Are these good specs & value for a Gaming PC?

James

Hi everyone, just wondering if this is good value for the specifications of this PC: & how many years would you say I could go on playing high-end games until upgrading any of the components..

Motherboard: P67 Intel
CPU: Intel Core I7 2600K
Graphics Card: nVidia GTX 560
Ram: 16GB
Hard disk: 2x 1TB (2 TB in total)
24x optical drive
OP system: Windows 7 Home premium 64bit.
Has 2x USB 3.0 ports & 6x USB 2.0 ports
Comes with 24" HD Acer Monitor + a generic keyboard & mouse.

$1644 AU ($1764 USD)

Thanks
Actually Justin, if you were to read the question, it asks if the specs for this computer are good value for the price, as well as how many years I could play high-end games on it before upgrading... And how can I brag about something I haven't bought yet?
Thank you.

Answer
Oh yea your set! you wont be needing to upgrade any time soon, you have 16GB of RAM and most games now recommend 3 to 4GB and your GPU is very good, a GTX 560 is pretty new and a beast card at that and your CPU is a beast as well, your loaded so don't worry about having to upgrade any time soon. 1644 is definately a lot of money but you could get for a lil cheaper if you custom built it yourself but I'd go for it cause you got some serious hardware in that thing. As for how long it would be till you need upgrade, it really just depends on you because it depends on what level of graphic setting your running your games at but my personal opinion is prob in the next 5 or so yeas, I have a Radeon 3850 which came out in 07 and I'm still running new games at medium to high settings but that's excluding crysis and crysis warhead of course.

What hidden item Pc game has higher replay value?

Dar V

I brought a game online called Kuros, and I really liked it on sandlot.com. Unfortunately, the puzzles never change nor the finding games change. I got to the point that I know how to find and solve every puzzle in the game and beaten over 5 times. Now, I'm wondering if there are any hidden object games with puzzle games and search that changes for a challenge every time you replay

Answer
Fallout 3 which would take normally over 300 hours to do everything in game and that is not a far shot estimate at all, the game is huge. It's based in and around D.C and some of Virginia.

You have the option to be your own person make your own character be as good or bad as you want. Be a savior and help people? Or become a slaver, raider in and around the ruins of D.C

There are choices in the game were you can save a city which was built around an unexploded Atomic Bomb and disable it or you can rig it too go off.

The choice is yours

The trailier to the game is here to get a peak at the game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZpR51XgW0

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How does this gaming pc sound to you?

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Will

So I plan on building a gaming pc soon. I have a mildly tight budget(700 - 900$). Give your honest opinion on it and all. I plan to play games such as Skyrim, Planetside 2, Battlefield 3 and Elder Scrolls online(when it comes out) Thanks.
Case: Antec 900
Motherboard: MSI Z87 G43
Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon 7770
Power supply: Corsair CX600
CPU: Intel i5 4430
RAM: Corsair value select 8GB 1333mhz
HDD: Seagate 500GB
OS: Windows 7 HP
Optical Dive: OD pulled from previous pc.

Answer
RAM is too slow. Not cpu compatible.
For gaming, not high enough on the graphics. Your price of CPU-Graphics is out of balance. Graphics should cost more than the cpu. HDD is small. Using a Z87 with a locked clock cpu.
Power supply is more than you need. Motherboard is crossfire compatible, but not SLI compatible and does take a 10% performance reduction compared to x8,x8 boards.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xSpu
$730.28 now after rebates.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xSv1
$835 is a minimum graphics card to stay with a Haswell i5.
I show other upgrades also. Motherboard with shared bandwidth is better in crossfire, and is sli compatible
Might be cheaper in a i5-3570K or cut to an FX-6300.
The graphics card at a cheap brand HD 7850 is about your lowest to be.
Adding two references for you:
About graphics card upgrade - new build uses the same info
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As3_bG9s1FBTBnMCpx0UZebty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20130816021720AAgXVjJ
Gaming PCs from a great builder
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/vanquish.asp
You should be duplicating or close to it.
You can plan to upgrade into it later but get as close as possible now.

