Gaming Best place to buy a PC for games?

[LockeCole_101629]

Budget Build
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[ILuvGames]

Go with the 560 Ti if you want, it should be suitable enough. You can always hit the AMD route for something a little more powerful at a cheaper price, at the cost of driver support.

EVGA Superclocked? A link would be appreciated. xD

The EVGA 570 Superclocked can be bought from Amazon where I got that price from.

For an overview and peformance stats on each of the cards, try here :-

http://hexus.net/tec...cs-card-review/
http://hexus.net/tec...ing-best-fermi/
http://hexus.net/tec...eforce-gtx-670/

Check out the Bang4Buck/Bang4Watt sections of each article.

One of the most punishing games ATM (graphics wise) is Battlefield 3. Here is a list of the rough speeds @1080p (Ultra Detail/4x AA/16x AF) from each range of card :-

GTX 560ti - Average 45 FPS.
GTX 570 - Average 48 FPS.
GTX 670 - Average 55 FPS.

Source : NVIDIA/Guru3d

Choose a card that gives you the speed that you would like at a price you can afford.

 

[Seratonin]

What about the heatsink? Any recommendations?

 

[Rydian]

If the CPU is retail (not OEM) it'll come with a heatsink rated for cooling it at stock speeds. If you're planning to overclock I wouldn't know what to recommend, I don't deal with that.

 

[Seratonin]

If the CPU is retail (not OEM) it'll come with a heatsink rated for cooling it at stock speeds. If you're planning to overclock I wouldn't know what to recommend, I don't deal with that.

Thank you, I am confused on which Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H I should buy because there many different versions on amazon.

Source: http://tinyurl.com/9jlm5aj

 

[Rydian]

All of them have the same core features, but this can usually show you the differences.

http://www.gigabyte.us/products/comparison/main.aspx?ck=2

The main models there appear to be -D3H and -DS3H, the difference being...
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=2&pids=4140,4147

Well, that's a lot of random shit since the descriptions aren't even consistent, but it looks like the main difference is just in some audio ports.

 

[Seratonin]

All of them have the same core features, but this can usually show you the differences.

http://www.gigabyte..../main.aspx?ck=2

The main models there appear to be -D3H and -DS3H, the difference being...
http://www.gigabyte....&pids=4140,4147

Well, that's a lot of random shit since the descriptions aren't even consistent, but it looks like the main difference is just in some audio ports.

Can you send me some recommendations for which GTX 560 ti (http://tinyurl.com/9nvnqvq) and mobo I should get as well (http://tinyurl.com/9jlm5aj)? Thank you so much for your help!

P.S. Sorry for asking so many questions, I just don't want to mess things up.

 

[Rydian]

GTX 560 Ti
1 or 3 on that list look to be the standard versions to go for.

Mobo
Looks like 1's the normal version.

 

[Seratonin]

GTX 560 Ti
1 or 3 on that list look to be the standard versions to go for.

Mobo
Looks like 1's the normal version.

What about the case? It's the last thing on my list...

 

[Lanlan]

Just get a case that looks good to you, make sure everything will fit. If it's mid- or full-atx, you should be good.

 

[Seratonin]

Just get a case that looks good to you, make sure everything will fit. If it's mid- or full-atx, you should be good.

Yeah but I'm trying to find a case that has a good amount of fans with enough RPM to cool everything off.

 

[Lanlan]

You can buy fans for like $7 and they'll likely be better than whatever comes in your case. My case only came with one fan and I added one more.

 

[Originality]

A case with a good amount of fans to cool everything? Antec 1300.

 

[Seratonin]

A case with a good amount of fans to cool everything? Antec 1300.

I looked at the reviews, they are very bad, no offense.

Source? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129019

 

[Originality]

Sorry, typo (from iPad). I meant Antec 1200. I've got one, and it has had great cooling through every system I've been fortunate enough to test inside it.

Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129100

 

[ILuvGames]

All of them have the same core features, but this can usually show you the differences.

http://www.gigabyte..../main.aspx?ck=2

The main models there appear to be -D3H and -DS3H, the difference being...
http://www.gigabyte....&pids=4140,4147

Well, that's a lot of random shit since the descriptions aren't even consistent, but it looks like the main difference is just in some audio ports.

Can you send me some recommendations for which GTX 560 ti (http://tinyurl.com/9nvnqvq) and mobo I should get as well (http://tinyurl.com/9jlm5aj)? Thank you so much for your help!

P.S. Sorry for asking so many questions, I just don't want to mess things up.

Although the technology is about a year old now, (Bang for Buck wise) the best GTX 560 ti 'was' Asus’s GTX560 Ti DirectCU II TOP 1GB GDDR5. I have one of these .

Here is the Amazon link for it ($239) :-

http://www.amazon.co...TF8&me=&seller=

Here is the link for the motherboard I suggested, but google search for some reviews for the motherboard and decide for yourself. The motherboard is full ATX.

http://www.amazon.co...TF8&me=&seller=

Some of the suggestions about Antec's cases in here are well founded. Antec make some good cases for a good price. The Antec Three Hundred is good for the money ($58). Here is the Amazon link :-

http://www.amazon.co...TF8&me=&seller=

The Antec 900 is another good case for the money ($96) :-

http://www.amazon.co...TF8&me=&seller=

 

[Originality]

If you're going to link the Antec 900, at least link the 902v3.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Antec-Hundred-V3-Tower-Gaming/dp/B004ALI5KC/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1345036152&sr=1-1&keywords=antec+900+two+v3

 

[ILuvGames]

If you're going to link the Antec 900, at least link the 902v3.

Link: http://www.amazon.co...ntec+900+two+v3

I would have done but it's 50% more than the original and is probably bordering on enthusiast territory price wise.

 

[Bobbyloujo]

Just thought I'd post this. It's a rather nice guide.

The Logical Increments PC Buying Guide

 

[Seratonin]

If you're going to link the Antec 900, at least link the 902v3.

Link: http://www.amazon.co...ntec+900+two+v3

Sorry about that, I thought that was the 1300 because I searched it on google and it was the only link that showed up. My apologies.

EDIT - I reread your post, miscommunication. *laughs*