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Approximate Purchase Date: mid-Semptember
Budget Range: ~1800 soft limit... if you convince me it's worth it to go up to 2000 I'll consider it.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, HD content (3D not necessary), 3D CAD (Solidworks, etc)
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, Display, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.newegg.com should work for everything
Country of Origin: US
Parts Preferences: Similar to the high end intel PC build in the stickies, just have a few questions about particular setups and benchmarks.
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, leaning toward yes
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Hey everyone, it's time for a new high-end gaming build, partially because I graduated college back in May and landed a cushy engineering job so I finally have the budget for another one as a treat to myself
, and also because the $2500 monster I built back in 2007 (AMD FX 6000+, SLI'ed 8800 Ultras, etc etc) is more than showing its age. Even though it can still kinda run recent games like Deus Ex fairly well at low resolutions with eye candy turned off.
I'm relatively flexible on parts and I assume my build won't differ much from the high end Intel based PC's in this thread (http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/317198-31-bestconfigs-poll-high-intel-gaming) although I do have some special requirements and questions.
I prefer a large case with good air cooling and plenty of room for large aftermarket CPU coolers as I plan on overclocking and a possible SLI/Crossfire configuration.
I have a 7.1 surround sound system attached to my home theater / tv and I'm not very experienced with computer audio so I presume I'd need a sound card or motherboard that supports optical out so I can plug into one of my receivers inputs?
The display I'm using is a 60'' 1080p LCD that I sit roughly 6 feet away from on the couch, I have no desire for Eyefinity or Nvidia Surround.
I understand that high end SLI configs like two 580s or 6970s or 570s are intended for 5000-whateverx1080 resolutions and generally considered vastly overkill for a single 1080 display. The thing is I want a system that can crush titles like Metro 2033 at absolutely maxed DX11 settings or Crysis 2 with the HD textures and DX11 patch with 60+ fps in 1080p, and will still be able to max games out for at least a year or two in that resolution (hopefully three but that would be pushing it) before I need to start turning anything down. This is the issue I'm going back and forth on the most so hopefully you guys can give me input on whether it's a good idea to "overkill" it now because I won't feel the need to upgrade for another 4 years.
Also I'm still hesitant to hop on this SSD bandwagon, is the general consensus that these are really worth the extra money over a higher end video card or whatever else that fits within budget? I don't really care for a fast booting system as most of the time I leave my computer on. Although I've never used a system with an SSD so I don't have much to go off of.
One last thing, while I put my purchase date as mid-September I am curious as to everyone's opinion on whether it's better to wait another few months for the next-generation GPU's and CPU's?, (7000 series, Kepler, etc) If only for the drop in price we'll see on current gen?
Sorry for the novel, I appreciate any and all feedback!
Budget Range: ~1800 soft limit... if you convince me it's worth it to go up to 2000 I'll consider it.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, HD content (3D not necessary), 3D CAD (Solidworks, etc)
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers, Display, OS
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.newegg.com should work for everything
Country of Origin: US
Parts Preferences: Similar to the high end intel PC build in the stickies, just have a few questions about particular setups and benchmarks.
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, leaning toward yes
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Hey everyone, it's time for a new high-end gaming build, partially because I graduated college back in May and landed a cushy engineering job so I finally have the budget for another one as a treat to myself
, and also because the $2500 monster I built back in 2007 (AMD FX 6000+, SLI'ed 8800 Ultras, etc etc) is more than showing its age. Even though it can still kinda run recent games like Deus Ex fairly well at low resolutions with eye candy turned off.I'm relatively flexible on parts and I assume my build won't differ much from the high end Intel based PC's in this thread (http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/317198-31-bestconfigs-poll-high-intel-gaming) although I do have some special requirements and questions.
I prefer a large case with good air cooling and plenty of room for large aftermarket CPU coolers as I plan on overclocking and a possible SLI/Crossfire configuration.
I have a 7.1 surround sound system attached to my home theater / tv and I'm not very experienced with computer audio so I presume I'd need a sound card or motherboard that supports optical out so I can plug into one of my receivers inputs?
The display I'm using is a 60'' 1080p LCD that I sit roughly 6 feet away from on the couch, I have no desire for Eyefinity or Nvidia Surround.
I understand that high end SLI configs like two 580s or 6970s or 570s are intended for 5000-whateverx1080 resolutions and generally considered vastly overkill for a single 1080 display. The thing is I want a system that can crush titles like Metro 2033 at absolutely maxed DX11 settings or Crysis 2 with the HD textures and DX11 patch with 60+ fps in 1080p, and will still be able to max games out for at least a year or two in that resolution (hopefully three but that would be pushing it) before I need to start turning anything down. This is the issue I'm going back and forth on the most so hopefully you guys can give me input on whether it's a good idea to "overkill" it now because I won't feel the need to upgrade for another 4 years.
Also I'm still hesitant to hop on this SSD bandwagon, is the general consensus that these are really worth the extra money over a higher end video card or whatever else that fits within budget? I don't really care for a fast booting system as most of the time I leave my computer on. Although I've never used a system with an SSD so I don't have much to go off of.
One last thing, while I put my purchase date as mid-September I am curious as to everyone's opinion on whether it's better to wait another few months for the next-generation GPU's and CPU's?, (7000 series, Kepler, etc) If only for the drop in price we'll see on current gen?
Sorry for the novel, I appreciate any and all feedback!
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