new gaming pc

[Draylo]

Uh some of those people are actually capable of playing the game.. (Beta/Alpha) My PC is shit and I can't even open the damn installer, I need a new one.

Thanks a lot for the responses btw !

[Draylo]

Well finalized my build and bought it, I decided to go with:


1 x ($119.99) MEM 2Gx2|CORSAIR CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 R - Retail
$119.99



1 x ($109.99) PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-750TX 750W RT - Retail
$109.99



1 x ($79.99) CPU COOL CORSAIR| CWCH50-1 RT - Retail
$79.99



1 x ($23.99) DVD BURNER LG | GH22NS50 BK SATA % - OEM
$23.99



1 x ($214.99) VGA EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GTX260 RT - Retail
$214.99



1 x ($159.99) MB EVGA 123-LF-E653-KR P55 1156 RT - Retail
$159.99



1 x ($99.99) HD 1T|WD 7K 32M SATA2 WD1001FALS % - OEM
$99.99



1 x ($279.99) CPU INTEL|CORE I7 860 2.8G R - Retail
$279.99



1 x ($99.99) CASE ANTEC|NINE HUNDRED BK RT - Retail
$99.99

[Celeras]

[edit]Misread, saw you bought already. Regardless, here's what I was asking before I realized you already pulled the trigger:

-Why did you decide to go socket 1156 instead of 1366? If its to save money, the difference between a similar eVGA motherboard+i7 930 would only be about $~60 more. Doesn't really matter except its the newer socket for possible upgrades in the future.. just wondering.

-Are you running/planning to run windows 7 64bit like you should be? If so, get more ram. 6gb should be fine, I prefer 8 personally.. but I do a lot of multitasking.

-260 GPU is a weird choice for its price nowadays. A 5770 will be slightly slower but $30ish cheaper and support DX11. On the flip side, 470/5850 will both be considerably(at least double the performance if not more) faster and do DX11 while being $100ish more.

[Draylo]

Yeah I was gonna go with bigger case and the +60 dollar motherboard but after working it all out it all came down to like 1,400+ and that exceeded my budget >.<. I really only plan to use this for FFXIV and such so two graphics card that fit in the case I have now should be plenty if I choose to upgrade like that. Yeah I am getting windows 7 installed for me, 64 bit. Well only multitasking I would really do is FFXIV (or FF11) + firefox + fraps basically, so I think it should be fine for that.