Gaming PC build that could run any game for the next few years?

ChucNorris

I'm looking into building a new gaming PC. I would like to be able to play games like Battlefield 3, Guild Wars 2, and other games coming out in the next few years. I want this computer to last me at least 4 years without needing any expensive upgrades. My budget is about 800 but I'd be willing to go up to 1000. I want to max these games out and run them at a full steady 60 frames per second.
Thanks.

Answer
Depends if you still need a monitor and/or an operating system


If you have a monitor and operating system then try this:

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($292.55 @ Newegg)
Case: Azza CSAZ-1000 ATX Full Tower Case ($89.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $965.46
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-27 00:43 EST-0500)

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If you already have a monitor but no operating system then:

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

CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($279.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Video Card ($216.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Azza CSAZ-1000 ATX Full Tower Case ($89.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $979.87
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-27 00:41 EST-0500)

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Operating System but no monitor:

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

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($37.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 6950 1GB Video Card ($263.22 @ NCIX US)
Case: Azza CSAZ-1000 ATX Full Tower Case ($89.98 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80 PLUS Silver Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($24.98 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Acer G245HQLbd 60Hz 23.6" Monitor ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $976.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-12-27 00:50 EST-0500)

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Other options:
Downgrade CPU to a Intel i5 2310 and get a 32gb SSD to install the operating system on

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What brand of computer offers the best value?

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Kevin

I'm looking to buy a new gaming PC, and want to get the best value for my money possible. If I have ~$1500 to spend, what brand of computer would offer me the most performance for that price (Systemax, iBuyPower, etc.)? Also, what store would sell those computers for the best price (Tiger Direct, Amazon, Micro Center)?
Just FYI, I am looking for a desktop, not a laptop.

Answer
Best value for the dollar is Ibuypower or Cyberpower PC. Those are the best sites for configuring a gaming system, short of building one from scratch yourself.

Of course having it assembled, tested and Windows installed is worth the slightly higher cost. You don't have to deal with the headaches of getting a defective/DOA component and having to exchange it before you can complete your build.

They are carried by Newegg (best prices overall), Tiger Direct (2nd best) and even Walmart carries some models. But unless you're lucky enough to find a system configured exactly the way you want it, I recommend buying directly from their site.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com
http://www.ibuypower.com

Ordering directly has two major advantages- one, you get exactly the components you want which often isn't possible with the units sold in retail stores. For example, I always want a high-quality power supply like Corsair or Antec in my builds.

The 2nd reason to order directly addresses the one knock against CyberpowerPC and Ibuypower- their default computer cases aren't the highest quality (of course you can pick what you want when ordering direct) and some people get damaged units- reading the reviews it almost always seems to be that computers were dropped or banged around during shipping and arrived with CD drives or video cards knocked loose or broken drive bay doors etc. Probably more the fault of the shipping company than the manufacturer but still, something you have to consider.

When getting it through retail channels, boxes get shipped around more (from the manufacturer to the merchant, then from the merchant to you) with more opportunities to be mishandled at some point.

What do you think of my Gaming PC build?

Isaac

What do you think of my strictly gaming pc build? Here are the specs.

HAF 912
ECS H61H2-M2
i3-2120
Seasonic S12II 620 620w
EVGA GTX 570
G.Skill 8gb 1333 Value Series
CD/DVD Burner
Windows 7

How well will it perform? Will it max out modern games? Keep in mind this system is strictly for gaming. Thanks!

Answer
You're in good shape, but for running games on max detail I'd recommend upgrading to a Core i5 2400 or 2500. There's almost no difference between the Core i5 2500 and Core i7 2600 in games, so paying more for the i7 isn't worth it for gaming. And for playing on HIGH settings, the Core i3 2120 is fine. But when you push to ultra settings in really intense titles, the CPU starts to play a bigger role. Basically in the scenarios where you'd take full advantage of a GTX 570, you'll want a bit more CPU horsepower behind it.

