• Need a Pre-Built Gaming PC (2,000 USD budget)
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try pcspecialist.com cheap + quickish and they do offer very high spec
You'll get a $800 worth computer if you choose to buy a pre-built for $2000.
[B]Case[/B] COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE[B]Processor (CPU)[/B] Intel® Core™i7 Processor Extreme Edition i7-990X (3.46GHz) 6.4GTs/12MB Cache[B]Motherboard[/B] ASUS® RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0[B]Memory (RAM)[/B] 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)[B]Graphics Card[/B] 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready[B]2nd Graphics Card[/B] 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready[B]3rd Graphics Card[/B] 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready[B]Memory - 1st Hard Disk[/B] 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)[B]2nd Hard Disk[/B] 120GB Intel® X25-M 2.5" SSD (34nm / upto 250MB/sR | 100MB/sW)***SPECIAL***[B]RAID[/B] NONE[B]1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive[/B] 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM[B]2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive[/B] NONE[B]Memory Card Reader[/B] INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT[B]Power Supply[/B] CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES GOLD (AX1200) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£209)[B]Processor Cooling[/B] COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)[B]Sound Card[/B] ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)[B]Network Facilities[/B] ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs[B]USB Options[/B] NZXT INTERNAL USB HEADER (4 Additional Powered Internal USB Ports) (£18)[B]Modem[/B] NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND[B]Floppy Disk Drive[/B] NONE[B]Firewire & Video Editing[/B] NONE[B]TV Card[/B] NONE[B]Operating System[/B] NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED[B]Office Software[/B] NO OFFICE SOFTWARE[B]Anti-Virus[/B] NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE[B]Monitor[/B] NONE[B]2nd Monitor[/B] NONE[B]DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables[/B] NONE[B]Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision[/B] GeForce 3D Vision Kit & ViewSonic FuHzion 22" VX2268wm 120Hz LCD bundle (£319)[B]Keyboard & Mouse[/B] NONE[B]Mouse[/B] NONE[B]Speakers[/B] NONE[B]Webcam[/B] NONE[B]Headsets (VOIP)[/B] NONE[B]Surge Protection[/B] 6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector (£9)[B]Printer[/B] NONE[B]External Hard Drive[/B] NONE[B]Home Installation[/B] NONE[B]Warranty[/B] 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)[B]Data Recovery[/B] NONE[B]Delivery[/B] STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)[B]Build Time[/B] Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days [B]Quantity[/B] 1 sound good?
[QUOTE=Eltro102;28165398][B]Case[/B] COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE[B]Processor (CPU)[/B] Intel® Core™i7 Processor Extreme Edition i7-990X (3.46GHz) 6.4GTs/12MB Cache[B]Motherboard[/B] ASUS® RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0GB/s, USB 3.0[B]Memory (RAM)[/B] 4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)[B]Graphics Card[/B] 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready[B]2nd Graphics Card[/B] 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready[B]3rd Graphics Card[/B] 1536MB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX580 - 2 DVI,mHDMI - DirectX® 11, 3D Vision Ready[B]Memory - 1st Hard Disk[/B] 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)[B]2nd Hard Disk[/B] 120GB Intel® X25-M 2.5" SSD (34nm / upto 250MB/sR | 100MB/sW)***SPECIAL***[B]RAID[/B] NONE[B]1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive[/B] 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM[B]2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive[/B] NONE[B]Memory Card Reader[/B] INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT[B]Power Supply[/B] CORSAIR 1200W PRO SERIES GOLD (AX1200) 80+ MODULAR PSU (£209)[B]Processor Cooling[/B] COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£59)[B]Sound Card[/B] ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)[B]Network Facilities[/B] ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs[B]USB Options[/B] NZXT INTERNAL USB HEADER (4 Additional Powered Internal USB Ports) (£18)[B]Modem[/B] NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND[B]Floppy Disk Drive[/B] NONE[B]Firewire & Video Editing[/B] NONE[B]TV Card[/B] NONE[B]Operating System[/B] NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED[B]Office Software[/B] NO OFFICE SOFTWARE[B]Anti-Virus[/B] NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE[B]Monitor[/B] NONE[B]2nd Monitor[/B] NONE[B]DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables[/B] NONE[B]Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision[/B] GeForce 3D Vision Kit & ViewSonic FuHzion 22" VX2268wm 120Hz LCD bundle (£319)[B]Keyboard & Mouse[/B] NONE[B]Mouse[/B] NONE[B]Speakers[/B] NONE[B]Webcam[/B] NONE[B]Headsets (VOIP)[/B] NONE[B]Surge Protection[/B] 6 Socket Compact 2M UFO Surge Protector (£9)[B]Printer[/B] NONE[B]External Hard Drive[/B] NONE[B]Home Installation[/B] NONE[B]Warranty[/B] 3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)[B]Data Recovery[/B] NONE[B]Delivery[/B] STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)[B]Build Time[/B] Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days [B]Quantity[/B] 1 sound good?[/QUOTE] The descriptions are off a line. "4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)" what a strange graphics card...
