Question:
I am looking to build a $1400 gaming pc and i was wondering if these specs would be good.?
Joe
2012-04-17 00:39:22 UTC
CPU: Intel i5 2500k

Mother board: Gigabyte G1 Sniper M3 intel main board

Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 500gb

SSD: OCZ Vertex Plus 60GB

Optical Drive: Pioneer DVD/CD burner

Memory: (please recommend brand and amount) link if possible

Graphics card: Gigabyte nVidia GTX560 Ti OC 1 GB

Case: Cooler masters: HAF 912 advanced

Power supply: GS-600 600W

OS: Microsoft Windows premium service pack 64bit

Monitor: Samsung 20 inch Black LED

Sound Card: Creative sound blasters 5.1VX

Mouse: Roccat Pyra wired

Keyboard: already have


Please tell me if you could recommend anything or if anything is not compatible
Greatly appreciated
thanks
My mother board is the: Gigabyte G1 SNIPER M3 Intel Main board- LGA 1155
(if thats not ideal for gaming could you recommend me a better one)

I am wanting to play games like battle field, just cause 2, crisis 2 , COD any thing pretty much.

I am looking for something that i would just regularly upgrade but i would like to keep this build for quite a few years.

I am very new to this whole computer thing so I really appreciate all your help

If there is anything you could recommend for me to change in my build please do.


By the way my budget is around $1400 including the monitor, microsoft and key board and mouse


Im really confused about this ram thing sorry could you please send me a link to any ram you would recommend me
Three answers:
Mark N
2012-04-17 01:23:31 UTC
That board is ok, not the best but the best is much more costly... It will still crossfire or SLI two premium cards... Drop the sound card for adding budget for ram... Onboard sound nowdays is just as good, with less hassle with drivers...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231429 G.Skill

You will want a CPU cooler...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181016 Corsair H80

Replace the hard drive you chose with this...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

Your hard drive is the biggest bottleneck of anything in your system, so you want the maximum you can get which is SATA3 6Gb/sec 64mb cache... Everyone brags about their SSD systems booting up in 20 seconds and less... I am using a referbished Western Digital like this one, and it boots up in 20 seconds... Difference is huge between the 16mh cache that you chose and the 64mb cache, especially on a performance system like you are choosing...
?
2012-04-17 08:11:23 UTC
This is some damn good memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314



Now, if you are spending 1400 you must have some cash left over. I didn't add it all up but just looking at that setup im guessing thats at most 1200 right there. I reccomend taking that money and getting a better power supply and graphics card.

Power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139022

I'd get this and replace the 560 ti with this baby:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125364

580 all the way! thats the best PCI-E 2.0 card you can get.
n/a
2012-04-17 07:46:52 UTC
$1,400 and you're only getting one video card and a rinky dink 20" monitor?


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