Budget Gaming Rig-Rate this build.
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Budget Gaming Rig-Rate this build.
At 44 years old, I think I'm jumping off the cliff. I had expressed some interest into getting into a bit of gaming. A guy on my local forum has offered to build me a budget gaming rig. I told him I wanted to stay under $700. Here's what he came up with. This will still leave me a few bucks for headphones and a game or two on Steam. As I have crappy internet (wifi through my wife's phone) I will be doing strictly single player stuff and he will download the games and install for me.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=18062065
What do you think?
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/Pu...umber=18062065
What do you think?
#7
Due to a clusterfuck of clusterfuckery on AMD's side, and Intel's...weird as **** lineup, the I5-2500k is really the best processor available price/performance.
z68 is all-but-required. x79 is awesome, but it's pricy as **** unfortunately. Seriously, a good x79 motherboard's price will make your outie turn into an innie. h61 isn't even worth the time of day. 2500k+z68 is a bit more cash as the previous poster noted, but it is well worth the extra cash. 2500 non-k...works I guess, but you save $10 for taking a massive chunk out of future proofing.
The video card is the top price/performance you can get, the 6850 is definitely a good choice.
I have that RAM in my gaming PC.
The PSU gives me some hesitation, I'd definitely recommend something beefier and a better manufacturer.
The rest is so generic that it doesn't matter.
#9
for a budget, I'm looking at these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128523
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138319
I'm partial to the gigabyte one due to their reliability reputation. But if I were actually building another personal system right now. I'd probably go with this one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131773
Reason being, I'm a bit of an Asus *****, and every asus board I've ever owned got outdated before it died.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128523
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138319
I'm partial to the gigabyte one due to their reliability reputation. But if I were actually building another personal system right now. I'd probably go with this one.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131773
Reason being, I'm a bit of an Asus *****, and every asus board I've ever owned got outdated before it died.
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OK, so the Biostar Z68 and I5-2500k should cover it for changes, correct?
He's leaned on some other people going with 550w and 600w power supplies on similar builds saying they were overkill. Who knows.
He's leaned on some other people going with 550w and 600w power supplies on similar builds saying they were overkill. Who knows.
#16
It's not that it doesn't meet the required maximum, it's about longevity. Joe Perez could probably give you the *actual* explanation of why, but I've seen psus in the 400w range give up the ghost in a few months on similar systems with regularity. Considering that a 600w PSU is, after rebate, $10 more than a 460w PSU...Why cheap out?
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http://cmstore.coolermaster-usa.com/...products_id=83
http://cmstore.coolermaster-usa.com/...roducts_id=536
there, saved you a lil gawp
http://cmstore.coolermaster-usa.com/...roducts_id=536
there, saved you a lil gawp