Can someone help me with building a gaming desktop?

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Patrick

Hello, I am quite new to PC gaming, but I would like to make the switch from my Xbox 360 to a PC. My Xbox is pretty old and I fear it might not have much time left, so I would like to switch over to PC gaming. I honestly have no idea about customizing desktop computers for gaming, and I just want to do some research before wasting my money on something that I could have built myself for a cheaper price. If anyone could point me to tutorials on how to build a PC for gaming, that would be great. I'm not looking for a super computer, just something that can handle Black Ops 2, Skyrim, Assassins Creed, and games like that. Thank you for your replies in advance!

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Chassis - NZXT Phantom 410 ($84)
CPU - Intel i5-3570K ($210)
Motherboard - Asrock Z77 Pro 3 ($95)
RAM - Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 ($72)
Video card - Asus GTX 660 Ti ($255)
Hard drive - Seagate Barracuda 1TB ($70)
Optical drive - Samsung DVD RW ($15)
Power Supply - Thermaltake Smart Series 750w ($90)
Operating system - Windows 7 or 8 ($90)
Mouse - Razer Deathadder 2013 ($55)
Display - Viewsonic VX2370Smh-LED ($165)
Solid-state drive - Crucial M4 128GB ($115)
Sound card - Creative Sound Blaster Titanium HD ($140)

These all seem like some good deals , best of all these parts really work well ...

How much will it cost to build a high-end gaming computer in 2013?

Theo Turne

I'm thinking of building a new gaming PC this year (I built one in 2010 for around £1000 but its getting a bit dated now). I expect to be building around June-July time, and given the current speculation on future releases from Intel/AMD, my specs will be approximately as follows:

i7-4770k
HD 8970 3GB
16GB 1600MHz RAM
Crossfire ready LGA1150 Motherboard
Decent case with 750/850W PSU (for potential Crossfire)
256GB SSD (no HDDs, I hardly use any space, currently running Win 7 with 5 games, using 120GB)
Windows 8 Pro (with Blue upgrade)
Peripherals: 1080p 27" monitor, decent gaming mouse/keyboard/headset (expected to be £300-400 for all peripherals)

What sort of price do you think this would equate to? Note that the launch price of the i7-4770k is expected to be about the same as that of the 3770k, and likewise for the HD 8970. Could I get it for under £2000 (a little over $3000)?

Fell free to make comments on my choices/suggestions (I will consider getting an nVidia GPU but not an AMD CPU). Thanks!
Please note that I live in the UK and therefore prices are around 20% higher than in America.
@Wcdih... I'm not going to get X79 as it won't be any better for gaming than X87. I have a friend with an i5 2500k and a GTX560Ti, another with an i7 3930k and a GTX560Ti and they get Identical fps. Have you got any links to the specs of that i5 you mentioned?

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processor is too much, i5 3570k is all you need.

if you are gettign 16 gigs of ram make sure its 4 x 4 gigs and not 2 x 8 gigs and 8 gig sticks have higher latency timings in general.

rest looks good.

could easily get for £2000

personally i would just upgrade your current one if you spend £1000 on it 3 years ago it must have an i7 or similar and good psu. just get a new graphics card and SSD.

the only thing i would change is the monitor, if you are going over 26" you are far better off swapping to a 2560 x 1600 res monitor, trust me it looks amazing.

my friend has one of these, its amazing:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/27-dell-u2713hm-led-ips-monitor-dp-hdmi-dvi-vga-2560x1440-10001-350cd-m2-8ms-black-with-4-port-usb-3

okay its probably gonna cost closer to £500 - 525 with all the keyboard mouse etc now but trust me its worth it, if your paying £2000 you may aswell go for the best.

EDIT:

editing due to your post.

you do realise processor has nothing to do with gaming performance. the i7 4770k will perform almost no different than an old phenom 2 965 in gaming if paired with identical graphics cards.

aslong a as a processor can run a game having a better one will make, at most, 2 - 3 FPS difference.

your friends get the same performance because they have the same graphics card, if the one with a i5 2500k got a 660ti he would have far better gaming performance than the one with the i7.

anandtech.com seems to be down at the moment but if you look at the benches between CPUs and scroll down to the bottom and look at gaming performance you will see minute changes between the 3570k and the 3770k processors but , in comparison, huge changes between the nvidia 660 and the nvidia 680.

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