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Buyers Guide: High-End Intel-Based Gaming PC Configuration

It's easy to get carried away when someone hands you a healthy budget for picking parts. This quarter's high-end Intel-based gaming rig balances all of the pieces smartly. An unlocked Core i7-3770K is the foundation for a pretty potent PC. The ASRock Z77-based motherboard has everything but Thunderbolt, which no doubt saved some scratch for other components. To that, we add a 128 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD and 2 TB of conventional storage for user data. The dual-GPU GeForce GTX 690 naturally takes center stage, driving unprecedented frame rates in your favorite titles and eating up half of the budget for the entire build. Congratulations to forum member Django for having his recommended build picked by the Tom's Hardware community this quarter!

Updates
  • March 14, 2013 : Updated to reflect the Q1 2013 BestConfigs Poll - Congratulations Django!
  • August 18, 2011 : Updated to reflect Q3 2011 BestConfigs Poll - Congratulations sadams04!