Building Gaming Computer /Advice Please

[Austin@]

Hey everyone just wanted to post what i picked out for building a computer
advice/thoughts please!
uses: hardcore gaming / minor video editing
budget: 2500

Case: Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133192

GPU: EVGA 03G-P3-1595-AR GeForce GTX 580
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130751

PS: SILVERSTONE ST1000-P 1000W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817256057

Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8 x 2gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231430

Motherboard:ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157290

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116492

SSD Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR120GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820226236

Cooling: intel BXRTS2011LC Liquid-cooled
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835203006

Let me know what you guys think

thanks,

 

[ChinaCat]

Why are you spending @$600 for that CPU when for @$300 you can get an I7-2500 which based upon tons of research appears to be just as good for gaming?

Also, that is a lot to spend "now" on a GPU when the new Nividia 600 series should be out end of this month.

-CC

 

[Austin@]

All the bench mark sites ive seen has had the Intel Core i7-3930K near the top and for $300 dollers the Intel Core i7-3820 seems to be better than the i7-2500

also the from what ive seen the nividia 600 is going to be crazy expensive and only a little better then the one i picked out

i could be wrong though

 

[Blain]

Why are you spending @$600 for that CPU when for @$300 you can get an I7-2500 which based upon tons of research appears to be just as good for gaming?

It's not a dedicated gaming machine.

Hey everyone just wanted to post what i picked out for building a computer
advice/thoughts please!
uses: gaming / video editing
budget: 2500

BTW... Don't bother with water cooling, unless you're going big.

 

[Austin@]

Even if i am planing on OC the CPU?

 

[Blain]

With video editing you want stability.

 

[Austin@]

i play in a lot of gaming tournaments and make/edit videos of my game play so performance and stability is key for me

 

[Austin@]

i was planing of safely OC it not to something unstable

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Wait for ivy primarily due to oc potential. Get a radeon 7970

 

[jpeyton]

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=14767514

 

[Austin@]

The Core clock and the shader clock is much higher on the 580 why the 7970?

also the ram timers u picked out are slower then the ones i picked out

and when is the ivy coming out? i can't seem to find much information will the cpu perform much better then the 3930k? and at what cost?

 

[lehtv]

What is your gaming resolution

The Core clock and the shader clock is much higher on the 580 why the 7970?

Because it is faster. But GTX680 will be even faster.

 

[Austin@]

1920 x 1080

 

[jpeyton]

The Core clock and the shader clock is much higher on the 580 why the 7970?

It's a 7950, and it's faster than the 580, uses less power, and overclocks better.

also the ram timers u picked out are slower then the ones i picked out

Yes.

and when is the ivy coming out? i can't seem to find much information will the cpu perform much better then the 3930k? and at what cost?

It won't perform better at video editing, since Ivy is limited to 4-cores. But it costs less.

 

[lehtv]

1920 x 1080

On your budget I would build a $1500 SLI/crossfire machine and buy a Dell 27" 2560x1440 or 30" 2560x1600 IPS monitor. And I would not build it before Ivy bridge and NVIDIA GTX600 series were released.

A top end PC for 1080p gaming can be built for $1200 or so. I don't think LGA2011 is worth it even for video encoding unless you're a professional and encoding speed = money. You will also miss out on having the Z68 extras and you won't miss tri-sli/quad-sli.

 

[Austin@]

i was planning on getting a 2560 x 1440 down the road i currently have a 6970 crossfire and I'm a little disappointed i was planing on eventually SLI the 580s but it sounds like i am going to wait for the the GTx600

 

[lehtv]

Why are you disappointed with 6970 crossfire? GTX 580 SLI isn't any better, really. I think you should definitely keep the video cards, that would take a chunk off of your upgrade costs.

What's the rest of your current PC like? Were you planning to sell it away?

 

[Austin@]

well i practically got this pc for half price about a year ago and was going to sell it and get a little upgrade

i have
i7-970
1250wat ps
12gb trip channel
intel motehrboard extreme
2x 6970's

 

[bullbearish]

I didn't see anyone mention that power supply. Unless your running 2 of those 580's in SLI, you won't need 1,000W.

A 3930k is nice bragging rights, but current games won't use the capacity of the 2500k/2600k. Both of the latter have a lot of OC headroom too.

I've owned both NV and AMD. I'm pretty happy with my 580. I say get the cheaper of whatever is available today and get a 7990 when they come out.

 

[jpeyton]

well i practically got this pc for half price about a year ago and was going to sell it and get a little upgrade

i have
i7-970
1250wat ps
12gb trip channel
intel motehrboard extreme
2x 6970's

I would contemplate suicide if I had to use something that slow.

Consider tripling your budget and getting one of those new 8-core Sandy-Bridge Xeons, along with a 1300W PSU and the original Thermaltake Level 10 (not the weak sauce GT version).

 

[Austin@]

I would contemplate suicide if I had to use something that slow.

Consider tripling your budget and getting one of those new 8-core Sandy-Bridge Xeons, along with a 1300W PSU and the original Thermaltake Level 10 (not the weak sauce GT version).

lol?

 

[lehtv]

You're wanting to pay $2500 in order to sidegrade to a different hexacore and to a different graphics card brand? What is this I don't even

I'd just buy a nice monitor and an SSD if I didn't have one yet.

 

[DSF]

lol?

His point is that your upgrade isn't going to net you nearly enough tangible benefit for the amount of money you're spending.

(Naturally, that's an opinion question, but you did ask our opinion.)

What's driving this upgrade? Is there something that your current computer isn't handling as well as you'd like? Is there a reason you can't wait a little bit longer for a real generation refresh so that your upgrade will represent a true step up?

 

[lehtv]

(Naturally, that's an opinion question, but you did ask our opinion.)

It's not like it's completely subjective whether it's a good purchase. These decisions can be based on facts, and those facts can be used to draw objective conclusions: how much % increase in performance (or useful features, or other qualities) does the upgrade get you, weighed against the cost in $, compared to alternatives (including waiting and buying later).

 

[mfenn]

It's not like it's completely subjective whether it's a good purchase. These decisions can be based on facts, and those facts can be used to draw objective conclusions: how much % increase in performance (or useful features, or other qualities) does the upgrade get you, weighed against the cost in $, compared to alternatives (including waiting and buying later).

Agree. The OP already has a stacked system, so unless he is willing to drop like $3K for a marginal upgrade, he may as well wait. If he's disappointed with the performance of his current rig at 1080P, I'm betting he has a software configuration problem.