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as the title says, my computer that i use at this moment is soon comming to an end, is starting to give me abit of pain / doesnt work as it should.

What im going to do is to by separated items to put into this box NZXT Phantom Big Tower vit.

 

i want some help to decide what types of items i want to put in here to better make a good but low priced computer.

 

thanks in advance.

 

Edit: write how much it cost aswell. so that i can calculate the price :) atm i can spend 2000 dollar

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well prices in euros are totally diff then american so i cant be much help but i know what parts work great.

 

i5 2500k $200- best price/performance ratio of any gaming processor. dont buy the 2600k like tekno hes rich and likes to waste money http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

 

6950 2gb (250-300)- the msi one can unlock to a 6970 if you need to in the future. the 2gb will run games better on higher resolutions over 1080p http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127575

 

gigabyte z68xp-ud3 (100-150$) supports pci 3.0. has usb 3.0. has like 100 usb slots. great overclocker quality build. gigabyte has the fastest rebate program in the world. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128512

 

powersupply ($100) - any good brand will work. make sure its 750w and has enough cords to run your 6950 in crossfire in the future. its all about future proofing

 

cooler (25$)- cooler master 212 plus http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

 

ram $45)- 8gb of corsair vengage 1600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144

 

hard drive - 120gb ssd. be first to load into the game and get the vehicle you want. trust me i LOVE my ssd and WILL NEVER run any game im really into on a regular hard drive again.

 

ocz agility 120gb. 140 after rebate. you can find it on sale for 1$/gb on a good day

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726

 

everything listed is on normal prices right now on newegg. shop week to week and get it for cheaper.

 

 

p.s. this is my exact computer today and i get 60-90 fps with moderate overclocks on both gpu and cpu. i run at 35-45 celcius. i love my machine more then i love my golf clubs. btw i run at 1080p

 

p.s. if you can get the 6970 on sell for 300 dollars get that instead. i brought my 6950 for 220 dollars on black friday. i would never pay 300 for it like it sells for right now. look at ncix.com as well

 

this is a great build for future proofing too. supports up to 32gb ram i believe. 2 vid cards run at 8x 8x. 16x 16x motherboards cost like 50 dollars more and supply little performance gain for the money. watch out for motherboards that run cards in sli at 16x 4x this causes lots of microstutter because the bus's run at difference rates. this build kills

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thank you scsierror, gonna look into this and see how its like for me. but really nice writing and so on. thank you.'

 

and thanks to Scsierror im up at 989 dollars. witch means i have abit over 1000 dollar left to spend, i dont need any screen.

 

so thats nice.

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gigabyte z68xp-ud3 (100-150$) supports pci 3.0. has usb 3.0. has like 100 usb slots. great overclocker quality build. gigabyte has the fastest rebate program in the world. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128512

 

I would stay away from gigabyte, he can't claim the rebate anyway because i believe thats limited to american customers. Their BIOS also lag's far behind the competition. Although they are fairly reliable by comparison. I'd consider MSI and ASUS also.

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Wait a minute SCSI.. I am not rich!

 

Here is what you need to do Peel3

1.) CPU - The newest i5-2550k just came out to retailers. So the price of the i5 2500k will continue to decrease. Take SCSI's advice this is the processor for most! (Link)

 

2.) Build the computer with graphics that you need. Start with a single 560 Ti graphics card (the prices will lower after PCI express 3.0 is dropped and the new 6 series nVidia cards come out) (Should drop to $190-is a piece) in the future you can buy a used one and your PC will not only have the power of a single GTX 580 OC but you will also not run into issues with certain ATI cards with graphics driver issues (Link)

 

3.) For the motherboard a MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) will do wonders. For what you get will blow other boards out of the water. Don't worry about spending money in areas that aren't necessary. This is a dual PCI Express 3.0 motherboard. SCSI the board you linked does infact have PCI Express 3.0 On the primary slot and 2.0 on the second which will run at x4 instead of even x16 when used in a multi card setup. This board will tramp on anything else in the price range. Please take notice to item #8 below (Link)

 

4.) For the power supply I also recommend over a 650 watt. I highly recommend the OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W (comes out to $60.00 after rebates) (Link)

 

5.) For the Cooler the 212+ by Cooler Master (Now for $19.99 after rebate) is an excellent choice as well as the Xigmatek Gaia SD1283 both are very comparable (Link)

 

6.) For the ram its all about the ratings. The best memory would be the G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) It has more reviews than any other ram on the planet and you can be aggressive with the timmings. I built a system where i pushed these to 1800 mhz stable and got 8 CAS latency stable (Link)

 

7.) Hard drive - For the price of higher capacity SSD you can get a 64 gb SSD and almost a 500 gb Data drive for on the side. Stick with reviews on SSD or you will screw your self. I recommend the Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB (Link) with the Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (link) For $20.00 more than SCSIs recommendation you can have the speed of a SSD and have another drive with storage for all your other games/files :)

 

8.) All new SLi Boards run (2) x16 slot PCI Express 2.0. (Double the data bandwidth than crossfire at the same price)

 

As a system builder I find that I am building as many as 4 systems a week (PCs worth building)

You will realize that if you shop around with items with rebates you will really save some serious money

If you know someone in the states that you can trust you can save even more money.

