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Netyaroze on 05 August 2013

Ehm you really dont need an AMD HD7990 for 1200 Dollar to max out games at 60fps thats overkill.



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Munkeh111 on 05 August 2013

Also, if you want to save a few hundred $, build it yourself



riderz13371 on 05 August 2013
disolitude said:
When making a gaming rig, your GPU cost should be roughly equal to the cost of everything else.

For example, the rig below will be able to run games on single or multiple monitors for many years to come:

Phenom II X4 965 - $99
MSI 970 G46 SLI mobo - $89
8 GB 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24 ram - $70
700 Watt brand name SLI capable PSU - $80
Brand name mid tower case - $70
120 GB SSD as boot drive - $90
1 TB HDD - $60

and

GTX 760 4 GB X 2 in SLI = $600

$1158 total

He solved your problem and saved you 800$



drkohler on 05 August 2013

Wrong link?
If I click on your link I get to low-end pc (with an absolute turd of a graphics card), I'd guess around $800 max retail value.... so something feels wrong (and by the layout og that page, this is a ripoff dealer).

on second thought, you probably changed all the default settings.. my fault...



Netyaroze on 05 August 2013

?? Could you please list what you actually bought I get 997 Dollar if I check out.



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Munkeh111 on 05 August 2013
disolitude said:
When making a gaming rig, your GPU cost should be roughly equal to the cost of everything else.

For example, the rig below will be able to run games on single or multiple monitors for many years to come:

Phenom II X4 965 - $99
MSI 970 G46 SLI mobo - $89
8 GB 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24 ram - $70
700 Watt brand name SLI capable PSU - $80
Brand name mid tower case - $70
120 GB SSD as boot drive - $90
1 TB HDD - $60

and

GTX 760 4 GB X 2 in SLI = $600

$1158 total

Would you not be better off getting 1 780 for now? Since that will be more than capable of 1080p 60fps at least for the next few years and then can be upgraded later



Lulz on 05 August 2013
Munkeh111 said:
disolitude said:
When making a gaming rig, your GPU cost should be roughly equal to the cost of everything else.

For example, the rig below will be able to run games on single or multiple monitors for many years to come:

Phenom II X4 965 - $99
MSI 970 G46 SLI mobo - $89
8 GB 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24 ram - $70
700 Watt brand name SLI capable PSU - $80
Brand name mid tower case - $70
120 GB SSD as boot drive - $90
1 TB HDD - $60

and

GTX 760 4 GB X 2 in SLI = $600

$1158 total

Would you not be better off getting 1 780 for now? Since that will be more than capable of 1080p 60fps at least for the next few years and then can be upgraded later

I was thinking the same thing. the 780 is easily good enough to max any  game that's already out, and probably anything that will be released in the near future.



JoeTheBro on 05 August 2013
disolitude said:
When making a gaming rig, your GPU cost should be roughly equal to the cost of everything else.


Hahaha I was telling my brother the same thing a few weeks ago when he was building his rig. He didn't really take my advice so his GPU ended up being the third most expensive part. First was CPU and second was motherboard. Oh well it's only money.



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disolitude on 05 August 2013
Munkeh111 said:
disolitude said:
When making a gaming rig, your GPU cost should be roughly equal to the cost of everything else.

For example, the rig below will be able to run games on single or multiple monitors for many years to come:

Phenom II X4 965 - $99
MSI 970 G46 SLI mobo - $89
8 GB 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24 ram - $70
700 Watt brand name SLI capable PSU - $80
Brand name mid tower case - $70
120 GB SSD as boot drive - $90
1 TB HDD - $60

and

GTX 760 4 GB X 2 in SLI = $600

$1158 total

Would you not be better off getting 1 780 for now? Since that will be more than capable of 1080p 60fps at least for the next few years and then can be upgraded later

Yeah you're right... dual GTX 760s are a little bit cheaper and a little bit faster (15-20%) but in the long run, GTX 780 for sure.



Egann on 05 August 2013
platformmaster918 said:
Lulz said:
$2000 seems high for a rig that you only need to run current games at max settings/60 FPS. I'm by no means an expert, but for the results you're looking for you shouldn't have to spend more than $1500 max. and probably even less than that if you were willing to build the rig yourself.

The graphics card I want to be a little future proof so maybe I'm overspending.  Also I'm thinking the CPU and/or motherboard I may be overdoing it's hard to get a read on it cause I'm not super tech savy.  Keep in mind I'm factoring in monitor so that's a big chunk.

There's no such thing as future-proofing with PC's. Especially when console launches are around the corner and who knows what game recommended specs will look this time next year. Get some middle-high GPU that's nothing special, pocket the money difference, and buy another middle-high end GPU in two years. If you've built the rest of it right, you'll float the one system for about four years.

Even better, wait until a mutiplat next gen console title hits shelves, build a rig to it's recommended specs, and then overbuild RAM and CPU so you can upgrade the GPU later.