Sub-$1000 Gaming PC Build

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Sqwertyf

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The title says it all. I am looking to build a gaming rig in the future, and i am open to reccomendations for parts.

Thanks!
 
Are you going to need any of the following?

OS
Monitor
Mouse
Keyboard
Speakers
Any other peripherals?
 
okay. Going to try my best here.

CASE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=haf 912
- Haas great airflow and cable management. Is a pretty good size too and okay build quality. Only quelm I have is that it did not come with the info necessary to get the rebate.
Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220558
PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341049
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130759
-This is the best bang for the buck card on the market currently.
Speakers: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836121044
-I don't know much bout speakers, but this looked good for the price.
OS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

on the keyboard for the price newegg wants with shipping you would be better off just grabbing one local from your walmart or bestbuy or the like. There is $62 in the buget for a good keyboard and mouse.
 
It will perform as well as a 570 just with a little more heat and $70 cheaper. Its still DX11 so should be a great card.

That looks like a good case too.
 
Here are the parts that I picked out. I am open to suggestions.

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147108

Processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&Tpk=core i5 2500k

Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

DVD/CD Burner:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136240

GPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521

Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773

and HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
- Yes I would like to have an SSD, but with the prices of HDDs right now, this is not possible.

Also, I know that gtx has a better pixel rate than the radeon 6870, but the 6870 has a higher texel rate...... Please explain what these mean. XD
 
That is a good build too. It is sacrificing a better CPU for a worse GPU, but you should see good FPS with that build, too. If you go with wolfe's build, you may want to upgrade the CPU in the future, and with your build, you may want to upgrade the GPU in the future.

Look for a Z77 motherboard, though. Its the newest and best.
 
I looked into it, and I could get the GPU that wolfe recommended, but it would put the price up to $995....
 
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Sqwertyf said:
Here are the parts that I picked out. I am open to suggestions.

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147108

Processor:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072&Tpk=core i5 2500k

Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145345

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

DVD/CD Burner:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136240

GPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150521

Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773

and HDD:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697
- Yes I would like to have an SSD, but with the prices of HDDs right now, this is not possible.

Also, I know that gtx has a better pixel rate than the radeon 6870, but the 6870 has a higher texel rate...... Please explain what these mean. XD
Click to expand...

Actually, I looked into it, and I could get the GPU that Wolfe suggested, but it would put the price up to $995.....
 
Texel Rate:Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

overall the GTX is a more powerful card.
 
Case: 60$
COOLER MASTER HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 Black SECC/ ABS Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=haf 912

PSU: 70$
CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 V2 600W ATX12V v2.3 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028&Tpk=corsair cx 600

Motherboard: 100$
ASRock Z75 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z75 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157304&Tpk=asrock z75

CPU: 125$
Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115077

RAM: 49$
Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3K2/8G
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104246

GPU: 180$
ASUS EAH6870 DC/2DI2S/1GD5 Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121418&Tpk=asus radeon hd 6870

GPU option#2: 190$
ASUS ENGTX560 DCII OC/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121446

HDD: 135$
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

DVD: 19$
LITE-ON Black 18X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM SATA DVD-ROM Drive Model iHDS118-04
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106276

OS: 100$
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

TOTAL: 838$ / 848$

This is what I would suggest. Leaves many $$$ for whatever you need (monitor, keyboard etc).

It will run any game on pretty high settings too. I envy American prices, everything is 25% more expensive here in Denmark.

You could argue that a better CPU would be beneficial, but that would blow the budget in my opinion. You generally should spend more on a graphics card, since it's harder to bottleneck the CPU than the GPU.
 
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I was thinking that if my build started getting out-dated, I could buy another 6870 and Crossfire them. What would that do for the performance of the rig?
 
Using the 6870 you should see 70-80% performance gain in most games, but in Battlefield 3 you should see 95% at least. But my recommended motherboard doesn't support SLI or Crossfire, so you would wanna update that if you plan on CF/SLI.
 
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