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Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« on: November 16, 2011, 02:55:07 AM »
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I'm on a budget, but I want to be able to run games like battlefield 3 and skyrim.  (don't laugh :'()


I'm guessing the main parts affecting performance are the GPU, CPU, and amount of ram installed... am I right?  Also to use all this I'll probably need a new motherboard and PSU too...
Basically I'm looking for the cheapest way to do this by also keeping what parts I don't need to replace....any suggestions?
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2011, 03:32:16 AM »
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1. Tell us what components are currently in the computer you own.

2. Tell us your budget

3. How well do you want to be able to play battlefield 3 and skyrim, on low? ultra?
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2011, 01:03:49 PM »
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I'm in the same situation.
I've bought skyrim, but even with low quality and such, it's still pretty slow.
For me:
Budget - around 1k
Performance wanted - ultra if possible, I can go one lower.
Specs - I have a laptop...
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2011, 02:12:21 PM »
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MSI Z68A-GD55 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $169.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130606&cm_sp=Cat_Motherboards-_-Hot_Item-_-13-130-606

Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Bronze W0382RU ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active $89.99 PFC Power Supply
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Intel Core i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 $209.99 BX80623I52500
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EVGA 01G-P3-1560-KR GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card $249.99
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Patriot G series ‘Sector 5’ Edition 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model PGV38G1600ELK $49.99
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Thermaltake Armor A60 Gaming Mid-Tower Chassis With Cable Management Water Cooling SSD Support And Tool-Less Installation VM20001W2Z $97.00
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Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $149.99
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LG Black 12X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray Drive Model UH12LS28 OEM LightScribe Support - OEM $49.99
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All that for: $1067
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2011, 02:53:54 PM »
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Quote from: Ἆxule on November 16, 2011, 01:03:49 PM
I'm in the same situation.
I've bought skyrim, but even with low quality and such, it's still pretty slow.
For me:
Budget - around 1k
Performance wanted - ultra if possible, I can go one lower.
Specs - I have a laptop...
fucking hell dude with 1k you can get a really l33t computer
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2011, 03:40:26 PM »
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Quote from: Supertoaster on November 16, 2011, 02:53:54 PM
fucking hell dude with 1k you can get a really l33t computer
I'd like to add that this is not money from my parents.
This is my money I worked for.

On topic:
You think so?
If it's too over powered, I do not want.
I don't want to be wasting money on things I don't need
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2011, 04:17:41 PM »
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Quote from: Ἆxule on November 16, 2011, 03:40:26 PM
I don't want to be wasting money on things I don't need

You probably will in the future at some point.
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2011, 05:16:46 PM »
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Quote from: Cake Face on November 16, 2011, 04:17:41 PM
You probably will in the future at some point.

Good point.

Alright then, hit me.
It'll take maybe a month till I can get it b/c of payday.
I'm a few hundred short of 1k
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2011, 06:49:35 PM »
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@Frank: Wow!!  Thanks for all that I've been looking at a few of those parts you linked to myself

@Xrain: Well the thing is some the components I have now are all OK to keep like my monitor/keyboard/mouse etc, but I'll need a new CPU, GPU, and PSU+Motherboard to support them.  So I'm find of looking for a CPU+GPU combo that don't bottleneck each other and can play games like BF3/Skyrim on the fullest settings so I don't miss out on any of the visuals.  But I really don't have like a thousands dollars to spend, maybe like 600?  Is it even possible to get modern hardware that i mentioned above, at a price like that?  Any place to buy from known for low prices and good services/products....?

What I have now is...

MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
AMD Athlon II X2 240 dual core 2.8Ghz CPU
Nvidia 9500GT 1Gb DDR2
1600x900 hp2009 monitor
4GB DDR2 RAM
Seagate 320GB HDD
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2011, 09:55:48 AM »
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Frank's choice was perfect

but if i were you and had a decent-ish computer at the moment, I would wait for Intel, AMD and NVIDIA to release their new CPU & GPU chips

finally GPU die size has shrunk <3
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2011, 01:48:46 PM »
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Nice choices Frank.
Just wanted to add, Lexa S is the sexiest case for the price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146060
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2011, 02:31:51 PM »
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Quote from: Peetah on November 17, 2011, 01:48:46 PM
Nice choices Frank.
Just wanted to add, Lexa S is the sexiest case for the price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146060
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2011, 02:48:06 PM »
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2011, 07:42:07 PM »
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What would you reccomend for the monitor as wella s keyboard
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Re: Great 2011-2012 Gaming Computer....help?
« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2011, 07:49:26 PM »
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Quote from: Ἆxule on November 21, 2011, 07:42:07 PM
What would you reccomend for the monitor as wella s keyboard

Anything Acer for the monitor, 1080P.

I use a laptop, and I've never had an issue with it. Any ol' usb keyboard will be fine unless you want to be a try-hard and get one with LED lights and the curvy S shape.
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