kickbackman
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what is going on here? how am i this out of step it has only been a year.
overkill gaming rig ides's (£3000)
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kickbackman
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found it now...thanks
seumasbeathan
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Dont worry about it man, 1155 sandybridge, 2011 sandybridge, 1155 ivybridge can all get a bit confusing
seumasbeathan
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they tested it at 2560x1600
PetrolHead247
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It will be basically the same as 2560x1600, but it will run a tiny bit faster than that, so a bit faster than an average 68FPS
Master&Puppet
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kickbackman
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ok great...thank you all for you time and effert in this for me. and am going to lay down now and i think you guys can now relax.
thank you again.
ps i can't seem to find a button to give rep or gold stars etc
thank you again.
ps i can't seem to find a button to give rep or gold stars etc
seumasbeathan
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Click on then persons profile and then choose how many stars
VengeanceUK
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just put together the final spec list for a perfectly good ivy bridge rig (with a 3770k) for under £1500, if i wanted more power i'd simply just add another gfx card but would still be under £2000 and there'd probably be no appreciable difference for the extra £1000.
alright i am recycling my monitor, psu, keyboard/mouse and windows 7 install, but monitors are about £150, psu another £150(ish), keyboard and mouse £100 and windows 7 about another £100.
so all in looking at £2400 to boost mine from perfectly fine to uber and theres still £600 left in the kitty for beers, snacks, new games and other consumables.
imho x79 is not designed for a "gaming only scenario", its a "yardstick" for saying look how rich i am, yet have no clue as to what i should spend money on building a gaming rig
alright i am recycling my monitor, psu, keyboard/mouse and windows 7 install, but monitors are about £150, psu another £150(ish), keyboard and mouse £100 and windows 7 about another £100.
so all in looking at £2400 to boost mine from perfectly fine to uber and theres still £600 left in the kitty for beers, snacks, new games and other consumables.
imho x79 is not designed for a "gaming only scenario", its a "yardstick" for saying look how rich i am, yet have no clue as to what i should spend money on building a gaming rig
twpbknight
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all in all this would be a great gaming system anything over 1920x1080 is sorta a waste, u might as well go multimonitor gaming at that point. I have the Storm Trooper and yes its AMAZING and will do everything for you. The ssd will be a huge benefit for you as well but i would buy a second HD for storage becuase a 128 gb ssd will fill up fast after a couple games are installed. The ram is perfect you dont need anything over 1600 mhz becuase nothing will ever use it and when it does its like what 1 fps more... 2x 670 is sorta an overkill since 1 will run all games that are out there at 1920x1080 at very high rates but i like the idea of having 2 myself XD. The H80 is great i had one myself but moved to a h100 just because i could lol. The i7 3820, this is the only thing i dont really understand. Its a 4 core sandy bridge(2nd gen chip) for $50 more you can get the 3770k ivy bridge which will tear apart the 3820 in every aspect and the new tech behind it will give you that much more futureprofing. I myself am looking at going to a new cpu. I am currently using a first gen I7 970(6core) and was looking at the 3930k. Now yes the 3930k is a beast and will top charts but i can only see this being the cause in like encoding or 3dmark cinebench that sorta stuff. When it comes to gaming they wont even use all of what a 4 core has and even at that point the 3770 is just as powerful as the 3930. So that would be the only thing i would change on the build.
Master&Puppet
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what is going on here? how am i this out of step it has only been a year.
Haha yea it is confusing.
Erm to keep it to the point (and forgive me if I'm covering stuff you already know):
Sandy bridge and Ivy-bridge are architectures which are basically rules and instructions for the cpu on how it thinks. Ivy bridge is the recent SB revision bringing about 5% greater performance. Both work off socket 1155 which comes in 3 formats:
i3 - dual core with hyperthreading
i5 - quadcore (like the 2500 or 3570k)
i7 - quadcore with hyperthreading (like the 3770k or 2600)
Sandy-bridge extreme is the same set of instructions, on a i7, but made more powerful by being put on a bigger socket (2011). I say more powerful because the extra size of the socket allows the cpu to fit in 6 cores (although they still call this i7) however they also do a quadcore SB-e chip (the 3820) which, as you can work out is exactly as powerful as the 1155 i7 because they are both quad core hyper threading cpus with the same architecture.
Josh Weston
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If he is playing games as a major hobby etc. am I wrong to assume that recordings are sometimes made + need to be rendered etc. only then would your overkill 2011 socket make the slight bit of sense. He could be playing games, recording them, rendering his last recording and simulating the big bang in real time simultaneously
Master&Puppet
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He hasn't mentioned that but you aren't wrong to assume it!
Personally I wouldnt go X79 for gaming, I did but I wanted the hex core for video recording/rendering and cad and 3d work etc so my pc is not necessarily a gaming pc. There really isnt a need for hexacore in gaming atm as most games wont utilise the full six cores. From what I have read on here and elsewhere the 3820 is a good cpu and can overclock well but performance wise the new ivybridge cpus are better for gaming.
Secondly I would add an additional ssd. I have a 120gb ssd and all thats on it is windows 7 ulitmate 64bit and my games and I have 5gb left. It will fill up quickly especially if you have games like crysis installed that are huge. Have a 120 or something for your operating system and stuff like that and another then for all your games.
Cpu cooler I went with the H100 as from what I have seen it out performs the H80 on an overclock so maybe upgrade to that instead.
As for the monitor why not go something like the BenQ XL2420T 120hz 24inch monitor. 120hz is very nice and I am very glad I went with it for gaming as everything seems smoother in fps games. So maybe that would be a nice upgrade.
He initially wanted to spend 3k so now that he isnt going 3930k route maybe invest that money elsewhere like I said above. Maybe spend some money on a decent modular powersupply and get the braided cables like for the AX series by corsair iirc. Also you could add in some cool water cooling to make it even more balling.
Im sorry if the budget has changed I only skimmed through this thread and I am open to correction on what I have said as I built my pc with different things in mind and most of what I have said is from what I picked up along the way to researching my pc.
Noooooooooo. Forget 2011 socket, that's for people who need the Hex Cores and hyperthreading, which he does not. Go for an i5 3570K and a Z77 board. And don't forget the PSU, you'll need one of those
This.
Last point is you said you never overclocked an intel cpu before. I used a very helpful guide to overclock my 3930k and I have it running stable at 4.6ghz on a H100. I can link you if you need but it will be related to my cpu and maybe not for the one you decide to go for.
KING_OF_SAND
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If it's only being used for gaming the person purchasing it is a moron and has no idea how a computer works and is only getting the best parts because he has more money than sense (play on words). You can spend half that and get the same performance in 99% of the games. If this was a benching rig I can see that but you said ONLY GAMING. This rig is clearly absurd and shows stupidity in the person purchasing.