[QUOTE=VistaPOWA;28165516]The descriptions are off a line. "4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)" what a strange graphics card...[/QUOTE] that would be an amazing gfx card! / scrarsms the desciptions point to the thing below it [editline]20th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=GoDong-DK;28144023]Build it yourself would be my clear answer. It's really easy, and parts can actually take alot more than you think. And why should it be hard to assemble a computer? There's simply no reason to make it hard, as there the chinese folks who assemble it, and the repair-folks to repair it. Alot people think "Oh, it's hard, so therefore we must send it to the repair-dudes! Otherwise we'll break something.", and they really fail to see the logic; why should it be hard? Is it hard to assemble an Ikea wardrobe? No. Is it possible to fuck something up? Yes. Do you do that? No. Not unless you're really a retard, or Michael J. fox. PC manufacturers wants to make it so simple to assemble a computer, that even their chinese workers can assemble them fast. So if a chinese under-payed worker can do it, why can't you? You can learn how to do it from looking up guides, and if it doesn't fit, it doesn't go there. Simply, just don't go in the bum, when there's another hole for it.[/QUOTE] hey! cut out the racism! otherwise agree
Seriously OP, have a local shop build it. I bought a prebuilt BestBuy Asus "gaming" computer. Yeah sure it has 8GB of RAM but they don't tell you it is the slowest fucking RAM (669MHz) available.
[QUOTE=Eltro102;28165845]that would be an amazing gfx card! / scrarsms the desciptions point to the thing below it [editline]20th February 2011[/editline] hey! cut out the racism! otherwise agree[/QUOTE] Yeah, don't take it like rascism.. Atleast it wasn't meant to be, hence the "under-payed" in the next sentence, but yeah, I hope I got the message across.
[QUOTE=toaster468;28165961]Seriously OP, have a local shop build it. I bought a prebuilt BestBuy Asus "gaming" computer. Yeah sure it has 8GB of RAM but they don't tell you it is the slowest fucking RAM (669MHz) available.[/QUOTE] :wtc: 669??? I have a asus lappy, over 5 years old, works perfectly, but has 2 celeron m's at 800mhz. but its ram was better than your 'gaming' pc [editline]20th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=GoDong-DK;28166011]Yeah, don't take it like rascism.. Atleast it wasn't meant to be, hence the "under-payed" in the next sentence, but yeah, I hope I got the message across.[/QUOTE] none taken :D
[QUOTE=toaster468;28165961]Seriously OP, have a local shop build it. I bought a prebuilt BestBuy Asus "gaming" computer. Yeah sure it has 8GB of RAM but they don't tell you it is the slowest fucking RAM (669MHz) available.[/QUOTE] :frog: From the amount of illiteracy in that post, I guess that you just slipped past the Double Data Rate in DDR3. Not that it makes any difference, seeing it as 667MHz DDR2 vs DDR3 1066Mhz is pretty much just no difference what so fucking ever. The bare fact that you think any game actually use all your RAM, just renders your answer totally useless. Unless you're doing serious video rendering, 4GB is more than enough.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;28166267]:frog: From the amount of illiteracy in that post, I guess that you just slipped past the Double Data Rate in DDR3. Not that it makes any difference, seeing it as 667MHz DDR2 vs DDR3 1066Mhz is pretty much just no difference what so fucking ever. The bare fact that you think any game actually use all your RAM, just renders your answer totally useless. Unless you're doing serious video rendering, 4GB is more than enough.[/QUOTE] I was mainly just disappointed that it wasn't faster since it was labeled as gaming and I paid the price for a modern computer.
