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i5 2500k Build - Best parts for it?
Osmo:
I ain't gona lie I'm feeling a bit paranoid about the vendors list. I got the list up. And I'm spoilt for choice. I just want a corsair and I wish there was one but there's loads. Which IS the best one or which ONES are good? :) Damn I'm lazy. But I just want to build my pc :(((
--- Quote from: Lonewolf5460 on May 12, 2011, 11:10:36 PM ---
Well yah what you can get for a grand these days are amazing an i2500k and an Hd6970 will eat any game on the market at a reasonable, but still a thousand on the tower is still mid range to me. High end is needing enough graphics power to run beyond 1080p at 60 fps, that term is reserved for computers running 2560 x 1440 and 2560 x 1600 monitors. Now high end is starting to slide to muti monitor and 3d gaming which seems like extreme overkill with eyefinity and the like but that is high end.
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Lone wolf I like what you did with the 40GB but I'm gona go with the 64 gb or 80 gb. Also can I run 1080p at 60fps with my setup? And what are the benefits of running it higher then that?
kitamesume:
go pick what ever 2x4gb(dual 4gb sticks) is in that thing that supports 4dimm slots.
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 8GB 1600MHz CL8 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit [£84.29] looks good, vendor list showed it supports 4dimms
yea your current want to buy will be able to play at 1920x1080p 60fps flat out with a little jitter to 40fps. to get your self onto overkill mode and play at 1920x1080p at 100+fps with no jitter at all, you`d need two HD6970 for that. and for a 2560x1440 you`d need a quad card for that... meh...
difference of 1920x1080p to a 2560x1440p is only seen on monitors of size at 40inches and above. mainly because rarely monitors at below 30inches support more than 1080p, and the difference between 1080p vs 1440p @ below 40inches is almost ignorable, at above, you`d see 1080p getting pixelated.
Edit:
adding a relist on the current items:
--- Quote ---CPU: i5-2500k (bought)
Motherboard: Asus - SABERTOOTH P67 (bought)
RAM: Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 8GB 1600MHz CL8 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit [£84.29] -VS- Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 8GB 1600MHz CL9 DDR3 Vengeance Memory Two Module Kit [£70.09]
GPU: Asus 2GB ATi Radeon 6970(later to be XCF)
Memory: 64GB SSD Boot Drive. 500GB x2 Spinpoint F3 Slave Drive Raid.
PSU: Corsair TX750 V2 PSU
CASE: Undecided.
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raandomer:
--- Quote from: Lonewolf5460 on May 12, 2011, 11:10:36 PM ---Well yah what you can get for a grand these days are amazing an i2500k and an Hd6970 will eat any game on the market at a reasonable resolution like 1680 x 1050, but still a thousand on the tower is still mid range to me. High end is needing enough graphics power to run beyond 1080p at 60 fps, that term is reserved for computers running 2560 x 1440 and 2560 x 1600 monitors. Now high end is starting to slide to multi-monitor and 3d gaming which seems like extreme overkill but that is high end.
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wtf, high end is usually at 1920, and the 6970 has more than enough juice for ANY game at 1920.
Once you start going into 2560 its not high end anymore, you've hit enthusiast (or professional) level. Hell take a look at the pricing between the monitors that are 1920 vs 2560, a u2311 is ~300, a 2711 is bloody 1k
and back ontrack, tbo when i was testing the sabertooth i had no problems with an elcheapo gskill 8gb kit, so i'm not too sure with how picky the sabertooth is with ram. I would take a stab and say any ram kit that runs at 1.65v would probably do the trick.
Lonewolf5460:
--- Quote from: Osmo on May 12, 2011, 11:13:10 PM ---I ain't gona lie I'm feeling a bit paranoid about the vendors list. I got the list up. And I'm spoilt for choice. I just want a corsair and I wish there was one but there's loads. Which IS the best one or which ONES are good? :) Damn I'm lazy. But I just want to build my pc :(((
--- Quote from: Lonewolf5460 on May 12, 2011, 11:10:36 PM ---
Well yah what you can get for a grand these days are amazing an i2500k and an Hd6970 will eat any game on the market at a reasonable, but still a thousand on the tower is still mid range to me. High end is needing enough graphics power to run beyond 1080p at 60 fps, that term is reserved for computers running 2560 x 1440 and 2560 x 1600 monitors. Now high end is starting to slide to muti monitor and 3d gaming which seems like extreme overkill with eyefinity and the like but that is high end.
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Lone wolf I like what you did with the 40GB but I'm gona go with the 64 gb or 80 gb. Also can I run 1080p at 60fps with my setup? And what are the benefits of running it higher then that?
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No bigge it was a recommendation better to be safe than sorry only you know your computer needs.
As kitamesume says your going to need either two if those hd6970s or a hd6990. The HD 6990 is basically 2 6970s in one board but 2 6970s should be a little faster since they had to under-clock to the chips a bit to make it work in one card. And it is slighly cheaper to go with two 6970s.
Edit
Just checked some benchmarks you wont be at 60 fps but the 6970 can run anything on the market right now well over 30 fps @ 1080p.
One 6970 will do the trick you can add another later on when you feel like you need it.
I personally recommend for a monitor the new Samsungs that are 27inch and 1080p you can find them for about 300 in the states. I do not know how much that would cost you or if you already have a 1080 monitor.
Also there really is not a major benefits besides bragging rights anything over upper mid range is just because you can. If you balance you components right you will enjoy your computer no matter what. Because if you can run all settings on high setting in a game at 1680 x 1050 your getting all the eye candy that a guy on a 2560 x 1600 rig sees. Either way so balance is key in any build on any budget.
kitamesume:
heck no, dont even consider getting a single X2 GPU its seriously hideous, overheats more than a dual HD6970, slower than a dual HD6970 and has more issues than you could ever imagine.
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