Buying a new gaming desktopPost Date: 2011-06-24 |
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Yagman5000
Newbie Joined: 24 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
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Topic: Buying a new gaming desktop Posted: 24 Jun 2011 at 11:36pm |
Hi pplz,
Im saving up for a new gaming desktop, and Im not really sure what I should get or what my money's worth is. My budget is $2000, but I dont wanna spend that much unless I ultimately have too. All I really want to use it for is gaming, I would like high graphics but it doesnt have to be maxed out, just relatively high is fine. Im only going to be using one monitor, and playing mostly fps like Battlefield 3 (when it comes out) and Black Ops, and some RTS like Starcraft 2. I'll be doing some general web surfing. I honestly only need about 1TB of hard drive, and Im not going to need to overclock it at all... I dont mind if its a bit noisy, but I just dont want it being really noisy. I was looking at the following model: Do you think this would fit my needs? Plz tell me... THX!
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DST4ME
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Quote Reply Posted: 25 Jun 2011 at 11:17am |
I don't think that is going to do it for you, first we need to know what res you gaming at?
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Yagman5000
Newbie Joined: 24 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2 |
Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jun 2011 at 5:11pm |
Im going to be gaming at 1920x1080 resolution.
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DST4ME
DS ELITE Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36758 |
Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jun 2011 at 7:30pm |
Ok let me ask you some questions.
for bf3 and games like that you may want to have sli ability, for that we will come closer to $2000, are you ok with that? we also need to oc your cpu and need a good cpu cooler for it. just to give you an idea or a starting point for us to continue: Here you go Ticket# 570967 --- $2,099 (To see this build click here) Copy of Specifications: Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Cooler Master 942 HAF X Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish Trim Accents: - Standard Factory Finish Processor: Intel Core i7 2600K 3.40GHz (Unlocked CPU for Extreme Overclocking) (Quad Core) Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67 Chipset) (New & Improved B3 Revision Without SATA 3G Issue) System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1000W Corsair (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (1TB Hitachi/Seagate (7200 RPM) (32MB Cache) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks Optical Drive 1: DVD-R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 24x / CD-Writer 48x) Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections) Video Card: 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Corsair A70 Dual 120mm Fans High Performance Cooler H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans Internal Lighting: - No Thanks Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks Boost Processor: Stage 2: Overclock CPU 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz (Requires Pro or Deluxe Series Motherboard) Boost Video Card: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my video card(s) Boost Memory: - No Thanks, Please do not overclock my memory Boost OS: - No Thanks, Please do not tweak the services on the operating system Windows OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) Recovery Tools: Windows Recovery Toolkit (Bundled with Windows 7 CD) Virus Protection: - No Thanks Office: - No Thanks Benchmarking: - No Thanks Install/Test Game: - No Thanks Display: - No Thanks Surge Shield: - No Thanks Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: - No Thanks Mouse: - No Thanks External Storage: - No Thanks Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks Priority Build: - No Thanks, Ship Within 5-15 Business Days After Order Is Successfully Processed Warranty: Life-time Expert Customer Care with 3 Year Limited Warranty I'm trying to give you what you need and stay in your budget, so I need some feed back from you. in a demo we saw bf3 put a hurting on 580 gtx at 1900 x 1200, just fyi, that was a beta/demo tho. I also like to point out to you that HDD rule is: HDD1 = fast small drive: os/apps/games HDD2 = regular large drive: media/personal/work file storage so at some point you gonna want to add a ssd to your system as HDD1 and move that 1TB to hdd2. Edited by DST4ME - 26 Jun 2011 at 7:31pm |
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