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    Posted: 07 Feb 2011 at 9:22am

Ok, current config at $1906 and that includes shipping.

Advice welcome!

 
484782 config number
Budget is $1900
Expectations are to play games like dragon age 2, civ 5, etc...
Usage is to play games
Special needs are to not overheat, not crash, not freeze up :)
Unlikely to ever use two gpu's
 
 
Case: - Cooler Master HAF 932                                 Bigger than I need but great reviews on cooling

CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz                             I play games and never multitask

Motherboard: ASUS P8P67                                         Performs equally to pro but I do not need the extra features

Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz DS                              4 would be enough but getting 8 just in case.

PSU: 750W Corsair TX                                                Should be good for this config

Hard Drive:  1x 500GB                                               Never used 400 on current pc even with many games installed

Optical Drive 1: 24x                                                   Basic one

Video Card: 1x ATI Radeon HD 6970 2GB                 I like to use 2560x1600 whenever possible

Extreme Cooling:  Noctua NH-U12P                          Got great reviews

FREE: Overclock the CPU                                           2500k is overclock friendly

Windows  7 Home Premium (64-Bit Edition)             Bill Gates needs his cash

Keyboard and Mouse                                                Old keyboard and mouse in rough shape



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I would get the 2600K CPU, many of the new games use 6 threads, that would leave 2 left over for background apps while gaming.

I would get the 1Tb HDD, faster than the 500Gb by a good margin, and you don't want to fill a hard drive up over 60-70% performance starts takes a huge hit after around the 50% mark
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Thanks for the tip on hard drives. I did not know that. Fortunately the cost for a 1tb is very low.
 
The cpu upgrade is more costly though. That might be difficult.
 
I read an article that said gpu's eat your ram, and they advised more than 4gb ram...any thoughts on that?
 


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GPU's eat RAM?  nope.  gaming wise, more than 4Gb of RAM will not help one single bit
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Good to know. I have had some trouble getting a definative answer to the following: "Is 8 ram of any real value over 4 ram when all you do is play games?"

 
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amount of ram = more multi tasking.

so if you are runing one game at a time, 4GB is more then enough, if you are running multiple things at a time then you may need more ram, depending, ram/hdd/gpu are all things you can add/upgrade later easily.

still under your budget, but feel free to change teh hdd and etc back to whatever you want:

Here you go Ticket# 485031 --- $1839 (To see this build click here)

Copy of Specifications:
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - HAF 922
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 (Intel P67 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s)
System Memory: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Corsair TX (Dual SLI Compatible)
Expansion Bay: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX)
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 ATI Radeon HD 6970 2GB
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio
Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 1: Noctua NH-U12P SE 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: FREE: Overclock the processor between 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz
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: Logitech Media Combo MK200 Keyboard and Mouse
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: FREE: Digital Storm T-Shirt - Black (Large)
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

so you have a monitor that supports 2560 x 1600 res?

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Yes, I have one of those 30" Dells I bought about two years ago when I had extra money laying around. Not so much free cash right now!
 
Generally I will try out a game on 2560x1600 and lower it if I have to.
 
Thanks for the config assistance by the way.
 
So the haf 932 is overkill?
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Well its a little bigger and we normally recommend those to people who what to add stuff to their pc, if you are not going go sli IMO the 922 should do a great job, of course the 932 has 3 large fan vs the 2 large fan of the 922, but you can add the third large fan to the 922.

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