If your budget is tight, go with 4gb of RAM and a Core i5 2300 or 2320. At ultra settings it would pay off. Maybe consider the 448 core GTX 560 Ti classified edition instead of the GTX 570. That would save enough to upgrade your CPU. The 448 core model is really a lower-end GTX 570, based upon the same GPU.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-560-ti-448-core-benchmark,3082-4.html

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How good of a gaming pc is this so far?

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Marcoz

I am planning on building my own gaming pc to handle games like Skyrim and Far Cry 3 on ultra or high settings. So far these are the parts I am choosing to buy.
-AMD FX-8320 Vishera CPU
-ASRock 970 Pro3 R2.0 Motherboard
-Radeon HD 7950 Graphics Card
-Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 8gb 1600 Ram
-Seagate Barracuda 1tb 7200RPM Hard Drive
-Seasonic G 550w Power Supply
-Asus BW-14D1XT Optical Drive
-Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
Are the parts I have chosen compatible with each other? And if they are how would you rank the pc these parts would build on a scale of 1-10. 10 being amazing, and 1 being piece of crap. And if you guys have suggestions for me for different parts I could get instead of the ones I have chosen to make my pc more powerful without costing me a lot more please let me know. Thanks guys any advice is appreciated.

Answer
AMD just came out with a new video card series to replace their aging Radeon HD 7xxx series. It might be a better value to get a R9 280 when it releases on October 15th ($250) or get a R9 280X that is almost the equivalent of a GTX 770 for $300.

What brand of computer offers the best value?

Kevin

I'm looking to buy a new gaming PC, and want to get the best value for my money possible. If I have ~$1500 to spend, what brand of computer would offer me the most performance for that price (Systemax, iBuyPower, etc.)? Also, what store would sell those computers for the best price (Tiger Direct, Amazon, Micro Center)?
Just FYI, I am looking for a desktop, not a laptop.

Answer
Best value for the dollar is Ibuypower or Cyberpower PC. Those are the best sites for configuring a gaming system, short of building one from scratch yourself.

Of course having it assembled, tested and Windows installed is worth the slightly higher cost. You don't have to deal with the headaches of getting a defective/DOA component and having to exchange it before you can complete your build.

They are carried by Newegg (best prices overall), Tiger Direct (2nd best) and even Walmart carries some models. But unless you're lucky enough to find a system configured exactly the way you want it, I recommend buying directly from their site.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com
http://www.ibuypower.com

Ordering directly has two major advantages- one, you get exactly the components you want which often isn't possible with the units sold in retail stores. For example, I always want a high-quality power supply like Corsair or Antec in my builds.

The 2nd reason to order directly addresses the one knock against CyberpowerPC and Ibuypower- their default computer cases aren't the highest quality (of course you can pick what you want when ordering direct) and some people get damaged units- reading the reviews it almost always seems to be that computers were dropped or banged around during shipping and arrived with CD drives or video cards knocked loose or broken drive bay doors etc. Probably more the fault of the shipping company than the manufacturer but still, something you have to consider.

When getting it through retail channels, boxes get shipped around more (from the manufacturer to the merchant, then from the merchant to you) with more opportunities to be mishandled at some point.

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What AMD processor do you recommend for a budget gaming PC?

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Anonymous

I'm building my own budget gaming PC and I need help choosing a processor. I want AMD because they're cheaper and better value than intel. Which would you recommend? Id like to play Minecraft with all settings on high with no lag, and maybe a game like Alpha Protocol on medium settings. If you have any other helpful info please share. Thanks

Answer
For those on a budget you absolutely cannot beat AMD for price/performance. Especially Micro Center, where you get a FREE motherboard with the purchase of a processor:

http://www.microcenter.com/specials/promotions/AMDbundlePROMO.html

Got a Phenom II 840 last year for 90$, and a free motherboard!

For really good deals, try Slickdeals. The highly rated deals are always the best. Recently there was an HD 6670 on sale for 40$ after rebate, and a free game:

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/74428/newegg-gigabyte-radeon-hd-6670-1gb-ddr3-pci-express-video-card-gvr667d31gi-dirt-3-game-coupon

Got one myself. It's supposed to be able to handle Battlefield 3 on medium-high settings, and should have no problems with any of the two games listed. It's probably one of the best cards out there for gamers on a budget.

