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08-21-2012, 07:42 PM
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(08-15-2012, 09:09 PM)Noobias Wrote: Didn't see you mention a budget, but here are a few great components.
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560
This can run any game with great settings, as well as display most everything with stunning visual quality.
Processor: Any Intel i7 Quad Core with atleast 3.0GHz.
I'd recommend Intel over AMD. This is due to reliability, reputation, and the fact that I hold a better knowledge about it.
Power Supply: No less than 700W.
Check your graphics card minimum wattage requirements and make sure you meet up to them. Without the correct wattage for your GPU, it will not function properly. Worst case scenario is that it wont be able to power up the card, thus no monitor connection.
Buying an expensive case, hard drive of your preference, and a few other things will run you atleast $700. You might have to pay more, but I am just ballparking.
NVIDIA GTX 560 is an utter waste of money in comparison to the lower value and higher performing Radeon HD 6870. I wouldn't recommend buying one. Buy a GTX 660 when they are released within the next few weeks.
An i7 is useless unless you plan on doing video rendering, developing, modeling, and coding. The only difference between an i7 and an i5 is the hyperthreading and usually a minor clock speeds above. An i5-2500K or an i5-3570K is perfect for gaming and is also $30 cheaper than the cheapest i7's (2600K and 3770). Also, there is nothing wrong with AMD in reliability. You get what you pay for with an AMD CPU. Considering there use in budget builds, they do have a purpose, which is why they continually sell. AMD CPUs are reliable, they just dont offer the performance based architecture that Intel currently offers (Though in comparison price to performance wise an AMD FX-8120 priced at $150 would be a better budget choice with regards to the slightly better performance in something like Intel's 2500K priced at $70 higher.)
You would never use 700 Watts of power on a modern graphics card and CPU. Consider the fact that most medium range CPUs are 95W Max TDP and the addition of maybe the 200-250 Watts a enthusiast or mainstream level card would use. You could run it off a much cheaper 500W PSU such as the Antec Earthwatts 500W PSU for around $45. The idea that more wattage is better performance is wrong in today's market. Graphics cards are becoming more green and still packing more performance than old gen cards that required more power for lower performance.