gb ssd
wd velociraptor 600gb x2 in raid 0
3x seagate baracuda 3tb hdd
Seasonic x-1050w 80+ platinum
silverstone temjini tj 11


For cooling

xspc kit for asus rampage iv extreme and corsair dominator ram

coolance cpu block chrome

and icecool gtx 560 raditor

uber laning pump

 

[Memnarchon]

Hello.
Here is a some facts why to wait Ivybridge.

It will destroy any CPU gaming rival.
Full article: i7 3770K

 

[mjmjpfaff]

Hello.
Here is a some facts why to wait Ivybridge.
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph5626/44758.png
It will destroy any CPU gaming rival.
Full article: i7 3770K

I would not say destroy but it will be the best CPU out there in terms of gaming.