2000$ Gaming PC

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Horia

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1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Gaming + trivial stuff (surfing, chatting)
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Around 2000$, though +/- 100$ is probably ok.
3) Where do you live?
Switzerland
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
New PC from scratch.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Nothing will be reused.
6) Will you be overclocking?
Slightly.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
21"
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
ASAP
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
No special requirements.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
Yes
 
Switzerland? Nice. Where will you be buying your parts from?
 
There's a few retail stores around which have pretty much anything I would need to build a new PC. Other than that there are dozens of IT-specialized business on the internet located in Switzerland so I don't think parts will be a problem.
 
Horia said:
There's a few retail stores around which have pretty much anything I would need to build a new PC. Other than that there are dozens of IT-specialized business on the internet located in Switzerland so I don't think parts will be a problem.
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still the parts would be a little pricier than in the States.
links for those sites please :)
 
The cheapest way to pretty much get anything for me is by visiting http://www.toppreise.ch/grp1_1.html

It gives you a list of any product you want and sorts it by a price from a huge list of online vendors. That's how I intend to find all the pieces that I will need :)
 
Yes, sites would give us pricing, which would help stay within budget. Though, you have a nice budget, so how about this for starters...

Intel Core i7 920
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P, Asus P6T, or eVGA X58
6GB (3x2GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5v
HD4890
WD1001FALS
OCZ Vertex 30GB SSD x2 (or G.Skill Falcon)
Corsair 620W HX
Cooler Master RC-690
Samsung or Asus DVDRW SATA 20x

what are the prices for those parts in Switzerland?
 
Just did a quick look for the previous list. It comes down to this:

Intel Core i7 920: $316
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P, Asus P6T, or eVGA X58: $298 for the Asus P6T
6GB (3x2GB) DDR3-1600 CL9 1.5v: $174
HD4890: $203
WD1001FALS: $110
OCZ Vertex 30GB SSD x2 (or G.Skill Falcon): $262
Corsair 620W HX: $134
Cooler Master RC-690: $86
Samsung or Asus DVDRW SATA 20x: $34

Total: $1617
 
Oh look, you're under budget. Now choose a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and oh, also pickup a Xigmatek Dark Knight CPU HSF (or Noctua NH-U12P SE1366, Thermalright Ultra120 eXtreme 1366, or Cooler Master V8). Wait, do you already have a monitor, keyboard, and mouse?

leSLIe said:
those OCZ Vertex 30GB SSD look very sexy indeed :)
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...hehe... I'll go with: "especially in RAID0." :eek: :D
 
I have everything else that I would need besides the actual PC :)
Also, wouldn't an nVidia alternative be better for the graphics card?
 
Do you plan on upgrading that any time soon? 'cuz if not, then all you need is an HD4870 1GB or GTX260.
 
I'll upgrade depending on the capabilities of the rig that I'll have by the end of this. My 2000 dollar budget is only for the PC (everything in the case) excluding any other peripherals.
 
So you're at $1617? The price you listed for the OCZ Vertex 30GB, is that for one or two?
 
It's only for one. /shame
Also excuse my noobishness, but what exact role would these 2 pieces fulfill?

Total: $1879
 
Placed in a RAID 0 configuration, those two SSDs would outperform anything else we could recommend.
 
Looks like a very solid build so far. I would also consider upgrading the monitor to a 24" so you can take advantage of the newer video cards.
 
I was wondering, would it not be worth it more to skip the SSDs and get another graphics card to work in SLI or Crossfire if I'm mainly buying this system for gaming?
 
Horia said:
I was wondering, would it not be worth it more to skip the SSDs and get another graphics card to work in SLI or Crossfire if I'm mainly buying this system for gaming?
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yes.. if its a gaming system.. SSD's arent going to make a difference except in load times.. which is still minimal depending on the game and how its setup..
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
yes.. if its a gaming system.. SSD's arent going to make a difference except in load times.. which is still minimal depending on the game and how its setup..
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Yeah,I was thinking the same get some WD caviar Black series HD you get a whole lot more storage for whole lot less $$.
 
Horia said:
I was wondering, would it not be worth it more to skip the SSDs and get another graphics card to work in SLI or Crossfire if I'm mainly buying this system for gaming?
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You actually have enough for both, SSDs and Crossfire/SLI. :p

If you want the system to determine your monitor, then sure. SLI or Crossfire would only be worth it if you had a 30" or 24" monitor. Here are some Anandtech articles to review:

MultiGPU Update: Two-GPU Options in Depth
MultiGPU Update: Does 3-way Make Sense?
MultiGPU Update: Finding the True Halo with 4-way

So, you could either spend ~$205 on a single HD4890 and get good performance on your 1440x900 LCD; or you could spend twice that for two of those cards, ~$410, then purchase at least a 24" LCD for ~$300, and you'll get, again, good performance, but on a 5" bigger screen, for only ~$710 (just for vidcards and monitor). :p

So, the question is... are you happy with your current monitor? The bigger you go, the more pixels there are that need pushing, which is what costs money.

However, since the monitor isn't part of the $2k budget, and you're only at $1617 w/ a single SSD, add one more for $262, then add another HD4890 for $203, bringing your total to $2082. ;) Oh, also switch to an 750W or 850W Corsair PSU if you want more headroom.

p3sty said:
Yeah,I was thinking the same get some WD caviar Black series HD you get a whole lot more storage for whole lot less $$.
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There's already a 1TB black in the build.
 
2 x BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC in SLI? I think thats a great system for a 30" monitor. Again, SLI/CF would be wasted on a 21" 1440x900 LCD. So, decide on your monitor first, and read the articles I linked above to see if the games you play actually benefit from SLI/CF... no, not all games scale well.
 
Horia said:
I was wondering, would it not be worth it more to skip the SSDs and get another graphics card to work in SLI or Crossfire if I'm mainly buying this system for gaming?
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Probably would make more sense, but I always prefer a single-GPU setup. If you are seriously considering a dual GPU setup, I would look into getting two 4890s to run them in Crossfire. From all the benchmarks that I've seen, that setup is one of the best.
 
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