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Shameful
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Re: Your rig

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Well, apart from the broken pc and the monitor with a chunk ripped out its pretty decent, I use it too play on FADW.
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Re: Your rig

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Well, this inst necessarily my rig yet, but i just wanted to see what other people thought about it. I'm under a little budget (around 750-800$) so it's not gonna be the best.

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
Video Card: Zotac AMP! ZT-50302-10M
Memory: 8gb OWC CL7
Case: Rosewill FBM-01
Power Supply: Cooler Master extreme Power Plus RS-550-Pcar-E3
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS (1TB)

As for the keyboard, monitor, and mouse, I will deiced on those later. Right now I just want to have my PC all done. But feel free to leave suggestions on what I should change and what not.
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Re: Your rig

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Nice. I wish I could have that :(
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Re: Your rig

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deathham wrote: CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H
Video Card: Zotac AMP! ZT-50302-10M
Memory: 8gb OWC CL7
Case: Rosewill FBM-01
Power Supply: Cooler Master extreme Power Plus RS-550-Pcar-E3
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS (1TB)
This will be better:
CPU: Intel core i5 3470 (The K version's just mean you can overclock them. If you don't know how to overclock, or don't want to...don't get the K versions. This one is the Ivy Bridge predisessor of the 2500, and it's only slightly faster at the same price. I would recommend getting the latest architecture than getting the 2500k)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 Z77 Chipset LGA 1155
Video Card: HIS iCooler Radeon HD 7770
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB
Case: Cooler Master HAF-912
Hard Drive: Seagate Barricuda 1TB

Price for all this is $684 on Newegg. You also need to factor in the $100 for the operating system.
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Re: Your rig

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Lol my rig is the worst ever but excellent processes tho
intel 4000 HD
not even a graphic card :l
intel core i7 tho lol all i want to say lol but this 4000 is rlly good to my prospective next time when i get a job ill get a real one
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The Intel HD Graphics 4000 is terrible compared to other laptops with the same price, but that's Intel integrated graphics for ya.
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Re: Your rig

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Lol i know but it plays alot of games nicely i can play planet side 2 in med graphics still laggy tho lol i will get a better computer if i get that job
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Yeah, the 4000 isn't bad, but not really good either, at least not compared to the GT's/Radeon's you get for the same price.
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Re: Your rig

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This will be better:
CPU: Intel core i5 3470 (The K version's just mean you can overclock them. If you don't know how to overclock, or don't want to...don't get the K versions. This one is the Ivy Bridge predisessor of the 2500, and it's only slightly faster at the same price. I would recommend getting the latest architecture than getting the 2500k)
Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G41 Z77 Chipset LGA 1155
Video Card: HIS iCooler Radeon HD 7770
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB
Case: Cooler Master HAF-912
Hard Drive: Seagate Barricuda 1TB

Price for all this is $684 on Newegg. You also need to factor in the $100 for the operating system.
Thank you, didnt really know that and now you saved me a couple hundred dollars!
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Re: Your rig

Post by DelusionalSyko »

deathham wrote:Thank you, didnt really know that and now you saved me a couple hundred dollars!
The 2500k/2400 is an amazing proc. But at this time, sadly, it's outdated and has been replaced. So getting the most recent architecture is always good :)

If you wanted to, you can swap it out for an AMD build and save even more money. Most people are insanely against AMD building for gaming, but I'm still a huge fan of AMD and I'm interested in building one for gaming. HOWEVER amd is budget. They are no where near the performance speed of Intel's chips. You can compare a quad-core processor vs an intel quad-core at the same speed, and the Intel will demolish it and stomp it into the dirt. But if you're on a strict budget, it's something to look into.

Also, I've noticed a lot of pre-built desktops with pretty descent hardware for good prices. Building PC's these days seems to be slightly more expensive rather than buying it from a company. Check out some HP builds and Asus builds to see if you can find a good deal. I just recently saw a build with an i7 proc 8gb of ram for about $700 - $800. And it also comes with a warranty :)

Graphics is just as important as processor. I would rather have an insanely fast processor and a crappy GPU. A lot of games these days, as well as a lot of graphically enhanced programs (Flash player) is CPU accelerated. So if you can get an i7 proc, I would HIGHLY recommend that over the i5. Most of the i7's support hyperthreading, and none of the i5s support it.
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