New Gaming Computer with BugdetPost Date: 2011-02-14 |
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Benny 
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 Topic: New Gaming Computer with BugdetPosted: 14 Feb 2011 at 1:54am |
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Ok what i have below is way far beyond the price i want. My budget is $3000 or a bit over, but not too much (above $300 is too much). I want a gaming PC not just for now, but for the future for a couple years maybe. I want this mainly to run Battlefield 3 in the best graphics possible with a very solid framerate. This right here is somewhere over $5000 dollars. I also might want to run Crysis 2 in the best possible graphics, but mainly battlefield 3 and other games. So if some of you could help me get the price lowered i would be very, very, very happy. Here we go...I really want to run BF3 best graphics possible with budget.
Ticket Number: 486597 Total Price with Instant Savings: $5,319.00 Direct Load URL: http://www.digitalstormonline. 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 Extreme Edition 980X 3.33GHz (Six-Core) (Extreme Performance) Motherboard: MSI Big Bang-XPower (Intel X58 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) System Memory: 6GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1200W Digital Storm Certified (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition Highly Recommended) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (80GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (80GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance) 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 5870 4GB (Asus ARES Unlimited Power Edition) (Two 5870 GPUs Integrated) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Auzen X-Fi Bravura 7.1 (PCI-Express Slot Based) Extreme Cooling: H20: Stage 2: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooler (240mm Radiator) (High-Performance Edition) H20 Tube Color:- Not Applicable, I do not have a FrostChill or Sub-Zero LCS Cooling System Selected Chassis Airflow: Upgrade Chassis With LED Performance Fans (Red) (Up to 6 Fans) Internal Lighting: Internal Chassis Lighting System (UV) (Creates Glowing Effect for H20 Tubes) Enhancements: Scythe Kaze Master Temperature Display & Fan Controller (Requires Chassis Airflow Upgrade) (KM01-BK) Chassis Mods: HailStorm & 950Si Case Only: Video Card(s) Area: Drill and Mount a Side Window 120mm Fan Blow-Hole Noise Reduction: Noise Suppression Package Stage 1 (Optimized Airflow & Fan Speeds Only) Boost Processor: Stage 3: Overclock the processor between 4.2GHz to 4.6GHz (Requires i7 980X Processor) Boost Video Card: FREE: Yes, Overclock the video card(s) as much as possible with complete stability 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: FREE: Hot-selling game with a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 or above graphics card Display: Hanns G 25 inch X-Celerate OD (Widescreen) (Black) (High-Performance Gaming Display) Surge Shield: APC SurgeArrest Personal PER7 (7 Outlet) 120V Surge Protector Speakers: - No Thanks Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming USB Desktop (Multimedia Keyboard) Mouse: Razer Deathadder Gaming Mouse (High-Speed Gaming Grade) 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 Waranty |
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gametamer
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 2:04am |
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First thing would be the monitor apc keyboade and mouse you can buy them from an online retailer or someone local to you and save money as well as save on shipping. Ill let dst do you a build im sure he will be by in a few hours or so.
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corybo7
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 2:07am |
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Here is a good build for you.....comes in at 2,866.00
http://www.digitalstormonline. Feel free to ask questions about my choices. |
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corybo7
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 2:17am |
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http://www.digitalstormonline.
Also this build minus the monitor/keyboard/mouse....couldn't deselect the surgeprotector for some reason.......you can get great monitors from newegg for cheaper and a lot come with free shipping.....same goes for keyboards and mouse.... |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 2:37am |
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I would go with a SB p67 build:
more expensive but more powerful and still under your buget with a 160GB ssd: Here you go Ticket# 486609 --- $2710 (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) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) 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 (160GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX) 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 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: - 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 but if you want to stick with x58, then take coboy's last build and take out the upgraded fans, and fan controller, as they are both pointless and the upgraded fans are loud, again upgrade hdd1 to 160GB ssd: Here you go Ticket# 486610 --- $2390 (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 950 3.06GHz (Quad Core) Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X58 (Intel X58 Chipset) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) System Memory: 6GB 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 (160GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX) 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 470 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology) 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: Internal Chassis Lighting System (Red) Enhancements: - No Thanks Chassis Mods: - No Thanks Noise Reduction: - No Thanks Boost Processor: FREE: Stage 1: Overclock the processor between 3.3GHz to 3.9GHz (Cooling Upgrade Recommended) 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 |
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Benny
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 8:45am |
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thanks for all the help guys with this and if u could tell me anything
about power for this and what i could buy so there isnt a huge electric
bill because i have no idea how much power this takes up.
