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Will this Desktop be Good For Gaming?

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halokillzone23

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I am trying to build a gaming computer, which I can play Battlefield 3, Flight simulator X, Crysis, and all upcoming games in ultra settings.

This is the parts which my friend liquidating from his store:

1) ASUS Rampage III Formula LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
2) Intel Core i7-980 Processor Extreme Edition 3.33 GHz
3) EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
4) Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
5) Antec High Current Pro HCP-1200 1200W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
6) COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case
7) AeroCool V12XT - System fan speed controller
8) ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED
9) 12 GB Kingston 1600MHz DDR3 RAM 4x3
10) SAMSUNG BLU-RAY 12X DVD-ROM DVDRW DUAL LAYER & LIGHTSCRIBE BURNER DRIVE

All for $900 What you guys think?????
Will this last at least a year or it just over priced???
I want to make this computer to run in ULTRA settings. Is parts worth the buy or something else.

**Please don't judge the parts by the price guess if I purchased this parts for $2,000 will it be worth it??**
 
If you were going to buy these part at their normal prices you would be wasting a lot of money, but at $900 it's a great machine and should be able to play most games at ultra for quite sometime.
 
titan131 said:
If you were going to buy these part at their normal prices you would be wasting a lot of money, but at $900 it's a great machine and should be able to play most games at ultra for quite sometime.
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So what parts would you recommend to make a beast computer.. Please comment!!!
 
halokillzone23 said:
🙁 so these parts are outdated??
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I would not say it was outdated just yet. Although not the latest, the i7-980 is still a very powerful cpu and is sometimes faster than the 2600k. One thing I forgot was a cpu cooler, get a good cpu cooler and overclock that bad boy 🙂 The only negative with going with the i7-980 instead of the 2600k is that you won't be able to upgrade to Ivy Bridge without changing your motherboard. Here is a review of the 2600k and i7-980
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20
the i7-980 wins some while the 2600k wins others so it is a toss up really, for gaming at least.
 
titan131 said:
I would not say it was outdated just yet. Although not the latest, the i7-980 is still a very powerful cpu and is sometimes faster than the 2600k. One thing I forgot was a cpu cooler, get a good cpu cooler and overclock that bad boy 🙂 The only negative with going with the i7-980 instead of the 2600k is that you won't be able to upgrade to Ivy Bridge without changing your motherboard. Here is a review of the 2600k and i7-980
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20
the i7-980 wins some while the 2600k wins others so it is a toss up really, for gaming at least.
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Wow some games run better in 2600k then 9800 damn I'm soo confused! I want to make a computer which I don't need to upgrade for approximately 2 years. Is Geforce GTX 590 better then 580??
 
titan131 said:
I would not say it was outdated just yet. Although not the latest, the i7-980 is still a very powerful cpu and is sometimes faster than the 2600k. One thing I forgot was a cpu cooler, get a good cpu cooler and overclock that bad boy 🙂 The only negative with going with the i7-980 instead of the 2600k is that you won't be able to upgrade to Ivy Bridge without changing your motherboard. Here is a review of the 2600k and i7-980
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/20
the i7-980 wins some while the 2600k wins others so it is a toss up really, for gaming at least.
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and also is ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED good for cooling these processor because it got good feedbacks.
 
halokillzone23 said:
Wow some games run better in 2600k then 9800 damn I'm soo confused! I want to make a computer which I don't need to upgrade for approximately 2 years. Is Geforce GTX 590 better then 580??
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yeah the 590 uses two underclocked 580 gpus and is definitely the faster of the two.
 
titan131 said:
yeah the 590 uses two underclocked 580 gpus and is definitely the faster of the two.
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Thanks man you really helped me by making a big decision 😀 one last final question should I buy the parts then, without fearing that it will be outdated in less then a year. Thanks again for answering my questions!!! I owe you one 😀
 
Looks like a troll thread to me. Then again, my troll sensors are sometimes oversensitive. Maybe I'm just paranoid.
 
That CPU cooler is quite good but some better ones are the Noctua NH-D14, Thermalright Silver Arrow and Thermalright Archon.
lehtv said:
Looks like a troll thread to me. Then again, my troll sensors are sometimes oversensitive. Maybe I'm just paranoid.
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Yeah, I feel ya.
 
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titan131 said:
That CPU cooler is quite good but some better ones are the Noctua NH-D14, Thermalright Silver Arrow and Thermalright Archon.

Yeah, I feel ya.
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I am getting these parts from my friend's store who is closing his store because he is going back to his country. I am not trolling please believe me.
 
$900 is very good for those parts. The GPU alone costs $750 normally. So... /thread 😀

If I were you I'd grab it, then sell the noisy, hot piece of crap that is GTX 590 and buy a MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr II / III or Galaxy GTX 580 and enjoy 😛. Won't run Ultra always, but it's still better than a GTX 590. Upgrade the video card next year to GTX 680.
 
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