Gaming Want a gaming PC

[Rydian]

And even emulators rarely use more than three cores, so an i5 will do fine.

 

[kevan]

From what I have heard, PCXS2 has a plugin with support for i5 and i7. Not sure if this actually takes advantages of those cores though. I'm running an i7 and PCSX2 runs all good so far, well except ratchet gladiator (only playable with some extreme speedhacks and this means graphical errors).

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

GPU: Nvidia GTX 550
Tower: Gladiator 600 Mid Tower ATX
Ram: Kingston ValueRAM 4 GB Kit 1333MHz PC3-1066 DDR3 DIMM
MOBO: Intel Classic Series Intel H61 Micro ATX DDR3 1333 Motherboard
PSU: Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.3
HDD: Samsung 1 TB Spinpoint
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K

So tell me if I need anything else besides this stuff. All together, this is running me $640 which seems to be pretty good as far as I can tell. Unless it's a matter of needing something else or something not working, I think this will be my final purchase.

 

[Joe88]

whats with the crappy motherboard?

 

[Tonitonichopchop]

whats with the crappy motherboard?

I just seached "H61 MOBO" and that's what I found. Feel free to suggest a better one.

 

[Originality]

H61 motherboards basically define the budget range for LGA1155. Since you're going for a K version CPU, you will definitely want either a P67 or Z68 motherboard to enable over clocking in the future. H67 is only of you really want to use the integrated graphics of the CPU(Intel HD2000/3000 graphics - K edition CPUs have 3000).

EDIT: I might aswell add, the MSI P67A-GD53 is a highly recommended motherboard for overclockers because the chipsets stay cool even under high overvolting. The ASUS Sabertooth P67 is also highly recommended for gaming, as it achieved higher scores than most (even if it's not as good at overclocking).

 

[Joe88]

whats with the crappy motherboard?

I just seached "H61 MOBO" and that's what I found. Feel free to suggest a better one.

I actually meant intel makes horrible motherboards surprisingly