• $1000 (ish) Gaming Rig build, please and thank you.
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If possible try to go slightly under the budget. Just looking for the tower + all the innards and possibly an OS. The keyboard, mouse, and monitor I can worry about later. Forgot to add location. In the US.
What sorts of games are you looking to play?
[url]http://secure.newegg.ca/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=19884092[/url] Specs overview: 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 3.0 Gb/s Hard Drive nVidia GTX 480 1536MB GPU 600W power supply 8GB RAM Intel Core i7 (Ivy Bridge) 3.5GHz (3.9 Turbo) $1,039 - $35 in mail-in rebates = $1,004. Threw in a GTX 480, that's what I use in my current PC and it can run any current game at max graphic settings. Doesn't include a optical drive, but you can throw in a cheap one. You can always get a shittier/cheaper case and a cheaper hard drive (however, I actually recommend a SSD, in addition to a HDD). Not sure about the PSU, but you can probably get away with a 500W one.
[url]https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=15050029[/url] I just bought this one. It doesn't have a PSU, just remove the SSD and pop a 600-650 watt PSU into it and you're gold.
CPU+Mobo: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.959055[/url] PSU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017[/url] Memory: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345[/url] HDD: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185[/url] OS: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986[/url] GPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127682[/url] Case: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119240[/url] or something less gaudy then [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197[/url] Someone made a Canadian build, so I was wondering if you could give a location for us? [editline]27th July 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Yersinia;36956009][url]https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=15050029[/url] I just bought this one. It doesn't have a PSU, just remove the SSD and pop a 600-650 watt PSU into it and you're gold.[/QUOTE] It's not public btw.
If you get SSD, I recommend you get two. So if you want 64GB, get two 32GB ones and use them in a RAID configuration. You will get lightning fast speeds. (this is usually cheaper then buying a high performance, SATA 6GB/s SSD, and is still faster afaik) Edit: Piece of shit Newegg. When I click your guys' links, it redirects me to newegg.ca index without taking me to the product.
[QUOTE=Evilan;36956116] Someone made a Canadian build, so I was wondering if you could give a location for us? [/QUOTE] OP has his profile location specified in Florida. Microcenters should be aplenty for their CPU+mobo combo.
[QUOTE=Evilan;36956116]CPU+Mobo: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.959055[/url] PSU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017[/url] Memory: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345[/url] HDD: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185[/url] OS: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986[/url] GPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127682[/url] Case: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119240[/url] or something less gaudy then [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197[/url][/QUOTE] I totally forgot to throw in a heatsink. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099[/url]
[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;36956210]OP has his profile location specified in Florida. Microcenters should be aplenty for their CPU+mobo combo.[/QUOTE] Only problem is there are not any microcenters in Florida. [url]http://www.microcenter.com/at_the_stores/index.html[/url]
[QUOTE=Evilan;36956116] It's not public btw.[/QUOTE] That isn't right. I put it public like 5 times it still won't show up. What the hell. [editline]28th July 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Electroholic;36956130]If you get SSD, I recommend you get two. So if you want 64GB, get two 32GB ones and use them in a RAID configuration. You will get lightning fast speeds. (this is usually cheaper then buying a high performance, SATA 6GB/s SSD, and is still faster afaik)[/QUOTE] I'm going to assume this was directed at me because the build I linked mentioned an SSD. My answer to your recommendation is: I appreciate the advice but I don't want anything to do with a RAID Array and to be quite honest an SSD is plenty fast enough as it stands.
[QUOTE=Yersinia;36971126]That isn't right. I put it public like 5 times it still won't show up. What the hell. [editline]28th July 2012[/editline] I'm going to assume this was directed at me because the build I linked mentioned an SSD. My answer to your recommendation is: I appreciate the advice but I don't want anything to do with a RAID Array and to be quite honest an SSD is plenty fast enough as it stands.[/QUOTE] You linked the wrong URL. Here is your build: [url]http://secure.newegg.ca/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=15050029[/url] I do a lot of programming/compiling and media production which is why I figured the RAID would be more useful, but I guess for the average user a single SSD (especially SATA III) would be plenty of speed. When building my computer, I saw that I could buy two smaller drives for the price of another drive so I thought I might as well RAID them for even higher speeds; I didn't see any disadvantages.
Hey OP, are you still monitoring the thread so you can give us feedback on our recommendations? Also, did you manage to acquire an OS? If you're a student you can go to the technology store that most campuses have and get it for cheaps.
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