I'm not a computer making pro, so what I always do when getting computer parts is run it through a couple friends and double check it. Unfortunately, most of them are out of town, so I need some help with this 1.5k build.
I'd like to run Fallout 3 and Bioshock on max with 80+ FPS or so. Source games would also have to run above 80+ FPS. If that can't be possible without going over the max budget of 1.5k, thanks for helping out anyway.
[U]Here's my current pre-build specs.[/U]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121345[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136358[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182072[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188051[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145224[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146050[/URL]
[I]Budget = up to 1.5k US dollars, please try to keep it as low as possible.[/I]
[QUOTE=n00bEmpty;19499627]Can you reuse your monitor, keyboard, etc?[/QUOTE]
I'd like a new monitor, keyboard, and mouse, but only as a consideration. If there's a low budget gaming monitor-keyboard-mouse thingamajoojie, count me in.
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[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19499624][URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129024[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102857[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.315747[/URL][/QUOTE]
I forgot to say, Intel preferred.
If those are your parameters you could walk away with a $500 build. Source is very old and bioshock and fallout are still over a year old, which in pc gaming is a lot in terms of performance.
a $1500 build will play any game that comes out today at a very good fps.
[QUOTE=toxicweirdo;19499643]I'd like a new monitor, keyboard, and mouse, but only as a consideration. If there's a low budget gaming monitor-keyboard-mouse thingamajoojie, count me in.
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I forgot to say, Intel preferred.[/QUOTE]
why, amd is just as good if not better for the price
oh look the i7 loses
[url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=102&p2=47[/url]
[URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.312230"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150456[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128417[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145265[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136337[/URL]
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160[/URL]
That will run most games out of the park. I usually make a wishlist but since the combo deal won't go with the list. Scratch that combo deal.
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018[/URL]
Get that as the power supply instead.
[url]http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=8709009[/url]
[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;19499677]If those are your parameters you could walk away with a $500 build. Source is very old and bioshock and fallout are still over a year old, which in pc gaming is a lot in terms of performance.
a $1500 build will play any game that comes out today at a very good fps.[/QUOTE]
Well, I'd like it to run some future games like Bioshock 2, Dirt 2, and Borderlands. Mainly anything with HDR and pretty lighting. (and the DX11 scene)
(i'd [B]LOVE[/B] it to run Oblivion with hdr and max with mods at the highest possible fps, but you don't need to. it's just a preferred choice.)
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[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19499703]why, amd is just as good if not better for the price
oh look the i7 loses
[URL]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=102&p2=47[/URL][/QUOTE]
if i7 is orange, then it was winning. There's 25 times the i7 was winning over the Phenom, I don't see where you're getting at.
look at gaming it does better unless you like to play far cry 2
most of the time i7 wins in benchmarks if that is all you do get one
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19500285]look at gaming it does better unless you like to play far cry 2
most of the time i7 wins in benchmarks if that is all you do get one[/QUOTE]
Hence why you get the i5.
[QUOTE=adzicents;19501509]Hence why you get the i5.[/QUOTE]
What's the difference between the i3, i5, and i7?
i7 has hyper threading and four cores.
i5 750 has no hyper threading and four cores.
New i5s/i3s have two cores.
[QUOTE=adzicents;19501509]Hence why you get the i5.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=102&p2=109[/url]
better overall hardware > 2fps
A 1.5k build will easily play those games in excess of 100 fps.
[URL]https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=10199474[/URL]
Take out the monitor, mouse, and keyboard and you got yourself an awesome comp.
alternatively, you can switch out the 5870 for 2 5770 or 4890s.
[QUOTE=FHamster;19580325][URL]https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=10199474[/URL]
Take out the monitor, mouse, and keyboard and you got yourself an awesome comp.
alternatively, you can switch out the 5870 for 2 5770 or 4890s.[/QUOTE]
Wishlist doesn't work.
Wish list doesnt work, also why would you get rid of the 5870 its way better, appart from money
[url]http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=10199474[/url]
There we go.
For the same price as a 5870 right now, you can get two 4890 which run much faster than a single 5870.
Or you can get 2 5770 for about 80 less and still run better than a single 5870. This of course stops you from being about to crossfire 2 5870s later on, but by the time you would need to, more price efficent are likely to have come out.
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