Directions:

1.) Buy a case in your country (Shipping rates will be cheaper and you wont save much money)

2.) But all internal components from newegg which ship mostly free to US citizens

3.) Have someone ship you one package (all parts packed neatly in the smallest box as you can making sure that it has the highest insurance and ship it to you as a "gift" to avoid import fees)

4.) Assemble parts as you recieve them

5.) Tip the person who gave you the "gift" (You can always have the person doing the shipping collect the rebates as cash and still give them a few dollars for the time.

 

 

well prices in euros are totally diff then american so i cant be much help but i know what parts work great.

 

i5 2500k $200- best price/performance ratio of any gaming processor. dont buy the 2600k like tekno hes rich and likes to waste money http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

 

6950 2gb (250-300)- the msi one can unlock to a 6970 if you need to in the future. the 2gb will run games better on higher resolutions over 1080p http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127575

 

gigabyte z68xp-ud3 (100-150$) supports pci 3.0. has usb 3.0. has like 100 usb slots. great overclocker quality build. gigabyte has the fastest rebate program in the world. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128512

 

powersupply ($100) - any good brand will work. make sure its 750w and has enough cords to run your 6950 in crossfire in the future. its all about future proofing

 

cooler (25$)- cooler master 212 plus http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065

 

ram $45)- 8gb of corsair vengage 1600 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144

 

hard drive - 120gb ssd. be first to load into the game and get the vehicle you want. trust me i LOVE my ssd and WILL NEVER run any game im really into on a regular hard drive again.

 

ocz agility 120gb. 140 after rebate. you can find it on sale for 1$/gb on a good day

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726

 

everything listed is on normal prices right now on newegg. shop week to week and get it for cheaper.

 

 

p.s. this is my exact computer today and i get 60-90 fps with moderate overclocks on both gpu and cpu. i run at 35-45 celcius. i love my machine more then i love my golf clubs. btw i run at 1080p

 

p.s. if you can get the 6970 on sell for 300 dollars get that instead. i brought my 6950 for 220 dollars on black friday. i would never pay 300 for it like it sells for right now. look at ncix.com as well

 

this is a great build for future proofing too. supports up to 32gb ram i believe. 2 vid cards run at 8x 8x. 16x 16x motherboards cost like 50 dollars more and supply little performance gain for the money. watch out for motherboards that run cards in sli at 16x 4x this causes lots of microstutter because the bus's run at difference rates. this build kills

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I would stay away from gigabyte, he can't claim the rebate anyway because i believe thats limited to american customers. Their BIOS also lag's far behind the competition. Although they are fairly reliable by comparison. I'd consider MSI and ASUS also.
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3.) For the motherboard a MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) will do wonders. For what you get will blow other boards out of the water. Don't worry about spending money in areas that aren't necessary. This is a dual PCI Express 3.0 motherboard. SCSI the board you linked does infact have PCI Express 3.0 On the primary slot and 2.0 on the second which will run at x4 instead of even x16 when used in a multi card setup. This board will tramp on anything else in the price range. Please take notice to item #8 below (Link)

 

i see it runs 16x8x where do you see x4 for pci 3?

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Gigabytes site.. There is a PDF for the manual (it shares one manual for two mother boards so look under at the fine print)

Also the 448 core is sick but over priced for price to performance ratio.

 

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3.) For the motherboard a MSI Z68A-GD55 (G3) will do wonders. For what you get will blow other boards out of the water. Don't worry about spending money in areas that aren't necessary. This is a dual PCI Express 3.0 motherboard. SCSI the board you linked does infact have PCI Express 3.0 On the primary slot and 2.0 on the second which will run at x4 instead of even x16 when used in a multi card setup. This board will tramp on anything else in the price range. Please take notice to item #8 below (Link)

 

i see it runs 16x8x where do you see x4 for pci 3?

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Gigabytes site.. There is a PDF for the manual (it shares one manual for two mother boards so look under at the fine print)

Also the 448 core is sick but over priced for price to performance ratio.

 

dont matter anyway once pci 3 does come out and viable and if i wanted to run sli in this format it would be 5 years. 2 x pci 2 cards will run stuff for yearssssssssss and afterthat its time for a upgrade anyway. dont think to far away teckno!

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Never settle for 2nd place when 1st place is only $20 away :) Future proof Brah!

 

dont matter anyway once pci 3 does come out and viable and if i wanted to run sli in this format it would be 5 years. 2 x pci 2 cards will run stuff for yearssssssssss and afterthat its time for a upgrade anyway. dont think to far away teckno!
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