Birthday PC :D

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Tasty

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I'm new on this site so please don't slag me...
I lost faith in consoles ever since PSN got hacked. I wanted to build a gaming PC for my birthday and although I can play of PC, I'm no hardware wizz and was hoping someone on this site could help me out.
I want a desktop that can run Shogun 2 and also MW3 and Battlefield 3 when they are released.
Can anyone list out a shopping list of the Board, Processer and Gaming Card I'd need?

There is a guy in my town that told me that if I got the guts for the PC that he'll cover the shell, fan, memory :)

Budget €900-€1,100 and beyond
 
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russb

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The people on here will sort you out but they will want to know your budget,also welcome.:)
 
spynoodle

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Tasty

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I'm a bit confused on your advice for the motherboard, but thanks for the video card and CPU advice
 
Aastii

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What country are you in? A lot of European countries use the Euro, and will have different prices and retailers
 
Perkomate

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maybe an ASUS P8P67 motherboard? or one of the newer Z68 series? Gigabyte also have some quality offerings with the GA-P67A-UD4 or UD7 though I have the UD3 myself
 
spynoodle

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Tasty said:
I'm a bit confused on your advice for the motherboard, but thanks for the video card and CPU advice
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I just meant to say that I have no idea what LGA1155 motherboards are good. :p
Aastii said:
What country are you in? A lot of European countries use the Euro, and will have different prices and retailers
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Sorry, I'm in the USA. I did't know that the OP was from a european country. :eek:
 
Aastii

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wolfeking said:
pretty good hint

http://www.amazon.de/Gigabyte-GA-Z6...916?ie=UTF8&s=computers&qid=1307156346&sr=8-5
this appears to be a good motherboard, respected manufacturer, and the latest chipset (Z68).
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http://www.amazon.de/ASRock-Z68-EXT...1_1?ie=UTF8&s=computers&qid=1307180401&sr=8-1

would be better, same features, same quality, near half the price.

And for graphics wouldn't get a 6790 either. Though it will play games, not all on highest settings, which given the budget, is more than possible to achieve:

http://www.amazon.de/HIS-H695F2G2M-...YL92/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1307180443&sr=8-6

would be better, and then the same CPU recommended previously:

http://www.amazon.de/Intel-Prozesso...8NX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307180547&sr=8-1

this is, however, assuming he can get shipping from Amazon.de
 
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Aastii said:
http://www.amazon.de/ASRock-Z68-EXT...1_1?ie=UTF8&s=computers&qid=1307180401&sr=8-1

would be better, same features, same quality, near half the price.

And for graphics wouldn't get a 6790 either. Though it will play games, not all on highest settings, which given the budget, is more than possible to achieve:

http://www.amazon.de/HIS-H695F2G2M-...YL92/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1307180443&sr=8-6

would be better, and then the same CPU recommended previously:

http://www.amazon.de/Intel-Prozesso...8NX2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307180547&sr=8-1

this is, however, assuming he can get shipping from Amazon.de
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Thank you lots :)
For some reason my computer is in German after visiting Amazon :p
 
Perkomate

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HIS is a good brand in my opinion. Got a 5770 from them in my PC, and i haven't had any issues with it.
 
Okedokey

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Do you need a 2GB VGARAM? What is the resolution your computer processes 3D (e.g. gaming)? If you can get 1GB for cheaper. What PSU, What OS?
 
StrangleHold

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Tasty said:
Youv'e lost me :p
Leave some links so far that the easiest to understand
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In other words, if you can get it cheaper. The preformance difference between the 6950 1gb. and 2gb. is very little. Unless your gaming at very high resolutions.
 
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