I haven't built a PC in several years...so I haven't been keeping up on hardware. I am looking to build a gaming PC that can run Guild Wars 2, Borderlands 2, DayZ, The War-Z, etc on very high gfx at decent resolution. I would like to keep it around $1k for the full build, definitely not over $1400.
-I do not care if I go AMD or Intel for the processor, whatever you guys recommend.
-Same with mobo, whatever you guys recommend as long as it's 2-card SLI ready. Onboard sound works for me too, so no soundcard. My current mobo is EVGA, i've had great luck with EVGA and Asus in the past, but times do change...
-For video cards I would like to stay nVidia. I want to build a computer that's SLI ready but i'd like to wait to buy a 2nd card after the price drops...so like a year down the road. I am more than willing to buy a near top of the line card right now though, but just one! No quad SLI boards please, that's overkill for me.
-I have no idea which SSDs are good or bad for gaming. I just need one that's about 320g in size for the OS and games+apps. I already have storage HDs so no need for that.
-Whatever PSU you guys recommend for 2-card SLI ready. Same with RAM, what's standard these days? 8g? Both my current RAM and PSU are Corsair brand which seems to be a good brand.
-One kicker is I want a plain-jane case. No side window, no flashy stuff, just a normal looking case. I would like 120mm fans though, maybe 2 intake and 1 exhaust? Something like that. I like having 2 for intake to cool HDs.
-Also I have all my peripherals already, just need to build a PC.
-aftermarket CPU cooler, I don't like the stock ones. I normally just stay air cooling unless there's really easy water cooling options these days
As far as overclocking i'm really not too worried about it. I haven't really bothered with my current PC. Just looking for something that can run the games above on highest gfx settings. As you can see from my current PC specs I can't do that on some newer games and it sux.
Feel free to ask me more questions as I'm probably missing some stuff. I started browsing hardware this morning and there's so much new stuff I don't even know where to start!
-I do not care if I go AMD or Intel for the processor, whatever you guys recommend.
-Same with mobo, whatever you guys recommend as long as it's 2-card SLI ready. Onboard sound works for me too, so no soundcard. My current mobo is EVGA, i've had great luck with EVGA and Asus in the past, but times do change...
-For video cards I would like to stay nVidia. I want to build a computer that's SLI ready but i'd like to wait to buy a 2nd card after the price drops...so like a year down the road. I am more than willing to buy a near top of the line card right now though, but just one! No quad SLI boards please, that's overkill for me.
-I have no idea which SSDs are good or bad for gaming. I just need one that's about 320g in size for the OS and games+apps. I already have storage HDs so no need for that.
-Whatever PSU you guys recommend for 2-card SLI ready. Same with RAM, what's standard these days? 8g? Both my current RAM and PSU are Corsair brand which seems to be a good brand.
-One kicker is I want a plain-jane case. No side window, no flashy stuff, just a normal looking case. I would like 120mm fans though, maybe 2 intake and 1 exhaust? Something like that. I like having 2 for intake to cool HDs.
-Also I have all my peripherals already, just need to build a PC.
-aftermarket CPU cooler, I don't like the stock ones. I normally just stay air cooling unless there's really easy water cooling options these days
As far as overclocking i'm really not too worried about it. I haven't really bothered with my current PC. Just looking for something that can run the games above on highest gfx settings. As you can see from my current PC specs I can't do that on some newer games and it sux.
Feel free to ask me more questions as I'm probably missing some stuff. I started browsing hardware this morning and there's so much new stuff I don't even know where to start!
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