How does this gaming pc sound to you?

Will

So I plan on building a gaming pc soon. I have a mildly tight budget(700 - 900$). Give your honest opinion on it and all. I plan to play games such as Skyrim, Planetside 2, Battlefield 3 and Elder Scrolls online(when it comes out) Thanks.
Case: Antec 900
Motherboard: MSI Z87 G43
Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon 7770
Power supply: Corsair CX600
CPU: Intel i5 4430
RAM: Corsair value select 8GB 1333mhz
HDD: Seagate 500GB
OS: Windows 7 HP
Optical Dive: OD pulled from previous pc.

Answer
RAM is too slow. Not cpu compatible.
For gaming, not high enough on the graphics. Your price of CPU-Graphics is out of balance. Graphics should cost more than the cpu. HDD is small. Using a Z87 with a locked clock cpu.
Power supply is more than you need. Motherboard is crossfire compatible, but not SLI compatible and does take a 10% performance reduction compared to x8,x8 boards.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xSpu
$730.28 now after rebates.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1xSv1
$835 is a minimum graphics card to stay with a Haswell i5.
I show other upgrades also. Motherboard with shared bandwidth is better in crossfire, and is sli compatible
Might be cheaper in a i5-3570K or cut to an FX-6300.
The graphics card at a cheap brand HD 7850 is about your lowest to be.
Adding two references for you:
About graphics card upgrade - new build uses the same info
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As3_bG9s1FBTBnMCpx0UZebty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20130816021720AAgXVjJ
Gaming PCs from a great builder
http://www.digitalstormonline.com/vanquish.asp
You should be duplicating or close to it.
You can plan to upgrade into it later but get as close as possible now.

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What is a Great Value Gaming Rig Configuration?

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Isaac

The title says it all. I am building my first gaming PC and want to know what is a good gaming configuration for under 900$? I want to play modern games on max including BF3. Please help me with this. Thanks.

Answer
Like I am telling everybody, that says they have a budget, your biggest savings is going to come if you already have a hard drive, even if it is a SATA2 drive, just reuse it for a few more months. The price of hard drives has doubled and tripled over the last few weeks, due to flooding overseas... The SATA2 drives will be slightly slower, but the price of a 1Tb SATA3 64mb drive is $220 here in the states, they were $76 about a month and a half ago... which will eat up most of your builds money... So if you have an old drive, use it, and that will save you alot for the time being for better faster hardware now... For budget vs. performance, you cannot beat the i5 even the 2300, 2320, 2400, 2500 i5, with a good z68 chipset motherbaord can overclock up to 3.8Ghz, which is really no slouch... Using the same graphics card, a 560GTX ti 950mhz, gained 4000 points in Futuremark 06 from just upgrading to the 2400 overclocked to the same 3.8Ghz that my old q9550 was overclocked to... To put it like this, the q9550 stock out performs about all the Phenom II quads, so as you can see even my q9550 overclocked was kinda bottlenecking my 560GTX ti... The Sandy Bridge is just that good of a platform... Look for used i5's on ebay for bid, and try to snag one cheap. I got my 2400 i5 for $120, paired with a AsRock Extreme3 Gen3 motherboard, G.Skill 2133mhz ram, and my old Gigabyte 560GTX ti... My setup would cost about $600 American, leaving you some breathing room for a good heatsink fan for the CPU, and a good cooling case, and even enough for a decent hard drive, if you don't have one...

What are the best options for a moderate priced gaming PC?

paswa17

I'm making a gaming PC with a $1K budget (without monitor). What type of processor is better - AMD or Intel? Also what sort of video cards are better - Radeon or GeForce? Please respond in terms of value, not "what's the best, most expensive one on the market".
Any other tips like min specs for processor speed, RAM...would be helpful.
I probably wouldn't do any overclocking.

