• New Gaming Desktop - $2000 Limit
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[I][B]-Snip'd- Scratch all this; ran out of time. I won't be able to get to it for a few months now.[/B][/I]
[QUOTE=Doom14;22372723] [*]ATI Graphics Card, the most powerful that can squeeze in budget. 1GB. Non-Crossfire. [*]8GB DDR3 RAM [/QUOTE] Don't ask us to eek out the most power possible on your budget, and then limit us to only 1 brand. Also I'm almost positive you wont need 8 GB of RAM, so why is that a requisite?
Do you really need 8GB Ram, also on your budget i would recommend getting an intel i7 920. Thus meaning 6gb ram
[QUOTE=derlicious;22372971]Do you really need 8GB Ram, also on your budget i would recommend getting an intel i7 920. Thus meaning 6gb ram[/QUOTE] I second that even though you said you don't need 8 cores... why wouldn't you when its so damn affordable.
[QUOTE=NecroTitan;22372987]I second that even though you said you don't need 8 cores... why wouldn't you when its so damn affordable.[/QUOTE] What? I assume you meant GB, not cores, in which case you are incorrect - $127 wasted is not affordable. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231274&cm_re=4gb_ddr3-_-20-231-274-_-Product[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231323&cm_re=8gb_ddr3-_-20-231-323-_-Product[/url] I would suggest a 5850 or GTX 470, a good 550-650W PSU, a 1156 SKT mobo, an i5 750 CPU, 4GB of RAM, an F3 hard drive, whatever DVD drive, whatever case (within reason, lol).
I meant logical processor cores, only an 80 dollar difference to double your logical cores. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202[/url] Edit: and an 920 gives him the advantage of triple channel, 6GB for 199$ or 8GB dual for 230$. Motherboards cost the same, and they can both achieve very high frequencies. I don't see the advantage of not going 920 if you can fork over the 80$ and deal with not having a full 8GB of ram.
With the i5 he would get 4GB of RAM, which is plenty and is of course cheaper than 6GB, and a CPU which for gaming will do the same job as the 920 for $80 less. [QUOTE]Motherboards cost the same,[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000280&Description=1366%20motherboard&name=Intel%20Motherboards[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000280&Description=1156%20motherboard&name=Intel%20Motherboards[/url]
Get this: -Runs pretty much any game at max, no sweat. -Under budget [url]http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=13154305[/url]
[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;22381719]Get this: -Runs pretty much any game at max, no sweat. -Under budget [url]http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=13154305[/url][/QUOTE] Corsair h50 comes with thermal paste
[QUOTE=GamerKiwi;22381719]Get this: -Runs pretty much any game at max, no sweat. -Under budget [URL]http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=13154305[/URL][/QUOTE] why not go for the full ATX version, he has a 2000 budget
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