$1200 AMD/ATI system

CoolerMaster Centurion 5 II Black (No PSU) $62
Powercolor Radeon HD7950 3GB $299
AMD FX 4170 4-Core Processor $134
Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003 $79
Gigabyte K8100 Aivia Gaming Keyboard Red $69
Corsair Vengeance Red CMZ16GX3M4X1866C9R 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 $125
Gigabyte GHOST M8000X Gaming Mouse $55
ASUS VE228H 21.5in Widescreen LED Monitor $145
Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 Motherboard $99
CoolerMaster Extreme 2 725W $89
(prices from pc case gear Australia)

must buy from , Umart Online, Computer Alliance, PC Case Gear and any other PC stores in brisbane. Maximum of $1200 woth a 7950 or higher, at least 1tb hdd(ssd optional), monitor must have HDMI input and widescreen,
minimum 16gb RAM.keyboard, mouse and case can also be changed but they must look good. the motherboard must have 4 memory inputs, 2 pci-e inputs and AMD.

It has to be all under $1200 and $1300 at max, I am based in australia and i need a new amd gaming pc. please help. i have abandoned all my previous thoughts and ideas and have realised that, yes you only need to spend $1200 for a good gaming rig.

for the price your willing to spend i would get a i5/i7 which is alot better than any AMD CPU you can buy

$1200 AUD for a gaming machine including a monitor is a little pushing it. You're kinda sacrificing CPU power for good everything else. You also don't need 16GB of RAM in a gaming machine.

I would recommend spending a bit more for an aftermarket CPU cooler, a SSD, and a bigger monitor.

Get high MHz ram in 2 stick configuration! Very few CPUs support quad channel natively (meaning faster speeds) and those faster speeds are ONLY seen in servers. Get 2x4gb 1600mhz and you will be set for years.

GET AN SSD! I tell everyone the advantage is like this: it's like an old man with crap memory suddenly wakes up and is young again. That is the difference in every day speed with JUST a boot SSD.

Intel is the way to go, get an i5-3570k for under $200 via slickdeals.net and your gaming will thank you. Leave it at the stock frequency for a year or two and then oc it when games start to slow down in 2 years.

If you are going to go balls out and get that awesome VGA then do your eyes a favor and scrape that led monitor in favor of the vg236h or it's older 27" brother. Both 120hz.

120hz vs 60hz. It's night and day. Apples and unripened oranges. Steakhouse burger vs McDonald's. Breyers vs Kroger brand. Coca cola vs Coke Flavored. Old three stooges vs new three stooges.

It's so much better then having surround gaming!... Unless u surround game 120hz OMG!

Knufire said:

$1200 AUD for a gaming machine including a monitor is a little pushing it. You're kinda sacrificing CPU power for good everything else. You also don't need 16GB of RAM in a gaming machine.

I would recommend spending a bit more for an aftermarket CPU cooler, a SSD, and a bigger monitor.

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Intel Core i5 3570K
In stock $233.00 $233.00
ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M Motherboard
In stock $117.00 $117.00
Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003
In stock $79.00 $79.00
Corsair Carbide 300R Compact Gaming Case
In stock $105.00 $105.00
G.Skill Ares F3-1600C9D-8GAO 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3
In stock $45.00 $45.00
Gigabyte GHOST M8000X Gaming Mouse
In stock $55.00 $55.00
Gigabyte K8100 Aivia Gaming Keyboard Red
In stock $69.00 $69.00
ASUS VE228H 21.5in Widescreen LED Monitor
In stock $145.00 $145.00
HIS Radeon HD7950 3GB
In stock $299.00 $299.00
OCZ Fatal1ty Series 750W Modular
In stock $109.00 $109.00

The Extreme4-M is not the same quality as the standard Extreme4, make sure you get the full ATX version.

Corsair makes good cases, but I find them to be very overpriced.

For the keyboard, make sure you get a keyboard with mechanical switches.

With the monitor, I'd stick with the LG. It uses a different, higher quality type of panel, called IPS, than the ASUS, which uses the typical TN panel.

CoolerMaster Elite 430 Black with window
In stock $49.00 $49.00
Intel Core i5 3570K
In stock $233.00 $233.00
Powercolor Radeon HD7950 3GB
In stock $299.00 $299.00
Seagate Barracuda 1TB ST1000DM003
In stock $79.00 $79.00
OCZ Agility 3 60GB SSD
In stock $50.00 $50.00
CoolerMaster QuickFire Rapid Cherry Black Mechanical Keyboard
In stock $85.00 $85.00
Gigabyte GHOST M8000X Gaming Mouse
In stock $55.00 $55.00
G.Skill Ares F3-1600C10D-16GAO 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3
In stock $82.00 $82.00
LG E2342V 23in LED Widescreen Monitor
In stock $149.00 $149.00
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard
In stock $139.00 $139.00
CoolerMaster GX 750W PSU
In stock $107.00 $107.00

The CM GX series of PSUs were rather bad, I think there's a review on Jonnyguru.com.

Not All LG monitors are IPS panels, and likewise, people other than LG have IPS panels in their monitor.