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Re: Building a new PC for gaming. [message #361011 is a reply to message #360106]

Mon, 01 December 2008 23:04

Homey
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I would go with the new core i7. They overclock pretty well. Since you have a massive budget why not get an i7 and watercool the cpu and your 2 gpus.

Anyways with your budget I wouldn't hold your breath for AMD but you can.

Get an i7 that supports SLI/CF that way you always have room to play with.
6gb of tri channel ddr3 is more than enough ram.
Get some hard drives running in raid - you could go SSD but I haven't seen much that would make the extra money worth it.
The 4870x2 is a better card imo and the price tag isn't much different. Always consider the warranty on the products.

As for a case if you're looking for airflow just browse around for ones with lots of fans especially on the front and top.

Power supply = Corsair 1000HX HANDS DOWN.

I'd also go watercooling if you plan to do some heavy overclocking. The i7s run fairly hot so if you want to push it that'd be the way to go. Personally what I would do is read reviews and comparisons of all of the parts you're considering. Everyone here will have their favourites, read a neutral review and see how they perform on games you want to play.

Homey

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		Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Wed, 26 November 2008 17:41
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Caveman on Wed, 26 November 2008 18:51
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Romaner on Wed, 26 November 2008 19:16
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Wed, 26 November 2008 19:58
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Caveman on Thu, 27 November 2008 13:55
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: nikki6ixx on Wed, 26 November 2008 19:21
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: nikki6ixx on Wed, 26 November 2008 20:03
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Wed, 26 November 2008 21:24
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: SlikRik on Wed, 26 November 2008 22:26
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Goztow on Thu, 27 November 2008 01:07
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: RTsa on Thu, 27 November 2008 03:33
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Goztow on Thu, 27 November 2008 03:36
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Thu, 27 November 2008 06:24
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: CarrierII on Thu, 27 November 2008 12:57
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Scrin on Thu, 27 November 2008 13:07
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Fri, 28 November 2008 03:40
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Caveman on Fri, 28 November 2008 06:10
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Gen_Blacky on Mon, 01 December 2008 23:45
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Fri, 28 November 2008 06:25
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: wittebolx on Mon, 01 December 2008 07:22
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Homey on Mon, 01 December 2008 23:04
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: CarrierII on Tue, 02 December 2008 02:02
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Romaner on Tue, 02 December 2008 14:21
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Tue, 02 December 2008 15:16
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: wittebolx on Wed, 03 December 2008 01:04
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Gen_Blacky on Wed, 03 December 2008 00:53
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Dave Anderson on Thu, 04 December 2008 09:04
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Stefan on Thu, 04 December 2008 09:48
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Thu, 04 December 2008 10:47
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Sat, 06 December 2008 12:58
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: RTsa on Sat, 06 December 2008 14:53
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Sat, 06 December 2008 21:55
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Sun, 07 December 2008 14:22
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Wed, 10 December 2008 06:22
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Goztow on Wed, 10 December 2008 08:40
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Wed, 10 December 2008 12:11
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: nikki6ixx on Wed, 10 December 2008 12:58
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: Dover on Wed, 10 December 2008 14:01
		Re: Building a new PC for gaming. By: IronWarrior on Wed, 10 December 2008 14:22
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