BEST GAMING PC WITH MAX BUDGET OF $1800.00?????

[patrick47018]

Hello all I am looking at building my first gaming PC, I have built PC's before but never really one for gaming. I was wanting your opinions on what I should build, The price can be less and a monitor is not needed. So thank you all in advance for your help. Oh yeah by the way I am open to AMD or Intel, I have no preference. Thanks again

 

[AMD Radeon]

woooaaaa

do you want to max out 1800 or get what you really need? ideal gaming pc usually is 1200 max

anyway please use this format to ask community
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/353572-31-build-upgrade-advice

btw welcome to this forum

 

[patrick47018]

Approximate Purchase Date: In a few weeks

Budget Range: 1800 MAx( To answer your question 1800 is okay, but less is okay too)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming definitely

Are you buying a monitor: No i do not need a monitor

Parts to Upgrade: Everything, New build

Do you need to buy OS: Already able to get OS free with student Microsoft DreamSpark


Preferred Website(s) for Parts:No real preference

Location:Kentucky, USA

Parts Preferences: AMD or Intel no preference

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: Maybe

Your Monitor Resolution: 2560X1440

 

[patrick47018]

Actually I forgot, my monitor is rather broken, so 1080p is my television, I may use that or put a monitor into my build good sirs

 

[patrick47018]

Oh and I want to play games like Crysis 3 on Ultra, just so you all know, really any game on max settings out now or coming out anytime soon. Sorry for so many posts ^_^

 

[AMD Radeon]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($41.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Intel 520 Series Cherryville 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 680 4GB Video Card ($514.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($90.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional Gold 750W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($135.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($22.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS247H-P 23.6" Monitor ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1628.86
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-16 03:28 EST-0500)

 

[patrick47018]

I was actually thinking about this Video Card http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-PCI-Express-11197-05-40G/dp/B0098HW0H2/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3EQTBB93KWWOM&coliid=ID7OB9KMBADWC

Is it any good>?

 

[AMD Radeon]

yes 7970 is on par with 680 and with 6GB... it is pretty overkill if you play in 1080p. that card is designed for 3 monitor/eyefinity. normal 3GB version will do

 

[patrick47018]

Alright and what makes the i5 better than persay an AMD FX-8350 at 4.0Ghz?

 

[AMD Radeon]

amd core are not optimized enough, i5 at 3,4 kill that fx 8 core 4.0 in games

8 core only win at movie rendering / heavy multitasking workload

 

[patrick47018]

Oh so the AMD would fall short and keep me from playing games well? But would be good at me having more things going on in the background while playing games??

 

[TheGhxst]

Oh so the AMD would fall short and keep me from playing games well? But would be good at me having more things going on in the background while playing games??

An i5 would stomp in just having some background things open. When AMD is talking about heavy multitasking, he is talking about workstation heavy. Like some of the computers I have here at work, 3 monitors, 4-5 programs open, 2 web page windows with 15-20 tabs open. I need cores here like crazy.

 

[patrick47018]

Ok and as far as RAM goes would 16GB be overkill?

 

[patrick47018]

And how are your feelings about windows 8?

 

[TheGhxst]

And how are your feelings about windows 8?; Ok and as far as RAM goes would 16GB be overkill?

I personally have not used windows 8 yet, so I can't really say. I'm sticking with 7 for now. And as for RAM, if you are just core gaming then yeah 16 would be super overkill.

 

[patrick47018]

I mean gaming would be my first but I may get into other things, maybe even making a game of my own. And I helped my cousin build his PC and he has Windows 8, we just added a program that brings back the start button and opens to the desktop straight away and bypasses the stupid tile crap, which is what I would do if I got it, I can get any Microsoft OS for free, so whatever would be best

 

[patrick47018]

feelings on this Mobo?? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FGQLLG/ref=s9_wish_gw_d1_g147_ir06?ie=UTF8&colid=3EQTBB93KWWOM&coliid=IG3BY566SMC4J&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0NMX1WCSVQ7KVPHSE99G&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846

 

[TheGhxst]

feelings on this Mobo?? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005FGQLLG/ref=s9_wish_gw_d1_g147_ir06?ie=UTF8&colid=3EQTBB93KWWOM&coliid=IG3BY566SMC4J&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0NMX1WCSVQ7KVPHSE99G&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1389517282&pf_rd_i=507846

That is an AMD based board, which means it is not compatible with Intel's i5. Also if you want to play around with overclocking you're gunna need a Z77 board.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293

Something like that.

 

[patrick47018]

my bad i still had that up from looking at fx stuff

 

[patrick47018]

so like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157299&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Intel+Motherboards-_-N82E16813157299&gclid=CJ6w0tTC7LQCFehDMgodiAMAgQ

 

[AMD Radeon]

^ see my build above, it is for OCing, and comes with great cooler

 

[nix327]

I see that a lot of things have happened while i was putting together a build.. i'll post it anyway

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xSjI
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xSjI/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/xSjI/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($107.95 @ Mac Connection)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 2GB Video Card ($359.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($89.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus PA248Q 24.1" Monitor ($309.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1567.81
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-01-16 04:05 EST-0500)

 

[patrick47018]

Thanks guys, and Nix how about this GPU instead?? http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-DL-DVI-I-SL-DVI-D-PCI-Express-11197-05-40G/dp/B0098HW0H2/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3EQTBB93KWWOM&coliid=ID7OB9KMBADWC


And AMD RADEON, how about this cooler??? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-CPU+Fans+%26+Heatsinks-_-N82E16835608018&gclid=CIzrkNbD7LQCFY9DMgodOBEAgg

 

[AMD Radeon]

^ wow, that cooler is for heavy OCing, i recommend you to get it :O

but becareful most mobo have a conflict with that giant cooler, can be blocking ram/pcie slot

 

[patrick47018]

Know a mobo where it wouldn't??