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Building a new gaming rig - comment / critique?
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<blockquote data-quote="ChiSVT" data-source="post: 10225446" data-attributes="member: 28706"><p>No problem, I see what you're saying. You're better off getting something for less money and upgrading every couple of years though. The latest and greatest get outdated so fast there is no point in spending an exorbitant of money on the latest LGA1366 i7, especially in a gaming rig. You can save some money and have a rig that can run any game at max settings every couple of years.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>6-8gb of ram is usually more than enough. Then again, I don't know what your needs are outside of gaming.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You could do that, but don't forget games haven't even caught up with the processing power that CPUs were capable of 2-3 years ago. Spend $1,000 on the board, memory, ram and it won't even benefit your gaming experience. The bottle neck will be your GPU(s). BTW, a 1200PS can handle 3 video cards, but that's pretty extreme.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The frame rates usually start to drop once you turn the resolution up, even with the fastest processor and 24GB of ram. Once they add a better video card or run them in SLI the frame rates dramatically shoot up.</p><p></p><p>The PC build you want is nice, but if you have $1,300 to spend it's not enough to adequately build a gaming rig that can handle anything you throw at it.</p><p></p><p>If you want to spend around $1,300 here is my suggestion.</p><p></p><p>EVGA P55 FTW SLI Motherboard - $159.99 minus rebate</p><p>Intel Core i7 875K Processor Unlocked - $295</p><p>Cooler Master HAF 932 ATX Full Tower Black Case - $100</p><p>OCZ 8GB PC10666 - $169.99 minus rebate </p><p>2 GTX 460 EVGA 768mb-1360 cards in SLI - $140 each = $280</p><p>BFG 1000W PS - $149</p><p>Corsair hydro H50 CPU cooler, (so you can safely overclock) $70</p><p></p><p>That comes out to about $1,225, you still have an i7 and you won't have a bottle neck in the GPU. :beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiSVT, post: 10225446, member: 28706"] No problem, I see what you're saying. You're better off getting something for less money and upgrading every couple of years though. The latest and greatest get outdated so fast there is no point in spending an exorbitant of money on the latest LGA1366 i7, especially in a gaming rig. You can save some money and have a rig that can run any game at max settings every couple of years. 6-8gb of ram is usually more than enough. Then again, I don't know what your needs are outside of gaming. You could do that, but don't forget games haven't even caught up with the processing power that CPUs were capable of 2-3 years ago. Spend $1,000 on the board, memory, ram and it won't even benefit your gaming experience. The bottle neck will be your GPU(s). BTW, a 1200PS can handle 3 video cards, but that's pretty extreme. The frame rates usually start to drop once you turn the resolution up, even with the fastest processor and 24GB of ram. Once they add a better video card or run them in SLI the frame rates dramatically shoot up. The PC build you want is nice, but if you have $1,300 to spend it's not enough to adequately build a gaming rig that can handle anything you throw at it. If you want to spend around $1,300 here is my suggestion. EVGA P55 FTW SLI Motherboard - $159.99 minus rebate Intel Core i7 875K Processor Unlocked - $295 Cooler Master HAF 932 ATX Full Tower Black Case - $100 OCZ 8GB PC10666 - $169.99 minus rebate 2 GTX 460 EVGA 768mb-1360 cards in SLI - $140 each = $280 BFG 1000W PS - $149 Corsair hydro H50 CPU cooler, (so you can safely overclock) $70 That comes out to about $1,225, you still have an i7 and you won't have a bottle neck in the GPU. :beer: [/QUOTE]
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