at what point is over kill fore a gaming computer

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rcpilot_971

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I want to build a gaming computer to play all games at max settings but I don't want to over kill so my question is at what point is over kill
on the video card
mother board
ram
cpu



Thanks Tim
 
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Ok Well if I need to spend more I can this is what I was looking at buying but I would replace the video card with a HD 6970 or the gtx 570 Im very new to all this stuff

Intel i5-2500K Quad-Core @ 4.5GHz
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz DDR3
Samsung F3 1TB 7,200RPM 32MB Cache HDD
Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3
Cooler Master 690 II
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Heatsink
HD6870 1B DDR5 Video Card
Antec 650W Power Supply
 
rcpilot_971 said:
I want to build a gaming computer to play all games at max settings but I don't want to over kill so my question is at what point is over kill
on the video card
mother board
ram
cpu



Thanks Tim
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GPU overkill 3 way SLI GTX580 3GB cards would be about it (cant 3 way SLI a 590)
Ram overkill is about anything above 8 GB or so. Gaming , above 4 GB. And above 1600 MHz is overkill.

CPU, above 4 cores, a=and above 4 GHZ is overkill.
 
You don't have to spend obscene amounts of money for the best of the best. A 6950, which goes for around $200-300 would destroy any game out today. My current build is gonna play pretty much all games on max and I'm spending a little over $1000. Don't waste money just so you can brag you have the fastest computer.
 
really you can max everything for at if not less than 1k, just go with the lowest psu that is good and enough power, like a 6950 unlocked and overclocked a little, a 2500k, gigabyte p67, 4gb's 1600mhz, windows and like a haf 912, a f3 1tb, and a dvd drive, prob cost less than 900 for all that and you can get a antec h60 too and get it up to 4.5ghz
 
this build will cost me 1150 and I can upgrade the to the HD6970 for 200.00
so total will be 1350.00 out the door

Intel i5-2500K Quad-Core @ 4.5GHz
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz DDR3
Samsung F3 1TB 7,200RPM 32MB Cache HDD
Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3
Cooler Master 690 II
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Heatsink
HD6870 1B DDR5 Video Card
Antec 650W Power Supply
 
rcpilot_971 said:
this build will cost me 1150 and I can upgrade the to the HD6970 for 200.00
so total will be 1350.00 out the door

Intel i5-2500K Quad-Core @ 4.5GHz
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1600MHz DDR3
Samsung F3 1TB 7,200RPM 32MB Cache HDD
Gigabyte Z68A-D3-B3
Cooler Master 690 II
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ Heatsink
HD6870 1B DDR5 Video Card
Antec 650W Power Supply
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that will get you to where you can play games with highest settings (for most games) but you will not be overkilling it...
 
 
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