Answer
i was an amd fan till the c2d line, now intel is killing amd. same goes for nvidia, i liked ati but nvidia kills them now. get at least 1gb of ram, 2 if it fits ur budget. i know u said u dont think ull overclock, BUT, if u went with an asus board(very easy to overclock) and overclocked, you could get a cheaper c2d processor and overclock to save some money

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What brand of computer offers the best value?

best gaming pc value image

Kevin

I'm looking to buy a new gaming PC, and want to get the best value for my money possible. If I have ~$1500 to spend, what brand of computer would offer me the most performance for that price (Systemax, iBuyPower, etc.)? Also, what store would sell those computers for the best price (Tiger Direct, Amazon, Micro Center)?
Just FYI, I am looking for a desktop, not a laptop.

Answer
Best value for the dollar is Ibuypower or Cyberpower PC. Those are the best sites for configuring a gaming system, short of building one from scratch yourself.

Of course having it assembled, tested and Windows installed is worth the slightly higher cost. You don't have to deal with the headaches of getting a defective/DOA component and having to exchange it before you can complete your build.

They are carried by Newegg (best prices overall), Tiger Direct (2nd best) and even Walmart carries some models. But unless you're lucky enough to find a system configured exactly the way you want it, I recommend buying directly from their site.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com
http://www.ibuypower.com

Ordering directly has two major advantages- one, you get exactly the components you want which often isn't possible with the units sold in retail stores. For example, I always want a high-quality power supply like Corsair or Antec in my builds.

The 2nd reason to order directly addresses the one knock against CyberpowerPC and Ibuypower- their default computer cases aren't the highest quality (of course you can pick what you want when ordering direct) and some people get damaged units- reading the reviews it almost always seems to be that computers were dropped or banged around during shipping and arrived with CD drives or video cards knocked loose or broken drive bay doors etc. Probably more the fault of the shipping company than the manufacturer but still, something you have to consider.

When getting it through retail channels, boxes get shipped around more (from the manufacturer to the merchant, then from the merchant to you) with more opportunities to be mishandled at some point.

What do you think of my Gaming PC build?

Isaac

What do you think of my strictly gaming pc build? Here are the specs.

HAF 912
ECS H61H2-M2
i3-2120
Seasonic S12II 620 620w
EVGA GTX 570
G.Skill 8gb 1333 Value Series
CD/DVD Burner
Windows 7

How well will it perform? Will it max out modern games? Keep in mind this system is strictly for gaming. Thanks!

Answer
You're in good shape, but for running games on max detail I'd recommend upgrading to a Core i5 2400 or 2500. There's almost no difference between the Core i5 2500 and Core i7 2600 in games, so paying more for the i7 isn't worth it for gaming. And for playing on HIGH settings, the Core i3 2120 is fine. But when you push to ultra settings in really intense titles, the CPU starts to play a bigger role. Basically in the scenarios where you'd take full advantage of a GTX 570, you'll want a bit more CPU horsepower behind it.

If your budget is tight, go with 4gb of RAM and a Core i5 2300 or 2320. At ultra settings it would pay off. Maybe consider the 448 core GTX 560 Ti classified edition instead of the GTX 570. That would save enough to upgrade your CPU. The 448 core model is really a lower-end GTX 570, based upon the same GPU.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-560-ti-448-core-benchmark,3082-4.html

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What is a Great Value Gaming Rig Configuration?

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Isaac

The title says it all. I am building my first gaming PC and want to know what is a good gaming configuration for under 900$? I want to play modern games on max including BF3. Please help me with this. Thanks.

