Desperately Need a New Computer, ~$2000

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TheDixieFlatline

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My desktop and my laptop just died on me in the same week. The desktop is over 10 years old so I was kind of expecting it and the Laptop's GPU recently burned so its days were numbered but I did not expect them both to go down at the same time. Needless to say this leaves me in a bad situation and I need to get a new computer much earlier than I had planned. Since my schedule is being forcibly pushed forward on me I haven't done any research except what I gleaned off of random readings. I know I want to spent around $2000 canadian, I'd like to build it myself, I need everything except speakers (so monitor, windows, laptop, mouse, etc included), it will be for serious gaming (on my laptop I once ran 4 WoW accounts at the same time in a Black Temple raid) and I get the feeling I should go with Sandy Bridge (unless the rumors I've heard about bugs are true?). I plan to buy as soon as possible (I don't want to push my luck and keep all my data on my last remaining external hard drive) and would appreciate suggestions on good websites to order from. I know most people default to Newegg but I was curious if there are better ones out there that just don't get as much press time.

tl;dr: Both my computers burned out and I need a new one immediately. ~$2000 canadian to spend on everything except speakers, to build myself, primarily for gaming and would like suggestions on websites to order from.

Thx in advance.
 
2500K + GTX 570 + 2x4GB RAM + P67 mobo (one with an NF200 chip) would be the most balanced, cost effective, and "future proof" setup IMO. Probably a 1KW-ish PSU. That'll allow for you to add at least two more 570's and a faster CPU without needing to upgrade anything else.

Drop the nf200 and 1KW if you only plan for dual cards though.


Newegg.ca is pretty good. NCIX is also good and will price-match them, as well as any other store, but that adds about a week since they have to do it by hand.
 
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"Multi-GPU platforms from AMD and Nvidia are supported, but again only in dual-card configuration with eight lanes per card."

I read this in a review of the 2500k. It would seem to deny the idea that I can get 3 GTX 570's. Am I reading something wrong?
 
That's what the NF200 does, it a controller chip that provides more PCIe bandwidth for graphics cards. But IMO there is no point getting more than 2 cards, 1 GTX570 will be more than sufficient
 
Ok, that makes sense. I'm curious about the GTX 560Ti. From what I can see you can overclock it or get it already overclocked (for a small fee) and break the 1000MHz mark and still remain $100 cheaper than the 570. Not to mention it seems to be more energy/temperature efficient. Is this accurate or is the 570 still worth the extra $100.
 
Here is an idea of what you should have... dont go with the sandy bridge until they come out with a six core..... they also have to work the bugs out. for the most part, the 1090t will be efficiently cooled with the Cooler Master Hyper 212+.... the amount of ram should be over fine... i wouldnt go with a $3000 1TB SSD, i would keep the 160GB one and fine another hard drive for data. If you choose to only use the SSD and buy an online hard drive service such as zumodrive (Located at http://www.zumodrive.com), you can get 15GB for $2.99 (BTW these are US Prices except for the pdf as you can see it is from newegg.ca), there is 50 gb (10.00 a month), and you can get up to 500 GB ($79.00 a month.) The GTX580 is a very great card... they have worked out the bugs... the computer case is just because it would be easier to transport... the micro atx motherboard for small form factor etc.
 
Ok, I've got my preliminary build and would like some criticism:

Case: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160
HDD(x2): http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136795
OS: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754
Blu-Ray: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136181
Monitor: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824254044
Mouse: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104178
Memory: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171048

Total of $1058 after Taxes/Shipping.

Noticeably, the MoBo/GPU/CPU are missing. Reason being, the Intel recall took the MoBo (P67) and CPU (i5-2500k) I wanted off of Newegg but I think they would together add another $300-350 to my price. In addition, the GTX 560Ti is sold out apparently but it will be another $250. This brings me to a grand total of: ~$1700 after taxes/shipping.

So what do you guys think? Solid or no? The 850W power supply is for a future Dual-GPU and it has a $50 discount. I chose the Hanns monitor over Asus because Asus was charging $20 handling fee's, was my choice stupid or is the handling fee stupid. Am I right to assume that a Blue-Ray burned can also burn DVD's? Lastly, I left out a keyboard because I have a few that I never use but if people have suggestions on really good keyboards for gaming I might consider buying one since I am under budget at the moment.


Crap! I just noticed that the memory I chose is DDR3 1600 but from what I gather the i5-2500k works with DDR 3 1333. If thats true I will just get DDR 1333 at around the same price so no need to chance the cost calculation.

Thx in advance.
 
Problem is, I don't understand ur post. There is no mention in this threat of any 160GB or 1TB SSD drive so I'm not sure what you mean when you say "I would keep the 160GB one" since none has been mentioned. Also, I didn't quite follow some of what you said because I'm not that well versed in contemporary hardware. So I'm not sure what a 1090t or micro atx motherboard are. I'm sure if you gave me some links to what you are talking about it would help (Zumo link was helpful for instance). As for Sandy Bridge, I'm quite sure that I would like to go with it, I've only really heard great things and I don't mind the wait for recall (which from what I heard is not a fault of the CPU itself). Is the GTX 580 really worth its price? The 560Ti gives amazing performance for $100 less than the 570 and half the price of a 580. The 580 just does not justify an extra $250 when I could buy a second 560Ti for that much.

Although, I think I might take your advice and knock off 1 of the SATA HDD's and replace it with a small SSD for the OS.
 
sorry. i forgot to put the links in :)... please take this into consideration... great bang 4 the buck

Case: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154094
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130276
Videocard: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500186
Power Supply: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153054
Processor: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849
RAM: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231442
SSD: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233107
Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136792
2X DVD Drives: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151176
Thermal Compound: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
CPU Cooler: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
 
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