1k euro gaming system. Good , or can we do better?

[DeltrusDisc]

Uh, yep, that's what I said.

oh God I'm getting lost. XD

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what is your resolution? for fullhd(1920*1080/1200) the cards is good, for 1680*1050 a 6870 would be enough
take a quality 450-550w psu
16gb of ram is too much for gaming, 4gb are fine but you can take 8gb because they are dirt cheap atm

as already mentioned, a sandy bridge cpu+mobo would be way faster

[DeltrusDisc]

Sandy Bridge.

edit: gd 30 second spam timer...-_-

<3 your god damnit Deltrus edit reason is so loving and I love you too. :P hhahaahhaa

[Phaild0rf]

Oh btw guys he has no intention of overclocking!

[hmmlol]

You should swap your motherboard for p8p67 Pro if you can afford and as others have already suggested try get an i5 2500k (make sure not just 2500 as you can easily overclock to 4 ghz on the 2500k version)

Edit: Just read he has no intentions of overclocking but it's been made so easy on the new intel K's, 2 minute job..

[DeltrusDisc]

Also.... with only Windows 7 Home Premium your computer can only use/recognize up to 8GB of RAM. The other 8 would be a 100% waste.

Windows 7 Professional: 16GB of RAM.
Windows 7 Ultimate: 192GB of RAM.

Yup, for all those times you're going to have the option of 192GB of RAM on a non-server board. ;p

[Phaild0rf]

what is your resolution? for fullhd(1920*1080/1200) the cards is good, for 1680*1050 a 6870 would be enough
take a quality 450-550w psu
16gb of ram is too much for gaming, 4gb are fine but you can take 8gb because they are dirt cheap atm

as already mentioned, a sandy bridge cpu+mobo would be way faster

I chose to get 16gb ram because he might want to run multiple WoW's and/or other heavy duty programs at once without lag. My thoughts were better safe than sorry ^^

[DeltrusDisc]

You should swap your motherboard for p8p67 Pro if you can afford and as others have already suggested try get an i5 2500k (make sure not just 2500 as you can easily overlclock to 4 ghz on the 2500k version)

Yeah he JUST said his friend does not have any intention of overclocking, so nawp. He could get an H67 + 2500 NON K CPU and still beat out the AMD CPU by miles.

[Halabash]

That case is going to cook your internals! The antec 300 is perfect for keeping everything cool.

and the V.Card is great but you'll regret not going for the 6970 or at least plan on unlocking that card into the 6970. The hdd is fine too, but i strongly recommend getting another one perhaps smaller and ssd if you can afford it but if not that's fine, just put the OS on a separate hdd than where the bulk of your data is going go. If the OS gets corrupted then you wont have to lose all your stuff reformating.

[DeltrusDisc]

I chose to get 16gb ram because he might want to run multiple WoW's and/or other heavy duty programs at once without lag. My thoughts were better safe than sorry ^^

Let's say he got Windows 7 Professional so he could actually use those 16GB of RAM.... he'd still have a very hard time even using 8. It's tough to get 1 open WoW to even use 1GB of RAM. You need a boatload of heavy duty addons to pull that off. He'll be fine with 8 as I suggested.

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you should look for somewhere else to buy....

i've made the exact same system for 170€ less^^

[DeltrusDisc]

That case is going to cook your internals! The antec 300 is perfect for keeping everything cool.

and the V.Card is great but you'll regret not going for the 6970 or at least plan on unlocking that card into the 6970. The hdd is fine too, but i strongly recommend getting another one perhaps smaller and ssd if you can afford it but if not that's fine, just put the OS on a separate hdd than where the bulk of your data is going go. If the OS gets corrupted then you wont have to lose all your stuff reformating.

jeez dude, did you read his whole post? They're looking at a 1k budget, a 6970 and SSD, plus even maybe another HDD? That'll add up SUPER fast. So no. With the Windows 7 Home Premium OEM disk there, the budget essentially drops to $900 for the computer parts itself, I think he'll be fine with a 6950, it's a great card. He doesn't need the 6970 - much less an SSD.

