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Best Pc for gaming without paying a huge sum of money
I am trying to upgrade my pc and i thought of this, what do you guys think ??
Coolermaster HAF X 178,00 chassis
i7 2600 3,4Ghz Intel 8Mb 278,45 Processor
Thermalright Silver Arrow 62 Cpu Cooler
ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 742Mhz Asus 342,55 Graphic Card
P8Z68-V PRO Intel Z68 Asus info + 179,40 Motherboard
The ram i already have it 8 gigabytes.
Any suggestions ?? i don´t want to spend more than the necessary its only for gaming, nothing else.
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if its for gaming and nothing else get the i5 2500k its a good bit cheaper and plays practically exactly the same for gaming.
Why do you want to pay 200 Euro for a chassis when you can have one for 50-80?
Better buy an i5. i7 is for programmers/video-editing. Get an i5 and overlock him to 4 ghz.
What about an SSD? That will give you a huge boost in loading times.
dont waste your money on a ssd.... who cares about 1 second faster loading times hes on a budget lol....
Definitely agree with the i2500K comment. Additionally:
-Why 178 pounds for a chassis? I wouldn't say more than $50 for a quality case.
-I don't know that you need something besides the stock CPU cooler unless you plan on overclocking. I personally have used a stock CPU cooler AND I've been overclocking my core 2 duo for almost a year now. I keep upping it, trying to break it, because my mobo & CPU are now the oldest/weakest parts by far. But it's still going good. So it's something you might want to hold off on until you've checked out the performance / temp - if you want to save some money.
-Video cards using the Nvidia 570 chipset are still going at a premium (not as bad as 580s but still up there). My current 'dream PC' which I keep updated every month or so uses a 560 Ti, for $250. Going 570 is going to be paying ~$100-$150 more for only a relatively minor increase in speed. Also, and this is partially just preference, I always go with EVGA manufactured cards. They have always performed extremely well and, last I checked, they have a LIFETIME replacement warranty. At least mine does, which I got a year or two ago.
-I see you didn't mention hard-drive. These days I'd be very tempted to pay extra for a solid-state drive (and use an external traditional spinner if I needed more space). They have proven superior performance. I wouldn't say that it's a HUGE boost but it's also not neglible. Edit: SSDs give more than than increased loading times. They've also been shown to increase Frames Per Second by something like ~7%. He's right in that it's something of a splurge, in that your performance increase for the extra money spent isn't as good as you could get from other parts, but as I said the difference isn't neglible and since you're already basically top of the line... I would recommend doing additional research if this intrigues you.
Hope that helped!
My specs
Zotac GeForce GTX 570 $377.34 = 306.84 euro
i5 2500k CPU $245.00 = 199.23 euro
AsRock z68 Extreme4 Motherboard $173.00 = 140.68 euro
Antec 300 Case $59.00 = 48.00 euro
Coolmaster Hyper 212 evo $39 = 31.73 euro
Total 590.76 euro
(cpu OCed at 4.4Ghz running at almost 70C when playing Skyrim on ultra)
Save almost half the amount of money for about the same performance
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Looking forward to EQL and EQN.
As for the debate about SSD, it really doesnt do much at all in terms of gaming performance, but it gives a phenomenal boost to desktop and boot up performance. Everything just feels so snappy and responsive when desktop is running on ssd and everything loads up almost instantly on windows startup including all the start up programs so u can begin using pc almost immediately without any long waits for certain programs to finish loading up and running properly.
Looking forward to EQL and EQN.
What else do you have that you're planning on keeping?
The parts you've picked suggest quite a big budget.
You might want to hold off a bit, as the Radeon HD 7870 is just around the corner, and will be the card to get in that price range, at least until the GeForce GTX 680 (or 670 or 660 or whatever Nvidia decides to call the top GK104 card) launches.
well my pc set is this one:
Sistema operativo
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.67GHz 29 °C
Lynnfield 45nm Tecnologia
RAM
8,00 GB Duplo-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz (9-9-9-24)
Placa mãe
ASUSTeK Computer INC. P7P55D PRO (LGA1156) 30 °C
Gráficas
ASUS VH222 (1920x1080@60Hz)
1280 MBGeForce GTX 470 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 40 °C
Discos rígidos
625GB Sistema (RAID)
Unidades ópticas
ASUS DRW-2014S1T
YLM O563WLI SCSI CdRom Device
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device
I don't see any need to upgrade your processor, video card, or memory just yet. Is there some game where it's giving you trouble? 300+ Euros is an awful lot to pay for merely a new stepping of the same GPU chip.
If you've got an itch to upgrade, then get a good SSD and call it a day. That would probably make a more noticeable difference for you than upgrading everything that you're looking to get.
What case do you have, and what power supply?
The i5 would be better, if you are on a budget. But you didn't mention your power supply. Many people leave that out, or go in under powered. You might want to make sure its at least 700-800 (1K would be better, but they can still be a bit pricey for a good one). That way you don't have to mess around with all of the connectors a second time, just to upgrade to one of the new video cards. Depending on the case, that can be more or less of a PITA.
The Haf x is a great case. Very roomy. But go with something cheaper if you dont plan on watercooling the thing in the future.
A SSD is a must though...10 second boot times is just awsome.