Building New Gaming PC....please reccomend

[LegolasElf]

Gentlemen,

I have been away from the PC gaming world for quiet sometime. The very last time which I was involved in building a PC for myself was in 2006 where I had a single core AMD 3700+ San Diego with a GeForce 7800 GTX. Right now I am shooting for about a $1500 budget. I see that there are new powerful CPU architectures out today so I would like to get the opinion of people who use them. Can you guys give me a heads up on what to look at in terms of what type of motherboard and manufacturer I should look at if say i want to build an i7 core system from the ground up. Can you also please tell about RAM? Thanks in advance.

 

[CharMz]

HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533
SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706
PS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139016

Combo of 8GB ram and GTX 570:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.672844

Combo of 2500k and MSI P67A-GD65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.660186

Total so far: $1,334
MIR: -$70

Total after rebates: $1264

Do you need a CD drive($20), OS, and case?
Operating system all depends on if you can upgrade, ect.

I recommend this case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...master_690_ii_advanced-_-11-119-216-_-Product

also you said you wanted an i7?..the i7 2600k is $100 more than the i5 2500k..difference is hyper threading in the i7

 

[LegolasElf]

I love that cooler master case. I built a system for a friend of mine a while back and this is the one he bought. Very rugged and sturdy yet good looking. I saw that the AMD HD 6990 seems to be the best graphics card right now. This is likely what I will be shooting for.

 

[Knufire]

This is what I would do. Pretty similar to the build Char posted with all the components included.

 

[LegolasElf]

Thanks for the info Knufire. So the Sandy Bridge is the new star on the team when it comes to OCing?

 

[Knufire]

Almost all hit 4.5+ with good air cooling. A good majority hit 5.

AMD is about to release a new line of CPUs using their new Bulldozer chip. Bringing back the FX brand because it's rumored to finally take the performance crown back from Intel.

 

[snowbrd]

Currently, can you wait a month? Bulldozer is almost out. Gives you more room to play with as it'll change market prices.

 

[LegolasElf]

Yes not a problem. I will be looking to purchase sometime in October so this will give me time to see what this Bulldozer chip can do.

 

[Marshmallow64]

Good idea. I am hoping that bulldozer is the new king, AMD needs it badly. Make sure you check back here again in October.

 

[LegolasElf]

Will do Marshmallow64. Im gearing up for Skyrim and hopefully Ill finally be able to play Crysis at enjoyable FPS