[Phaild0rf]

Also.... with only Windows 7 Home Premium your computer can only use/recognize up to 8GB of RAM. The other 8 would be a 100% waste.

Windows 7 Professional: 16GB of RAM.
Windows 7 Ultimate: 192GB of RAM.


Yup, for all those times you're going to have the option of 192GB of RAM on a non-server board. ;p

So with a Windows 7 Home Premium I should opt for 8gb max? ^^


Edit : Nvm you beat me to it

[hmmlol]

Well so you're somewhat aware as to performance I have roughly the same build with
P8p67 LE (Shoulda got pro)
I5 2400 (Shoulda got K)
8 gig ram
550 TI gfx card

With that on everything ultra and /Console CameraDistanceMaxFactor 4 there's not a problem FPS wise in raids / dungeons, although cities can be a bit slow to load all characters and stuff. (Hence why i should've got the 2500k or so for another 1.2 GHZ or so)

Plays crysis 2 etc on ultra perfect..

With all that said 1000 Euro = 898£ so you should make sure you're ordering from the cheapest place as it seems a little steep for this price. (Maybe try a family run local PC shop?)

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seeing as you most likely missed my post


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		Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ, 1TB Serial ATA harde schijven	€ 38,92	€ 38,92
		Cooler Master CM 690 II Towers	€ 65,90	€ 65,90
		Intel Core i5 2500K Boxed Intel Core	€ 171,-	€ 171,-
		Corsair HX650W Voedingen	€ 97,60	€ 97,60
		Corsair Vengeance CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 DDR3 SDRAM	€ 34,83	€ 34,83
		MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk GeForce 500 Serie	€ 199,-	€ 199,-
		Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Socket 1155 moederborden	€ 147,90	€ 147,90
		Totaal		€ 755,15

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yes I read he doesnt want to OC, but the 2400 is only 20 euros cheaper, so i dont see a point in getting the 2400.
There is room for an extra cpu cooler, windows 7, maybe an extra 4 gb of ram.

You can chose another mobo if you like. But i heard good things from asrock so why not

edit: Link for the list, so its easier to check shops.

http://tweakers.net/gallery/307637?w...#tab:wenslijst

[Phaild0rf]

Thank you so much for the input guys, I don't want to make my friend buy anything less than he should get for his money ofc ^^

I made another setup for 90eu less, with the i5 2500k and a z68. Thoughts?

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Looks solid.

[Phaild0rf]

seeing as you most likely missed my post


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		Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ, 1TB Serial ATA harde schijven	€ 38,92	€ 38,92
		Cooler Master CM 690 II Towers	€ 65,90	€ 65,90
		Intel Core i5 2500K Boxed Intel Core	€ 171,-	€ 171,-
		Corsair HX650W Voedingen	€ 97,60	€ 97,60
		Corsair Vengeance CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9 DDR3 SDRAM	€ 34,83	€ 34,83
		MSI N560GTX-Ti Hawk GeForce 500 Serie	€ 199,-	€ 199,-
		Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Socket 1155 moederborden	€ 147,90	€ 147,90
		Totaal		€ 755,15

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yes I read he doesnt want to OC, but the 2400 is only 20 euros cheaper, so i dont see a point in getting the 2400.
There is room for an extra cpu cooler, windows 7, maybe an extra 4 gb of ram.

You can chose another mobo if you like. But i heard good things from asrock so why not

edit: Link for the list, so its easier to check shops.

http://tweakers.net/gallery/307637?w...#tab:wenslijst

Thanks mate ^^ The reason I chose alternate though, is that they assemble stuff for you, and I have good experiences with Alternate so far

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go to another shop...... unless you wanna stick to alternate.

Get another psu, corsair or seasonic imo

edit:

Well, a lot of shops assemble pcs. But altho alternate has a lot, they are also quite expensive imo

[Phaild0rf]

go to another shop...... unless you wanna stick to alternate.

Get another psu, corsair or seasonic imo

edit:

Well, a lot of shops assemble pcs. But altho alternate has a lot, they are also quite expensive imo

Ok I switched out the Aerocool for a Corsair CMPSU-750HX, I'm wondering though, why?