• Building an expensive gaming rig, I need insight and/or advice.
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Hello! So. First of all this is my first post - I used to flutter around here in 2006 and a little later, but I've since forgotten the name of my account. Oh well. New account. I'm building a new gaming rig for use in my room since I realised I had more fingers than frame-rates in modern games. I live in Australia, and I'm considering the following build: - Antec LanBoy Air Modular Case (No PSU) - $245 - ASUS nVidia GTX 570 1GB (Getting two of these to run in SLI) - $756 (together) - Intel Core i7 2600K, 3.4Ghz, 8mb Cache - $324 - 8GB Corsair 2000Mhz DDR3 RAM - $165 - ASUS P8P67 Deluxe v3 Intel Mainboard (4x DDR3, 8x Sata, Gigabit Lan, 4x USB 3.0) - $316 - Antec TruePower Quattro 1000W ATX Power Supply - $236.5 - Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 32MB SATA HDD - $58 - LG Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Burner - $129 - ViewSonic 24" VX2453MH-LED (2MS, 1920x1080, 30M:1, DSUB, HDMI) - $243.10 Total comes to $2,472.60 AUD. I aim to run all of the games I have and the ones I plan on picking up later with this system - obviously spending $2.5k is a lot to invest in a single system and I'd like to get this done as cost-efficiently as possible. Do you have advice? See problems with compatibility? I'd really like to know. Most importantly, will it run current games well? I want to give them a solid kick in the teeth. Thanks in advance for all who look and comment.
I don't see any aftermarket cooler in there. Get an SSD, too. 1000W is probably not needed for SLI GTX 570s, but fair enough. SLI isn't a very good idea from scratch, either.
What site are you using to collect your parts? That's a bit ludicrous for a gaming rig, seeing as a custom build rig I recently ordered was only $600
GoDong, I can see why an aftermarket cooler and SSD would be useful, but could you please explain as to why SLI is not a good idea? No Party Hats, I buy from a store within driving distance called CentreCom; I'm aware prices in other parts of the world tend to be a little less... Ridiculous, but I will say I'm practically flying blind with this. I've been out of the computer-building loop for almost four years, I might as well not know anything. What's a build like this cost you from a site you frequent?
I always recommend people to put off SLI until you need another one, because 1. the 2nd GPU will be much cheaper later on 2. a single 570 will play through any game today, therefore no practical benefit As you said this is for gaming, you'll be just as well off with a 2500K, and in my opinion, you're spending too much on the motherboard/PSU/RAM/Case I know you have the money, but to me it seems like you're just trying to fill your budget
[media]http://i.imgur.com/ZounY.png[/media] No point in having an i7, nothing needs it yet. I'm not really a Blu-Ray guy, but I assume a normal Blu-Ray Burner also allows DVD/CD as well.
australia though not to mention that build is incompatible and pretty bad for the money
Mmm, The shipping may be a bitch, should've added it on. Anyhow, I understand it wouldn't work, I'm just showing that all the bits and pieces would come together for a bit cheaper if he used say Newegg or Tiger Direct (I would've used Tiger, but I found the case he wanted on Newegg)
[QUOTE=Macktastic;29782561]I always recommend people to put off SLI until you need another one, because 1. the 2nd GPU will be much cheaper later on 2. a single 570 will play through any game today, therefore no practical benefit As you said this is for gaming, you'll be just as well off with a 2500K, and in my opinion, you're spending too much on the motherboard/PSU/RAM/Case I know you have the money, but to me it seems like you're just trying to fill your budget[/QUOTE] Wish I was filling my budget. The simple fact is that I have [b]no clue[/b] how to get a system that will run titles like Crysis on their maximum settings, bar the graphics card framerate benchmarks I've seen. There appeared to be a significant increase in fps when the GTX 570s were used in SLI, so that's why I went for them in the first place. NPH, thanks for adding the invoice up there. I'm not completely anti-online shopping, but it is a speed bump. The cheaper I can get this machine without sacrificing performance, the better.
Ok I see I suggest then you go for the MSI G43/45 or the G53/55 for the motherboard, go for either a 6970/GTX 570, whatever's cheaper, a 2500K, HAF 922/932, a good ~850W PSU for SLI/Crossfire, and 4GB of RAM for now. I just built a 2500K/570 build a month back and don't worry - you'll max Crysis at a nice framerate [editline]12th May 2011[/editline] that ought to save you quite a bit of money
Thanks for the advice, though it appears the store I buy from does not stock MSI products (only ASUS or GIGABYTE). Is there an equivalent model that I can get from either of their lines? By the way, if you feel so inclined, a link to the store's PC Builder: [url]http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/build.php?page=1&systype=intel[/url]
This is on the upper edge of what I would buy, you might also need Windows, and pick the monitor yourself, different people have different tastes in monitors. [media]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2998960/build4.png[/media] Let me see if I can also do something that will run games well for a little less. (Also Australia has absolutely horrible prices on computer hardware...) You probably don't need a Blu-Ray drive [editline]12th May 2011[/editline] This will do well on most games, I just wish there was a wider selection of hardware and much better prices. [media]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2998960/build5.jpg[/media]
[QUOTE=Harper;29782378]GoDong, I can see why an aftermarket cooler and SSD would be useful, but could you please explain as to why SLI is not a good idea? No Party Hats, I buy from a store within driving distance called CentreCom; I'm aware prices in other parts of the world tend to be a little less... Ridiculous, but I will say I'm practically flying blind with this. I've been out of the computer-building loop for almost four years, I might as well not know anything. What's a build like this cost you from a site you frequent?[/QUOTE] If you're not using more than one screen, one GTX 570 will do fine. You can then add another later on for a cheap upgrade. An SSD for your OS and a few programs would speed things up, but it's really just extra bling. An i5 2500K would be just as good as an i7 2600K in games, and with an aftermarket cooler (just go for a Hyper 212+) you can overclock it to ~4.5GHz pretty easily. Should go there on stock, even, as far as I've heard.
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