[QUOTE=toaster468;28166845]I was mainly just disappointed that it wasn't faster since it was labeled as gaming and I paid the price for a modern computer.[/QUOTE] It makes next to no difference. And for the record, what's the rest of the specs and price? Gaming computer and bestbuy screams i5 650, 8GB RAM and a 5670.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;28166936]It makes next to no difference. And for the record, what's the rest of the specs and price? Gaming computer and bestbuy screams i5 650, 8GB RAM and a 5670.[/QUOTE] [img]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1944/speccy.png[/img]
[QUOTE=toaster468;28167795][img_thumb]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1944/speccy.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] I really hope you didn't pay more than 700$ [b]max[/b] for that thing. That's a fucking abomination. And the RAM is running at 1066Mhz. Use ~200$ on a GTX 460, and a good quality PSU. You have no reason to be angry over the RAM.
I think that OP has abandoned us OP, if you are still alive, buy IbuyPower or build it yourself.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;28167951]I really hope you didn't pay more than 700$ [b]max[/b] for that thing. That's a fucking abomination. And the RAM is running at 1066Mhz. Use ~200$ on a GTX 460, and a good quality PSU. You have no reason to be angry over the RAM.[/QUOTE] I did. And what is wrong with the PSU? I think it is about 600
[QUOTE=toaster468;28168096]I did. And what is wrong with the PSU? I think it is about 600[/QUOTE] Probably low quality
Normally pre-builts comes with a horrible terrorist-grade PSU, so I'm just accustomed to say; change it. Yours may differ, but I doubt it.
Alright, but i will have to get at least 6 months use out of it or ill get shit form my parents.
There's something about building a computer that gives you that fuzzy feeling inside. I recently got a new CM 690 II case and even though my hardware stayed the same (apart from a 6870 to replace my 8800) apart from the case I still felt fuzzy inside when I finished all the cable management and it looked sexy. [editline]20th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=toaster468;28167795][img_thumb]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1944/speccy.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] With it being dual channel, I think it's running "double" what it says. Mines 1333mhz and it says 509mhz on Speccy, although it's underclocked "I think", no idea why though; [img]http://gyazo.com/0cec56e46ffa983deee561aa46ed8a1b.png[/img]
[QUOTE=toaster468;28168318]Alright, but i will have to get at least 6 months use out of it or ill get shit form my parents.[/QUOTE] Your GPU is an integrated one, it seems, so I really don't know how you expected to game on this at all. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.591896[/url] Add in a ~150$ GPU, and you got yourself a much better computer. It's DDR2, but there really ain't that much difference, other than price. DDR2 is way more pricey that DDR3. [editline]20th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=David Tennant;28168334]There's something about building a computer that gives you that fuzzy feeling inside. I recently got a new CM 690 II case and even though my hardware stayed the same (apart from a 6870 to replace my 8800) apart from the case I still felt fuzzy inside when I finished all the cable management and it looked sexy. [editline]20th February 2011[/editline] With it being dual channel, I think it's running "double" what it says. Mines 1333mhz and it says 509mhz on Speccy, although it's underclocked "I think", no idea why though; [img_thumb]http://gyazo.com/0cec56e46ffa983deee561aa46ed8a1b.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] It has nothing to do with it being being dual channel, it's simply in the "DDR" name the explanation lies; [b]D[/b]ouble [b]D[/b]ata [b]Rate[/b]. Are you running two different modules? One of them will underclock itself if the other one's slower.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;28168420]Your GPU is an integrated one, it seems, so I really don't know how you expected to game on this at all. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.591896[/url] Add in a ~150$ GPU, and you got yourself a much better computer. It's DDR2, but there really ain't that much difference, other than price. DDR2 is way more pricey that DDR3. [editline]20th February 2011[/edit] It has nothing to do with it being being dual channel, it's simply in the "DDR" name the explanation lies; [b]D[/b]ouble [b]D[/b]ata [b]Rate[/b]. Are you running two different modules? One of them will underclock itself if the other one's slower.[/QUOTE] No they're both the same, 2x2gb, CPU Overlocked to 4.2ghz.
What's your motherboard?
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the motherboard. Some motherboards don't support setting the memory speed to a certain value by default. Not sure why though.
[url]http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/gigabyte_gap31ds3l/[/url] Very outdated, got it three years back with my E8200 & 8800 GTS, upgraded a few things since then but my CPU/motherboard remain the same. Been meaning to upgrade, but as it goes my computer is still fairly fast so I see no need to until later this year.
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