Coming soon - Get a detailed view of why an account is flagged as spam!
view details

This post has been de-listed

It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.

1
[Build Ready] Mediumish Budget Gaming PC
Author Summary
pseudopseudonym is in Build Ready
Post Body

Part list permalink / Part price breakdown by merchant

Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor $179.99 @ Microcenter
Motherboard ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard $122.86 @ Newegg
Video Card XFX Radeon HD 6950 2GB Video Card $219.99 @ Newegg
Total
Prices include shipping and discounts when available. $522.84
Generated 2011-11-21 18:34 EST-0500

I just bought 2 sets of this RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB/2x4GB DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit mostly because it was cheap as hell... and now my quest to build a gaming PC has been somewhat prematurely started. So I'm looking at buying this hardware, to be later paired with a nice PSU, hard drive, case etc (I'm looking at the BitFenix Shinobi Window White). For now I'm hoping to use my existing case, which is something like this with a 500W PSU I already have.

So the question is: is my choice of CPU, GPU and motherboard appropriate, or should I swap out for the 560 Ti (for example) or something else? I'm looking to spend around $750 on this build including the case and PSU.

EDIT: Also thinking about this: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/antec-power-supply-tp750blue

Author
Account Strength
100%
Account Age
13 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
48,530
Link Karma
3,722
Comment Karma
43,183
Profile updated: 4 days ago
Posts updated: 7 months ago

Subreddit

Post Details

Location
We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
Posted
12 years ago