The Gaming PC Building/Upgrade Thread

[Epoch]

Chroniczaaa said:

Epoch said:

Chroniczaaa said:

So if I can get a job as quickly as possible when i turn 16 in May I was thinking of buying and building my own gaming computer, if anyone here can help me out i want to make sure all of these parts are 100% compatible together.

Motherboard -

Intel® - Media Series ATX Motherboard 1066/1333MHz (Socket 1155)

CPU -

Intel® - Core™ i7-2600 Quad-Core 3.4GHz Processor

GPU -

PNY - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.25GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card

HD -

Western Digital - 320GB Internal Hard Drive for Desktops

DVD -

HP - 24x Internal Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive

Ram -

Corsair - 4GB XMS CL 9 DDR3 DIMM Desktop Memory

Power Supply -

Corsair - 4GB XMS CL 9 DDR3 DIMM Desktop Memory

Wireless Card -

Visiontek - Bigfoot Networks Killer 2100 Gaming Network Card

I dont know what the hell to look for in a wifi card but oh well picked that one just for now.

With case and monitor the computer comes out to about $1600 with tax so thats not too bad since alienwares with similar specs are like $2000 with no tax so fuck prebuilts.

If you have any recommendations on anything to replace because either im getting ripped off or just not looking hard enough then please reply to me and help out.

Where are you located? You should be able to build a good i7 rig for less than $1600 if you go through Newegg.  Also, you have listed your power supply as RAM. I would recommend the corsair 650W unless you plan on getting a second graphics card, in which case get the 750W.

Why a 320 gig HDD? Cost? A 1TB WD Caviar black is around $90, seems like a better way to go for a gaming rig thats probably going to have numerous installs on it.

Not sure about the specs on that mobo, looks like it only supports RAM speeds of up to 1333 MHz which matches the ram you have listed.  I'm sure you should be abel to find cheaper 1333 MHz RAM as well, but you may want to look into getting a mobo that will support 1600 MHz RAM for future upgrading.

Everything else looks good, that processor is probably overkill for a gaming rig tho.  I think a sandy bridge i5 would perform just as well for $100 less.

Whoops, yeah i was going to put a 700watt corsair for the power supply and about newegg i can't buy stuff online since my parents are the paranoid type credit card users so thats never going to happen. Best buy doesn't have the sandy bridge in the title for the CPUs but is this what your talking about ?

Intel® - Core™ i5-2500K Quad-Core 3.3GHz Processor

Im also having a hard time finding a socket 1155 mobo with higher speed since all intel quad cores are 1155 so thats giving me some trouble.

Wow man, thats rough.  Gonna up the cost of your PC quite a bit buying from Best Buy.  Is there not a local electronics retailer like NCIX nearby?  I guess if you have to buy from Best Buy then thats the way it goes.

Yea, thats a good sandy bridge processor, and the i5's are much more reasonably priced. 

I'm sure Best Buy will get some faster motherboards in stock as the 1155 chipset becomes more popular.  Just keep checking every few weeks.  I was thinking something like this one.