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Help With Gaming Rig For New Gamer

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sean1727

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Im currently in the making of my gaming desktop and have for a while been searching for good parts that work together so here is everything i have in mind.
CPU: intel core i7 2600k boxed processor 2nd generation sandy bridge cpu.
Motherboard: MSI P67A-GD65B3 Intel Motherboard.
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 570HD SC 1.2GB.
Sound Card: Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium.
DVD Drive: LG BluRay disc Combo Internal SATA 12x super multi-drive.
Network Card D-Link DGE-530T32bit 10/100/1000 Mbs PCI Adapter.
Power Supply: Thermaltake toughpower xt 775w continuous delivery modual power supply.
RAM, HARD DRIVE: Im going to have probably 16gb of RAM im still deciding how im going to use it, and the hardrive ill get later.
 
Nix the i7, go with the i5 2500k, also take out that P67 motherboard and go with Z68. You do not need a sound card unless you are running some good stereo equipment or headphones, and if you are i would recommend an off-board AMP/DAC anyway, for you i think the on-board sound will be more then enough (you wont be able to tell the difference). Next, why do you have a network card? Your motherboard has one...

As for the RAM, why the hell do you need 16GB of RAM? If this is for gaming that is going to wasted for the next 6 years. Get 8GB in 4GB dimms 1333mhz CL9 1.5v.

I would recommend getting a 1GB 6950 instead of the GTX 570.

You will only need a good 500-600w PSU no need for 700+

For hard drive i will recommend the SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB Drive.
 
whats the difference in quality between the 6950 and gtx 570, my friend has a 570 and it runs very well so just wondering and also wouldnt the i7 last longer?
 
If you are running at 1920x1080 the difference is about 15% in bad cases closer in other games. And the i7 will last longer, but you should be upgrading by then anyway. (4 years)
 
Yes you can but you will gain about 4% performance in games with $100 increase in price... (fucking stupid)

And worse, but look at the price difference. bump up to the 6970 and you are beating the 570 in alot of the benches.
 
ASUS LGA 1155 SATA 6Gbps USB 3.0 Supported Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2400 Motherboards P8Z68-V PRO is ths the correct motherboard?
 
Just curious--why are you recommending the z68 board over the p67 board? Everything I've read says that you're really only getting two things on the z68 that are extra: the ability to OC (and other performance-tweaking options) and also make use of the onboard graphics (which is useless except for troubleshooting if you are using a discrete graphics card, or I guess for the extra monitor output), and SSD caching.

Am I missing something about the z68? Getting ready to recommend a build to a friend, so it'd be nice not to make a complete ass of myself here... 🙂
 
sean1727 said:
Intel® Core™ i5-2500K Processor
(6M Cache, 3.30 GHz)is this the right processor
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Yes that is correct.

Raswan said:
Just curious--why are you recommending the z68 board over the p67 board? Everything I've read says that you're really only getting two things on the z68 that are extra: the ability to OC (and other performance-tweaking options) and also make use of the onboard graphics (which is useless except for troubleshooting if you are using a discrete graphics card, or I guess for the extra monitor output), and SSD caching.
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Because if his needs change down the road Z68 is the more flexible platform, think of Z68 as what P67 should have been.
 
So then this would be the better complete setup.
CPU:i5 2500k processore 6m cache 3.30 ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68P P53 LGA 1155 intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6 Gb/s ATX intel motherboard.
RAM:8 gb in 4 gb dimms at 1333mhz
Video Card:
XFX AMD Radeon HD 6950 (HD695XZNDC) 1024MB PCIe

Harddrive: samsung sinpoint f3 1tb drive.

no sound card

dvd drive: lg bluray disc combo internal sata 12x super multidrive.

no network card.

And power supply 5-600w
 
Yes, if you NEED bluray...other wise i would just get a standard DVD drive and deal with it. BluRay is not catching on as they hoped, most HD media can be seen using online services (Netflix, HBOgo, etc.) If you dont already have a collection of BluRay discs then skip it and go with DVD.
 
alright and will this setup be able to play games like crysis 2 fallout 3 and black ops on max settings? because if it did you just shaved of a good 200 dollars off my recipt
 
At what resolution? You should see max settings in black ops easily, Fallout 3 shouldnt be too hard either. Crysis 2 with texture pack and DX11 patch might hurt you quite a bit though. But even the GTX 570 would have problems with that.
 
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Promo code: EMCKDGK26 for $10 off the PSU.

Don't need the network card
Don't need a sound card.
Don't need a blu-ray drive unless you have the software to decode blu-rays or are backing up to blu-ray.

Edit: Crap, that's 1.65V RAM.
Here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226191
 
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mnewsham said:
No offence but a waste of a few bucks on the RAM there.
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It had a $15 rebate making it cheaper than 1333
Even the new one I just linked to (1.5V) is the same price as 1333 after rebate.

Might as well do 1600 if it's the same price.

(can't view what you linked. Blocking dynamitedata)
 
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