New gaming rig, opinions?

[Endurance]

Originally Posted by Skittlez [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What motherboard and processor would you recommend with the parts that I ordered if I replaced them? I might just get new ones next month if I can find a buyer for the ones I have now. Is it really worth it though? I mean tbh I spend most my time on EQ and Civ V.

If you are building a computer for Everquest and Civ5 you can stop with what you have. Otherwise a 3570k and any mother board that has the options you want. Msi, Asus and ASrock are the three primary manufatures for entry level motherboards for LGA1155. You are looking at a price point from 60$ from 300$, I cannot say what is best, it is going to depend if you want to upgrade to a second GPU, how many secondary expansion slots you want, nifty push button overclocking and resets ect ect.

[Skittlez]

Originally Posted by Endurance [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you are building a computer for Everquest and Civ5 you can stop with what you have. Otherwise a 3570k and any mother board that has the options you want. Msi, Asus and ASrock are the three primary manufatures for entry level motherboards for LGA1155. You are looking at a price point from 60$ from 300$, I cannot say what is best, it is going to depend if you want to upgrade to a second GPU, how many secondary expansion slots you want, nifty push button overclocking and resets ect ect.

I know nothing about overclocking.

I am going to be playing a lot of new games I suppose. Especially Assassin's Creed. The main game I want it to run is ESO and maybe Battlefield 4. My current computer could never handle BF and it's giant maps.

[SamwiseRed]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

www.logicalincrements.com

Someone posted that link the last time one of these threads came up, really useful I thought [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

that is a neat site, i kinda remember it. im about to build a pc as well. i guess my budget is 2k but honestly id rather not go that far unless its something insanely good. anything is better than this emachine i bought years ago. i think i got it on black friday 5 years ago for 300 bucks. i put 4gb ram and a video card in it. needless to say its still a piece of shit.

[Skittlez]

Originally Posted by SamwiseRed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

that is a neat site, i kinda remember it. im about to build a pc as well. i guess my budget is 2k but honestly id rather not go that far unless its something insanely good. anything is better than this emachine i bought years ago. i think i got it on black friday 5 years ago for 300 bucks. i put 4gb ram and a video card in it. needless to say its still a piece of shit.

if I had more in my budget I would have done something like this...

CPU - Intel Core i5-4430 3.0 GHz
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PH
Video Card - ASUS GeForce GTX 760
RAM - Kingston Hyper X Blu 8GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 500 GB (note I use 1 Tb external HDD's)
Case - Thermaltake V3 Black
Power Supply - XFX Core Edition PRO550W
Optical Drive - Samsung 24x SATA DVD RW
Grand Total: $680-$720

This would be on par with most $1,500+ rigs I think. Could probably go with an i7 instead of i5.

[SamwiseRed]

Originally Posted by Skittlez [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

if I had more in my budget I would have done something like this...

CPU - Intel Core i5-4430 3.0 GHz
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H81M-S2PH
Video Card - ASUS GeForce GTX 760
RAM - Kingston Hyper X Blu 8GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 500 GB
Case - Thermaltake V3 Black
Power Supply - XFX Core Edition PRO550W
Optical Drive - Samsung 24x SATA DVD RW
Grand Total: $680-$720

This would be on par with most $1,500+ rigs I think. Could probably go with an i7 instead of i5.

oh under 1k would be nice. its been a long ass time since ive done any kind of research into components that i am kinda overwhelmed with options. CPUs for instance, i have no fucking clue anymore. it was easy when it was just p3, p4 intels vs amd's athalon or w/e but now the how they name the processors confuse the hell out of me. cant tell whats good and whats bad except for looking at the price.

[Nads]

Check this thread I made a while back asking for help with mine. Tons of great input from the community.

http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=130153

[Pitborn]

Just did a full AMD build including graphics and have 0 regrets, and shaved about 800 off budget.

[jaybone]

Originally Posted by Pringles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ive had better luck parring intel chips with nvidia cards. If i were going AMD CPU I would go ATI card. However, would go with an intel chip anyway [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Spring a few more buck and step up to an i7 IMO.

why in the fuck would this dude get an i7?

[Skittlez]

Originally Posted by jaybone [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

why in the fuck would this dude get an i7?