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Approximate Purchase Date: From now to a month.
Budget Range: Max is $800.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Hardcore gaming, and the basic computer usage.
Are you buying a monitor: No.
Parts to Upgrade: Everything, building from scratch.
Do you need to buy OS: No.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com
Location: Miami, Florida, United States.
Parts Preferences: Intel/Nvidia. However if AMD can deliver same results for less I wouldn't mind.
Overclocking: Later, I still want the possibility of doing so later down the road.
SLI or Crossfire: Later, Focusing on just getting one good graphic card, instead of two bad graphic cards.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: It has been my dream to always play games maxed out. I never play high end games because never had a good computer to run those games. But now I'm 18 and starting to work soon so I can afford building one, that is why the budget is limited.
I would feel bad if I just come her and just ask for help without doing some deep research myself. So I put two builds together, one going for Intel and the other one going for AMD.
Intel
CPU: ($230) i5 3570K
GPU: ($390) MSI N670 PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 670 2GB
PSU: ($30) Antec Neo Eco 620W
RAM: ($50) G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Mobo: ($90) ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Total: $790
Is this worth the money? Should I replace it for an i3 2100? Would the i3 have a huge impact CPU-Intensive games like Battlefield 3 MP or Starcraft II?
AMD
CPU: ($90) AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black
GPU: ($390) MSI N670 PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 670 2GB
PSU: ($30) Antec Neo Eco 620W
RAM: ($50) G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Mobo: ($90) ASRock 970 Extreme3
Total: $650
Is this worth it? Would the Phenom slow down the computer? Would it stop me from maxing out in games? I also want some kinda of future proof and something that will last me more than 2 years tops. Will this build give me that?
Sorry for all the questions. You guys are amazing at helping others in need of help. I read so many forums posts and I received an extraordinary amount of knowledge concerning computer hardware. Thank you all for your time.
~FallBless
Budget Range: Max is $800.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Hardcore gaming, and the basic computer usage.
Are you buying a monitor: No.
Parts to Upgrade: Everything, building from scratch.
Do you need to buy OS: No.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com and Tigerdirect.com
Location: Miami, Florida, United States.
Parts Preferences: Intel/Nvidia. However if AMD can deliver same results for less I wouldn't mind.
Overclocking: Later, I still want the possibility of doing so later down the road.
SLI or Crossfire: Later, Focusing on just getting one good graphic card, instead of two bad graphic cards.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: It has been my dream to always play games maxed out. I never play high end games because never had a good computer to run those games. But now I'm 18 and starting to work soon so I can afford building one, that is why the budget is limited.
I would feel bad if I just come her and just ask for help without doing some deep research myself. So I put two builds together, one going for Intel and the other one going for AMD.
Intel
CPU: ($230) i5 3570K
GPU: ($390) MSI N670 PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 670 2GB
PSU: ($30) Antec Neo Eco 620W
RAM: ($50) G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Mobo: ($90) ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Total: $790
Is this worth the money? Should I replace it for an i3 2100? Would the i3 have a huge impact CPU-Intensive games like Battlefield 3 MP or Starcraft II?
AMD
CPU: ($90) AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black
GPU: ($390) MSI N670 PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 670 2GB
PSU: ($30) Antec Neo Eco 620W
RAM: ($50) G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Mobo: ($90) ASRock 970 Extreme3
Total: $650
Is this worth it? Would the Phenom slow down the computer? Would it stop me from maxing out in games? I also want some kinda of future proof and something that will last me more than 2 years tops. Will this build give me that?
Sorry for all the questions. You guys are amazing at helping others in need of help. I read so many forums posts and I received an extraordinary amount of knowledge concerning computer hardware. Thank you all for your time.
~FallBless
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