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Yet another build ($1200)

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i_am_the_slime

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1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing. Gaming & ripping/encoding/playing music

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread $1200

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from. US - Newegg

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc. No preference

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are. Already have Win 7 & Monitor

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads. Of course.

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds. Will overclock

8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with. Current monitor is 1680 x 1050

9. WHEN do you plan to build it? Couple of weeks

10. Don't ask for a build configuration critique or rating if you are thin skinned. Have at it!

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CASE - CoolerMaster Storm Enforcer - $90

CPU - Intel i5-2500k - $220

FAN - CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ - $30

PSU - Corsair HX650 - $120

RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600 - $65

MB - Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-ED3P - $190

HDD - 2x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB - $120

GPU - EVGA GTX 570 - $320

DVD - Samsung CD/DVD Burner - $19

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My biggest concern is the motherboard - is it worth spending this much? Any other comments? Thanks!
 
Go with cheaper case, preferably the HAF 912
Cheaper ram, go with standard DDR3-1333 8gb, no fancy heatspreaders
your motherboard might be a little bit expensive. ill let the experts take a look
 
> Cheaper ram, go with standard DDR3-1333 8gb, no fancy heatspreaders

Right.

> Go with cheaper case, preferably the HAF 912

Agreed, unless you just prefer the more expensive case.

Otherwise it's fine if you want all of the fancy features of the Gigabyte over a $120 ASRock.
 
You will 99% of the time not SLI later, sorry but it's true. By the time you will SLI you can just buy a single GPU that is better and uses less power.
 
Another note on the GPUs is that graphics technology changes all the time. So by the time you get around to SLI, you're looking at DX12. IMO.
 
Slufa111 said:
Go with a 6950, cheaper and better performance. I dont understand why everyone is stuck on a 570!
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Am I missing something? I look at the benchmarks and the 6950 is close to the 570 on a few games but behind on most games. Then I look at the 6970 vs the 570, and it seems about split - 570 better on some, worse on others.

Now, I realize that the 6950 is VERY close to the 570 and about $50 cheaper. But I always see people say the 6950 is BETTER than the 570, and it definitely doesn't seem better, just very close.
 
i_am_the_slime said:
Am I missing something? I look at the benchmarks and the 6950 is close to the 570 on a few games but behind on most games. Then I look at the 6970 vs the 570, and it seems about split - 570 better on some, worse on others.

Now, I realize that the 6950 is VERY close to the 570 and about $50 cheaper. But I always see people say the 6950 is BETTER than the 570, and it definitely doesn't seem better, just very close.
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It isnt better for the performance it IS a better buy though (why spend 50 bucks on the 570?)
 
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