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Help building a new PC

rimaxo14rimaxo14 Member Posts: 118
in Hardware

hey guys i would like some basic hardware i would to need to run every game on the market at the moment i got a 2k budget and im stuck between using amd or Intel and Nvidia and ATI i'm willing to use ethier but havent upgraded my pc in 4 years so i'm a little bit behind on what i would need right now to run any game that comes my way if anyone could leave me with some hardware like type of video card and ram and processor would be lovely thank you.

EVGA FTW-3 MOBO X58
EVGA GTX 580
G.SKILL RIPJAW 12GB
INTEL I7 950
CORSAIR H70 CPU COOLER
CORSAIR 1200W 80+GOLD

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  • ohsofresh42ohsofresh42 Member Posts: 68

    easy question

     

    Intel- Go with a core i5 or i7 setup (do youre research on both cpu's but in your price point tht is a perfect fit)

    Mobo- can't go wrong with an asus or foxconn product althugh i hear evega is good aswell

    Vid Card- Im an ATI fan but you may not be, but if you want something that will run any game out there a 1gb 4870 from ati will do the trick or spend the $350 and get the 5870. Nvidia is coming out with new cards soon so maybe wait and see what they bring to the market

    For example I built my new rig in april my specs are

    intel core i7-920

    Foxconn Bloodrage motherboard

    2x ati 4850 (had one in my old comp bought another an crossfired them)

    6 gigs of Gskill ram

    antec 900 case

    24" lcd monitor

    1.5 TB western digital HDD

    DVD burner

    this rig ran me about 1500 bucks total but i also purchased things when they went on sale so you may have to do some shopping around!

    Use  xtremesystems.com for any tech questions you might have they are very very helpful over there

     

    Hope this helped

     

  • heocatheocat Member UncommonPosts: 178

    The prices on DDR3 ram machnes will drop for xmas season its allready started. You will be able to get a smoking machine for about a grand soon as I told someone else Black friday cometh. A good site to watch is www.dealnews.com it covers allmost all the internet sales of computers sites. I personally use AMD and nvidia I love the nvidia ease of drivers updates at the site. and usually just a bit cheaper for AMD CPUs. Good luck with your research

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  • rimaxo14rimaxo14 Member Posts: 118

    perfect!!!!!!!!! that is when i will be buying my dream machine woot i am soo pumped lol.

    EVGA FTW-3 MOBO X58
    EVGA GTX 580
    G.SKILL RIPJAW 12GB
    INTEL I7 950
    CORSAIR H70 CPU COOLER
    CORSAIR 1200W 80+GOLD

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  • gofastlemongofastlemon Member Posts: 8

    I built my machine about 5 or so months ago...and LOVE it.

     

    i'll let you look it all up if you want....

    Thermaltake M9 case

    coolermaster v8

    4 x 120mm blue led Thermaltake fans (push 90cfm and come with speed controllers)

    ASUS P6T  Motherboard

    12gb of Kingston HyperX ddr3 1600mhz

    PowerColor ati 4890 fct. OC'd to 950/1050

    OCZ XStream 800w w/ single 62amp rail

    seagate barracuda 250gb HD

    LG lightscribe drive.

    it was not even NEAR 2 grand

     

    shoot me an email and I'd be glad to help with your build, or build you one on newegg and email you the wishlist.

     

    I thought about building you a boat to survive the river of tears I'm crying for you, but the world's smallest violins just aren't a reliable source of lumber, and that cross you're nailing yourself to seems bouyant enough anyways.

  • pfloydguy84pfloydguy84 Member UncommonPosts: 149

    check out cyberpowerpc.com if you wanna choose your own parts and have them put it together.i built a great core i7 system early this year and can run any game out there on max pretty much with a ton of upgradability. a 2k budget is more then enough.research a lot first though if you're ganna spend all that money.

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