~$1000 new computer - Hardware & Software

Here's what I'm set on so far. [B]GPU $270 [/B][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127608[/URL][B] Processor $280 [/B][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.757242[/URL] [B]Ram ~$100 [/B]I want 16GB ram, 4X4GB, but there's too many choices that I'm not sure which ones to get. I need help choosing a motherboard, power supply, hard drive (500GB or 1TB), any case reccomendations, and anything else I'm missing? This will probably end up being over $1000 by about $100 at least. Thanks

[QUOTE=Pteradactyl;33482118]Here's what I'm set on so far. [B]GPU $270 [/B][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127608[/URL][B] Processor $280 [/B][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.757242[/URL] [B]Ram ~$100 [/B]I want 16GB ram, 4X4GB, but there's too many choices that I'm not sure which ones to get. I need help choosing a motherboard, power supply, hard drive (500GB or 1TB), any case reccomendations, and anything else I'm missing? This will probably end up being over $1000 by about $100 at least. Thanks[/QUOTE] Why do you want 16gb of ram? And do you need an OS? Hard drives? Periphreals? You need to give us more detail.

I already have the OS, I want a 500GB or 1TB hard drive depending on the budget, but I don't want an SSD yet. And I already have a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, and I can pick up a dvd drive from any store.

He mentioned hard drives, and considering he picked a double VRAM 2GB GTX 560 Ti(which is a waste BTW, get the 6950 2GB Dirt 3 edition from Sapphire, it unlocks to a 6970) and he also picked an Intel 2600. That sounds like a machine meant for rendering or something, and there are situations where he may indeed need a lot of RAM.

[QUOTE=garrynohome;33482724]He mentioned hard drives, and considering he picked a double VRAM 2GB GTX 560 Ti(which is a waste BTW, get the 6950 2GB Dirt 3 edition from Sapphire, it unlocks to a 6970) and he also picked an Intel 2600. That sounds like a machine meant for rendering or something, and there are situations where he may indeed need a lot of RAM.[/QUOTE] I just want a powerful machine to play games on and future proof myself for a long time. And plus RAM is really cheap so I might as well get some.

[QUOTE=Pteradactyl;33482907]I just want a powerful machine to play games on and future proof myself for a long time. And plus RAM is really cheap so I might as well get some.[/QUOTE] I wouldn't futureproof that much since ivy bridge is on the way, and 8 gb and an i5 2500k and regular 560 ti will do you just fine.

go with an i5-2500K and use the money saved to upgrade to a 570, since you're spending that much for a 560 ti you're spending extra money for an i7 for no real reason if this machine is just for gaming

and 16GB is a complete waste of money for gaming, 8 is already far more than you need but the difference between 4 and 8 is pocket change

Although it is your PC and I respect that, I would definitely say to ditch the 16GB of RAM for 4GB or 8GB and then use the spare money somewhere else. Also, I would definitely invest in a 1TB HDD, I got mine in August and I only have 109GB left on it (although my fraps folder is over 600GB, so that is a major factor).

For $1000 you could get this, Just threw in Windows7 incase you don't have an OS. And look you even get a 570 instead of a ridiculously priced 560 ti. and the 2700k wont even give you big performance jump in games, and the 2500k is out of stock yet again so the 2500 is just a placeholder. [IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/100build.PNG[/IMG] [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] Take off the OS, forgot you said you had one.

[QUOTE=Zerokateo;33492376]For $1000 you could get this, Just threw in Windows7 incase you don't have an OS. And look you even get a 570 instead of a ridiculously priced 560 ti. and the 2700k wont even give you big performance jump in games, and the 2500k is out of stock yet again so the 2500 is just a placeholder. [IMG]http://filesmelt.com/dl/100build.PNG[/IMG] [editline]29th November 2011[/editline] Take off the OS, forgot you said you had one.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072[/url] in stock [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371048[/url]

[img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/newcomputerbuild.png[/img] is this good? i made it barely under $1K only thing that's missing is a hard drive, but i can harvest the one from my current computer

ease down on the RAM, really refer here: [url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1144129?p=33501679&viewfull=1#post33501679[/url] If no HDD needed then it's ~$750 from Microcenter or $850 on Newegg

[QUOTE=Pteradactyl;33501636][img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/newcomputerbuild.png[/img] is this good? i made it barely under $1K only thing that's missing is a hard drive, but i can harvest the one from my current computer[/QUOTE] If you really want that i7 go for it and 16 gb of ram and all you are doing is gaming its a complete waste when that money could be used to buy a 570 or maybe even a couple HDD's The i7 2600k is a very small performance boost over the i5 2500k and for $100 and all you're doing is gaming that $100 you spend there could go into your graphics card which can buy you a 570, and when the newer graphics cards come out you can buy ANOTHER 570 when they are cheap and SLI them if games require more power then.