• Need Help Building a Gaming PC ($1000 Budget)
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Alright, so a friend asked me to build him a PC with a budget of $1000, or a little over. I have only built my first computer this past Christmas and I made some major mistakes so I want to know if I can get anything better within the budget, and if everything corresponds. Many thanks in advance. Here are the parts: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/hmcQm.png[/IMG]
1. Get a smaller, more efficient case (I made the mistake of buying a full tower too): [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216[/url] 2. Get the i5-3570k instead of the i5-2500k: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504[/url] 3. Change out the mobo, you don't necessarily need one that is over $200: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293[/url] 4. That psu is a bit overkill: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020[/url] 5. This is more of a personal preference, but get a 7950. It beats out a 570/660ti and is only a little more: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414[/url] Also, what do you intend to do with your build?
[QUOTE=Evilan;37487250]1. Get a smaller, more efficient case (I made the mistake of buying a full tower too): [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216[/url] 2. Get the i5-3570k instead of the i5-2500k: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504[/url] 3. Change out the mobo, you don't necessarily need one that is over $200: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293[/url] 4. That psu is a bit overkill: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020[/url] 5. This is more of a personal preference, but get a 7950. It beats out a 570/660ti and is only a little more: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125414[/url] Also, what do you intend to do with your build?[/QUOTE] Gaming, and he will be making videos too, but it won't be heavy, so an upgrade to an i7 wouldn't really be needed.
You could save even more money if you are willing to loose a tad of performance and get a Bullbozer CPU.
No.
Cheaper GTX 570 [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127682[/url]
[QUOTE=kingkingbill;37576101]You could save even more money if you are willing to loose a tad of performance and get a Bullbozer CPU.[/QUOTE] You lose way more than a "tad".
[QUOTE=kingkingbill;37576101]You could save even more money if you are willing to loose a tad of performance and get a Bullbozer CPU.[/QUOTE] Are you kidding me? Bulldozer is a car crash in slow motion. Don't even think about AMD until the third-party benchmarks for their next-gen CPUs come in, and we'll see if AMD has managed to catch up.
[QUOTE=kingkingbill;37576101]You could save even more money if you are willing to loose a tad of performance and get a Bullbozer CPU.[/QUOTE] That's what they said about phenom back in 2007, look how that turned out
So OP, did your friend take what we said into consideration?
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