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A Desktop has been decided over a new Notebook. However, I know nothing of new hardware.

 

I am looking to play some of the newer PC games (mainly WOW, but leave it open for others) at the highest video level with minimal FPS loss.

 

I want an Intel CPU. Also, I don't want to break the bank!!!

 

What CPU?

 

What Motherboard?

 

It will have at least 6GB of RAM, if not more. The HDD will be at least a 7200RPM SATA.

 

Thanks!!!!

 

KillJoy

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Few things...

 

Don't get a 7200 RPM SATA drive. Get a solid state drive. I saw an ad at Microcenter i believe that was for a 120GB SSD for $89.99. They are seriously fast as fuck and worth the smaller storage space. If you're looking for just a shitload of storage space, get the HDD i guess.

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cpu: http://microcenter.com/product/388577/Core_i5_3570K_34GHz_LGA_1155_Processor $190

mobo: http://www.microcenter.com/product/393422/P8Z77-V_LK_LGA_1155_Z77_ATX_Intel_Motherboard $125

ram: http://microcenter.com/product/386315/XMS3_Series_16GB_DDR3-1600_(PC3-12800)_CL_11_Dual_Channel_Desktop_Memory_Kit_(Two_8GB_Memory_Modules) $80

video card: http://microcenter.com/product/387394/GV-R787OC-2GD_AMD_Radeon_HD_7870_2048MB_GDDR5_PCIe_30_x16_Video_Card $250 (there is a ton of room to play here, and i spent only a minute picking this)

 

major internals done, lets look at the rest

 

good case makes things much better as far as noise and wire management. two here at different price points

 

case1: http://microcenter.com/product/383858/Performance_One_Series_P280_ATX_Mid_Tower_Computer_Case $106 or

case2: http://microcenter.com/product/382964/Outlaw_ATX_Mid_Tower_Computer_Case $50

 

this power supply is more than enough and anyone who says otherwise has never used a multimeter on a system with a quality power supply.

power supply: http://microcenter.com/product/399983/Builder_Series_CX600_600_Watt_ATX_12V_Power_Supply $75

 

hard drive: http://microcenter.com/product/383892/Barracuda_2TB_7,200_RPM_SATA_60Gb-s_35_Internal_Hard_Drive_STBD2000101 $100

 

Not looking at rebates you're at 870 to 925 here before tax. It will shit all over the lenovo posted at a cheaper price. The lenovo has a pair of GT650Ms in SLI. A single GT650M scores an average of 2085 in 3dmark 11. Sli isn't perfect but we'll go ahead and say it is achieving 100% efficiency and give it a score of 4170. That single 7870 I posted (probably not ideal choice) pulls a score of 7864.

 

A lot of this stuff the prices can be dropped a fair bit by price matching against newegg (save $5 on power supply for example)

 

a SSD was not mentioned but it highly recommended for OS and most used applications.

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video card: http://microcenter.com/product/387394/GV-R787OC-2GD_AMD_Radeon_HD_7870_2048MB_GDDR5_PCIe_30_x16_Video_Card $250 (there is a ton of room to play here, and i spent only a minute picking this)

 

 

Thank you VERY MUCH! What if I said I did not want an AMD Video Card. Then what would you suggest?

 

KillJoy

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this power supply is more than enough and anyone who says otherwise has never used a multimeter on a system with a quality power supply.

power supply: http://microcenter.com/product/399983/Builder_Series_CX600_600_Watt_ATX_12V_Power_Supply $75

 

BULLSHIT BRO. NEED AT LEAST 1,500 WATTS.

 

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Not looking at rebates you're at 870 to 925 here before tax. It will shit all over the lenovo posted at a cheaper price. The lenovo has a pair of GT650Ms in SLI.

 

While true, the Lenovo earns bonus points for portability. If you have to travel (say, work or vacation) the Lenovo can easily go with you.

 

If you decide to build, Microcenter is having a sale: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151458385591743&set=a.112733816742.108782.100723516742&type=1&theater

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Bang for the Bucks AMD is killing it right now, I've recently built multiple 6 and 8 core amd's and been extremly happy with there performance. I recently picked up a laptop powered by the new Trinity A10 . @ microcenter she's on sale refurb for 465 and plays WOW great on high quality 60fps no probs.

 

 

The last few 8 core's i've built cost me under 400$ . My new file server cost 375 and it's a 8120 + 32gigs .

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Bang for the Bucks AMD is killing it right now, I've recently built multiple 6 and 8 core amd's and been extremly happy with there performance. I recently picked up a laptop powered by the new Trinity A10 . @ microcenter she's on sale refurb for 465 and plays WOW great on high quality 60fps no probs.

 

 

The last few 8 core's i've built cost me under 400$ . My new file server cost 375 and it's a 8120 + 32gigs .

 

I would honestly hope that a "new" pc could run an 8 year old game at max settings lol.

 

Anandtech.com or tomshardware.com Intel > AMD any day of the week.

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I would honestly hope that a "new" pc could run an 8 year old game at max settings lol.

 

Anandtech.com or tomshardware.com Intel > AMD any day of the week.

 

Go back to your barn :gabe: Things like WoW and other light tasks AMD is fine, I've since come to prefer Intel after moving away from my 8120. Although, I went from a now low end AMD to a near top end Intel chip...

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I remember when I first got into PC building AMD was pretty solidly ahead of Intel. First 3-4 builds I ever did were AMD. Ever since Intel busted out the Core 2 series though they just skipped right to the front of the line and haven't looked back. Haven't even considered an AMD build since then.
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Thank you VERY MUCH! What if I said I did not want an AMD Video Card. Then what would you suggest?

 

KillJoy

 

This. Spend the extra money. Any other NVIDIA card above 660 is just going to be better :)

 

You should build for future games not game you currently play.

 

http://microcenter.com/product/399050/03G-P4-3663-KR_NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_660_Ti_Superclocked_3072MB_PCIe_30_x16_Video_Card

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This. Spend the extra money. Any other NVIDIA card above 660 is just going to be better :)

 

You should build for future games not game you currently play.

 

http://microcenter.com/product/399050/03G-P4-3663-KR_NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_660_Ti_Superclocked_3072MB_PCIe_30_x16_Video_Card

 

I was thinking this one:

 

http://microcenter.com/product/397990/02G-P4-3662-KR_NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX_660_Ti_Superclocked_Edition_2048MB_GDDR5_PCIe_30_x16_Video_Card

 

But the one you linked is just as good!

 

:D

 

KillJoy

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Few things...

 

Don't get a 7200 RPM SATA drive. Get a solid state drive. I saw an ad at Microcenter i believe that was for a 120GB SSD for $89.99. They are seriously fast as fuck and worth the smaller storage space. If you're looking for just a shitload of storage space, get the HDD i guess.

 

Agreed

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