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Benny
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 8:55am |
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o yes also i realized there isn't a spot for a 2nd Video Card. I was wondering how much someone would need that to say run Crysis 2 on at least high, but i still wanna run everything as far as they go with this. so how do upgrades work? can i select them off of this site? or what?
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Benny
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 9:27am |
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i know i have a bunch of posts and i am not very good at this computer stuff. so the way i really compare things is with crysis 2 now i guess if u can find specs. if not than possibly one of the best looking games u can think of right now that this thing can run and how well with some of the new suggestions that people came up with for the computer i want.
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corybo7
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 9:42am |
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The most graphically intense game to date right now according to benchmarkers is Metro 2033...with the 570 build I have seen many reviews of the 570 running it with just one card at around 35 FPS.....Very playable at those lvl's
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Benny
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 5:21pm |
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is there a way to include 2 video cards cause i could use 2 of those so games in the future work good. and thanks for the suggestion
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Roman44
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Posted: 14 Feb 2011 at 7:10pm |
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For sli this on is right on your budget max ($3305). If you need to back it down you can save about $170 by going with 4GB of Ram which is super easy to upgrade in the future, or just go with a single 1TB Caviar HDD which would save like $500.
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) (Features USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s) System Memory: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Digital Storm Certified Performance Series (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested) Power Supply: 1200W Corsair Pro Gold Series (CMPSU-1200AX) (Dual/Triple/Quad SLI Compatible) Expansion Bay: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (160GB Solid State (By: Intel) (Model: X25-M MLC Edition) (Extreme Performance) Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: 1x (1TB Western Digital Caviar (7200 RPM) (64MB Cache) (Model: Black Edition WD1002FAEX) 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: 2x SLI Dual (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.2GB (Includes PhysX Technology) Add-on Card: - No Thanks Sound Card: Integrated Motherboard Audio Extreme Cooling: AIR: Stage 2: Noctua NH-D14 Extreme Performance (Does NOT fit on the regular EVGA X58 3X SLI) 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: - 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 |
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DST4ME
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Posted: 15 Feb 2011 at 7:06am |
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Benny worring about power usage and wanting sli, directly conflict eachother.
ITs a bad idea to judge power by crysis or metro, they don't represent the power usage of 95% of the games out here, to play metro smooth at 1900 x 1200 with possibly some aa, you would need tri sli/cf, thats super overkill for 95% of the games out there, at that res, with 4x aa or higher. the configs I gave you, can do sli 570 if needed, all you do is add another to it. But for future proof, its best to get what you need now, and save the rest of the money so that you can get a future gpu and upgrade to that, for example somebody that got single 275 couple of years ago and then upgraded to a 570 now is able to play current games in DX ll and higher settings, the sli 275. however if you are stuck on sli 570, take my config 486609 and just change the gpu from 1 x 570 to 2 x 570, 1200w psu is overkill for sli 570, the power draw for a my config with sli 570 would be around 600 - 700w ballpark. |
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Benny
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Posted: 15 Feb 2011 at 8:50pm |
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yeah i think I'm starting to understand what you mean now with upgrading and everything to save money. i want to thank you for all the hard work for helping figure out a great computer. if u could just take the current build and tone it down for me (since i don't understand computers that well and you clearly do) can u help me with a graphics card that works great and power?
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DST4ME
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Posted: 16 Feb 2011 at 5:42am |
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I'm a bit confused as to which config you are refering to, lets just simplify:
1. do you want sli? a. if yes, then you want a single gpu that you can add another gpu to, or you want the sli now? b. if no, that fine too. 2. do you want cpu air cooled, LC, or tec? ( right now from what I can see tec config is only for i7 9xx and not SB, you can always call DS and ask for it if you want SB, also keep in mind on top of the power pc uses the tec uses 800w constant to its own.) 3. do you want gpu air cooled or LC? (no tec on gpu) 4. the budget is $5000 but we want to get the most power for least $$$, correct? if yes then I advise staying away from LC cooling. 5. what res you gonna be gaming at? just answer those and I will whip up a config for you. |
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Benny
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Posted: 16 Feb 2011 at 9:46am |
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ok sorry for the confusion. i feel that we at are more confusion than needed. ok I'm not going to post here any more to create less confusion. Please go to Gaming Computer with a Budget (Changed) and I'm trying to get the best for a $3000 budget, but i prefer under $2500.
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