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Need help $1500 gaming rig

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atheist1

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As the title states. I do not know much about gaming rigs. I will be buying parts in a few weeks and having my friend put together. I don't need a keyboard, mouse, or monitor for this build. Would like to run rift on max settings (hopefully). 1080p resolution if it matters. Thanks in advance for input.
 
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endlessmike133 said:
You're gonna be able to get an absolutely beast system for that money.

Gimme a sec and I'll build you one.

CASE: HAF X


RAM: G.SKILL 8GB

Hard Drive: SAMSUNG 1TB F3 7200RPM

Solid State Drive: OCZ VERTEX 2 120GB SSD

PSU: XFX 850W

GPU: 560 Ti (BUY 2 OF THESE!)

CPU: i5 2500k

Motherboard: MSI-P67A GD5 (CURRENTLY SOLD OUT)
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Mike i beat you too it, also SLI isnt really a great idea because of negative scaling, extra heat, more power, SLI profiles, and driver issues. A larger SINGLE card makes more sense. Do two 560ti's out class a single 570? Yes, but in some games it performs worse because the game doesnt support SLI or the drivers dont support the game. It also means you NEED to have a motherboard that has 2 PCIe slots (more costly) and a bigger powersupply (another cost).

On a side note, while the HAF X is a nice case (I love it myself) it isnt very useful in a build like this, the HAF X is useful if getting VERY large graphics cards (GTX 590 or AMD HD 6990) or you are using an E-ATX motherboard.
 
mnewsham said:
Mike i beat you too it, also SLI isnt really a great idea because of negative scaling, extra heat, more power, SLI profiles, and driver issues. A larger SINGLE card makes more sense. Do two 560ti's out class a single 570? Yes, but in some games it performs worse because the game doesnt support SLI or the drivers dont support the game. It also means you NEED to have a motherboard that has 2 PCIe slots (more costly) and a bigger powersupply (another cost).

On a side note, while the HAF X is a nice case (I love it myself) it isnt very useful in a build like this, the HAF X is useful if getting VERY large graphics cards (GTX 590 or AMD HD 6990) or you are using an E-ATX motherboard.
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Fine, if you wanna be a patooty he can replace the HAF X with a HAF 922 and the GTX 560 Ti with a GTX 580!
 
mnewsham said:
Oh and the SSD you recommended is 24nm NAND and right now OCZ is having Write speed issues with their new NAND. The drive i linked uses 34nm and is much more reliable!
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Updated my post once again. 😉

OP, go with my build; you'll plow through everything you do on your comp...it's much better than mnewsham's pathetic little build!
 
Mike, while the GTX 580 is a good GPU, it doesnt warrant the $500 price tag as seen here it gives a 10% gain in performance but for a 62% gain in cost! 😱
 
mnewsham said:
Mike, while the GTX 580 is a good GPU, it doesnt warrant the $500 price tag as seen here it gives a 10% gain in performance but for a 62% gain in cost! 😱
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Yeah but if the OP is looking at the best performance at his price range and doesn't want SLI than a GTX 580 is his best option...
 
Like I said I don't know much on the subject. I'll probabaly wait for some more people to weigh in on these builds and see what everyone else thinks.
 
mnewsham said:
For a 62% price hike i dont see any point a GTX 570 will run any game at 1920x1080 at the highest settings.
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The guy never said he wanted to save money...of course it probably could be assumed most people want to save some money but:

He has $1500 and wants to get the greatest gaming performance, GTX 580 or SLI is the way to go.
 
endlessmike133 said:
mnewsham's build isn't bad by any means; however you're gonna get better gaming performance with my build.
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It's not about blowing the other build out of the water OP wants a good build, and i am sure OP also wants a decent price he doesnt want to blindly throw money away. Price/performance Ratio is key!!
 
mnewsham said:
It's not about blowing the other build out of the water OP wants a good build, and i am sure OP also wants a decent price he doesnt want to blindly throw money away. Price/performance Ratio is key!!
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If that's the case than he should go with my original suggestion and get a GTX 560 Ti SLI...if he ever has issues he can just use a single GTX 560 and still be running smoothly.
 
OP go with this:

CASE: HAF 922


RAM: G.SKILL 8GB

Hard Drive: SAMSUNG 1TB F3 7200RPM

Solid State Drive: CORSAIR 120GB SSD

PSU: XFX 850w

GPU: GTX 560 Ti (GET 2 OF THESE FOR SLI)

CPU: i5 2500k

Motherboard: MSI-P67A GD5 (CURRENTLY SOLD OUT)

M. Night Shyamalan's build is cool and all but if you want SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER GAMING PERFORMANCE for your money go with mine.

In the odd chance that you experience any issues with SLI on a game you can always disable it and still get amazing performance @ 1080p.

ENJOY!
 
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endlessmike133 said:
OP go with this:

CASE: HAF 922


RAM: G.SKILL 8GB

Hard Drive: SAMSUNG 1TB F3 7200RPM

Solid State Drive: CORSAIR 120GB SSD

PSU: XFX 850w

GPU: GTX 560 Ti (GET 2 OF THESE FOR SLI)

CPU: i5 2500k

Motherboard: MSI-P67A GD5 (CURRENTLY SOLD OUT)

M. Night Shyamalan's build is cool and all but if you want SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER GAMING PERFORMANCE for your money.

In the odd chance that you experience any issues with SLI on a game you can always disable it and still get amazing performance @ 1080p.

ENJOY!
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Dude he already said he was going to wait for more people... And if he wants to go SLI he can i am not saying don't go SLI, it just makes more sense to go with a single card solution if it is viable. For him it is. Besides X-Fire is better price for performance. Get 2 6950's flash them to 6970's and that will beat 2 560's (and match 2 570's) for the same price.
 
endlessmike133 said:
In the odd chance that you experience any issues with SLI on a game you can always disable it and still get amazing performance @ 1080p.
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🙄 So what do GTX 560s in SLI get the OP then, "amazinger performance"? You can't have your cake and eat it too.

OP, mnewsham's build is more balanced IMHO. I'd recommend not spending the extra $100, but if you absolutely must spend it, go ahead and upgrade your mouse, keyboard, or speakers/headphones.
 
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