Answer
Like I am telling everybody, that says they have a budget, your biggest savings is going to come if you already have a hard drive, even if it is a SATA2 drive, just reuse it for a few more months. The price of hard drives has doubled and tripled over the last few weeks, due to flooding overseas... The SATA2 drives will be slightly slower, but the price of a 1Tb SATA3 64mb drive is $220 here in the states, they were $76 about a month and a half ago... which will eat up most of your builds money... So if you have an old drive, use it, and that will save you alot for the time being for better faster hardware now... For budget vs. performance, you cannot beat the i5 even the 2300, 2320, 2400, 2500 i5, with a good z68 chipset motherbaord can overclock up to 3.8Ghz, which is really no slouch... Using the same graphics card, a 560GTX ti 950mhz, gained 4000 points in Futuremark 06 from just upgrading to the 2400 overclocked to the same 3.8Ghz that my old q9550 was overclocked to... To put it like this, the q9550 stock out performs about all the Phenom II quads, so as you can see even my q9550 overclocked was kinda bottlenecking my 560GTX ti... The Sandy Bridge is just that good of a platform... Look for used i5's on ebay for bid, and try to snag one cheap. I got my 2400 i5 for $120, paired with a AsRock Extreme3 Gen3 motherboard, G.Skill 2133mhz ram, and my old Gigabyte 560GTX ti... My setup would cost about $600 American, leaving you some breathing room for a good heatsink fan for the CPU, and a good cooling case, and even enough for a decent hard drive, if you don't have one...

What are the best options for a moderate priced gaming PC?

paswa17

I'm making a gaming PC with a $1K budget (without monitor). What type of processor is better - AMD or Intel? Also what sort of video cards are better - Radeon or GeForce? Please respond in terms of value, not "what's the best, most expensive one on the market".
Any other tips like min specs for processor speed, RAM...would be helpful.
I probably wouldn't do any overclocking.

Answer
i was an amd fan till the c2d line, now intel is killing amd. same goes for nvidia, i liked ati but nvidia kills them now. get at least 1gb of ram, 2 if it fits ur budget. i know u said u dont think ull overclock, BUT, if u went with an asus board(very easy to overclock) and overclocked, you could get a cheaper c2d processor and overclock to save some money

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What do you think of my Gaming PC build?

best gaming pc value image

Isaac

What do you think of my strictly gaming pc build? Here are the specs.

HAF 912
ECS H61H2-M2
i3-2120
Seasonic S12II 620 620w
EVGA GTX 570
G.Skill 8gb 1333 Value Series
CD/DVD Burner
Windows 7

How well will it perform? Will it max out modern games? Keep in mind this system is strictly for gaming. Thanks!

Answer
You're in good shape, but for running games on max detail I'd recommend upgrading to a Core i5 2400 or 2500. There's almost no difference between the Core i5 2500 and Core i7 2600 in games, so paying more for the i7 isn't worth it for gaming. And for playing on HIGH settings, the Core i3 2120 is fine. But when you push to ultra settings in really intense titles, the CPU starts to play a bigger role. Basically in the scenarios where you'd take full advantage of a GTX 570, you'll want a bit more CPU horsepower behind it.

If your budget is tight, go with 4gb of RAM and a Core i5 2300 or 2320. At ultra settings it would pay off. Maybe consider the 448 core GTX 560 Ti classified edition instead of the GTX 570. That would save enough to upgrade your CPU. The 448 core model is really a lower-end GTX 570, based upon the same GPU.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/the-sandy-bridge-review-intel-core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-560-ti-448-core-benchmark,3082-4.html

What AMD processor do you recommend for a budget gaming PC?

Anonymous

I'm building my own budget gaming PC and I need help choosing a processor. I want AMD because they're cheaper and better value than intel. Which would you recommend? Id like to play Minecraft with all settings on high with no lag, and maybe a game like Alpha Protocol on medium settings. If you have any other helpful info please share. Thanks

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For those on a budget you absolutely cannot beat AMD for price/performance. Especially Micro Center, where you get a FREE motherboard with the purchase of a processor:

http://www.microcenter.com/specials/promotions/AMDbundlePROMO.html

Got a Phenom II 840 last year for 90$, and a free motherboard!

For really good deals, try Slickdeals. The highly rated deals are always the best. Recently there was an HD 6670 on sale for 40$ after rebate, and a free game:

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/74428/newegg-gigabyte-radeon-hd-6670-1gb-ddr3-pci-express-video-card-gvr667d31gi-dirt-3-game-coupon

Got one myself. It's supposed to be able to handle Battlefield 3 on medium-high settings, and should have no problems with any of the two games listed. It's probably one of the best cards out there for gamers on a budget.

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