New PC: What, Where, How Much?

[Fangio]

Hmmmmmm


I can see the advantages of waiting if radical new tech is going to be released soon....


Then again, nobody knows what "soon" means and nobody knows for how much $$$$.

My system now cannot run the game at all. So waiting means waiting to play period.

Dang, now I have more questions rather than less.




Fang

[kimosabi]

Where do you hail from, Fangio?

If you need something pre-assembled there's plenty of places they do that but we need to know your country.

As for the waiting game, yes you probably could do that as well, but I take it you're not a hardcore enthusiast that absolutely need to have the latest socket? Now is a good time to buy if you're in desperate need of "quality time". Bulldozer will probably be on par with Sandy Bridge(the newest intel socket) for a little less money(amd is traditionally cheaper than Intel) and I don't think Bulldozer a whole lot faster.

*edit* Ok I saw the $. YankLand it is.

*edit again* Here's something I whipped up for ya. I picked a full tower because they are much much easier to work with and you get some breathing room. The HAF X is a top notch steel case. Great airflow.

http://secure.newegg.com/Shopping/Sh...px?Submit=view

Total $2,227.65

You won't find a pre-assembled with those specs any cheaper.

[Fangio]

Kimosabe...... yes, good ol' USA. I live north of Atlanta in Georgia. The Deep South. We have some pretty serious issues with being called Yank or Yankee around these parts. Goes back to a little fracas in the early 1860s involving Yankees and the burning down of cities in these parts.


Booterboy...

I would be very interested in the specs you chose and details / photos on your build! Please post!


Fang

[kimosabi]

I retract the Yank then. Sorry about that. There's still a bit of North vs South going on over there I see.

[Robert]

Originally Posted by MD_Wild_Weasel

sounds good if you have money to play for a gpu like that. What we talking of for the latest Nvidia flagship card? £500? my wife would cut my balls off.

I'd go for the $450 version of a video card and spend the other $50 on a comfy chair pillow to sit on while you play CoD.

[snpshot]

Try Cyberpower pc...use newegg to study the components you want to put in. I usually read most of the reviews before I buy anything. I bought a Gigabyte 890 board, amd 965 processor, 8 gb ripjaw pc 1333 ram, and a corsair 750 psu for my initial setup. The next step is the GPU, either a nvidia gtx 460 or hopefully a gtx 560 with 2 gb ram.

[Fangio]

Ok, I took some advice from here and other places and ordered a new system from ibuypower.com


NZXT Phantom Full Tower Gaming Case - White
Intel® Core™ i7 960 Processor (4x 3.20GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
[6-Port] NZXT Internal USB Expansion System + Bluetooth Module
12 GB [2 GB X6] DDR3-1600 - Corsair or Major Brand
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 - 3GB - Single Card
[3-Way SLI] ASUS Rampage III Extreme w/ 4x PCI-E 2.0 x16
1000 Watt -- Extreme Gaming Series
120 GB Intel X25-M MLC SSD - Single Drive
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 64M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
[10X Blu-Ray] LG BLU-RAY Reader, DVD±R/±RW Burner Combo Drive - Black
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 - 64-Bit
ASUS USB-N13 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 300Mbps Wireless USB Adapter


Some other little stuff also included but that pretty much sums it up. That came in a decent bit under my budget and from all I could tell it should be able to run this game if not on the highest settings then pretty close, particularly if/when the game is better optimized. I also figure with the SLI capability I can always add another GPU card (dual 580's with 6GB VRAM would have to rock) later when prices come down. I also think the motherboard can allow later upgrades (though not positive on this). The new system should be here within a week or so.

Anyhow, thanks again for all the the help!



Fang

[smink1701]

I think you made a great choice. Let me know what you think when you get it fired up.

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by snpshot

Try Cyberpower pc...use newegg to study the components you want to put in. I usually read most of the reviews before I buy anything. I bought a Gigabyte 890 board, amd 965 processor, 8 gb ripjaw pc 1333 ram, and a corsair 750 psu for my initial setup. The next step is the GPU, either a nvidia gtx 460 or hopefully a gtx 560 with 2 gb ram.

you should be able to drop a bulldozer chip in your current MB
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=20482