Hey guys,
I used to be a bit of a techie a few years back, but I've since lost track of what's the latest and greatest in PCs (in fact, I barely remember any of the old lingo). I'm looking to build a new gaming rig. I'd like something I could possibly upgrade down the road, so it doesn't have to be an i7, liquid-nitrogen-cooled, 6 monitor, self-aware gaming machine right off the bat. I have an older machine I'll probably cannibalize the PSU off of (it's a 750w) and I'm all set for the HDD and case (large mid tower).
I'm thinking about going with two SLI'd EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics cards, an AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Blk Ed processor, and probably 8 GB of Ram (not sure which make or model yet). I figure the cards and the processor will run me around $700-750, so that just leaves the memory and a motherboard that can hold the AMD chip. I'd really appreciate any input you guys might have. I'd hate to put together a Frankenstein and have it melt/die/not work.
I'd like to be able to play Crysis 2 and say "Oooh that's pretty!" as stuff blows up. So I guess that's medium-high settings. I remember when Crysis came out a few years back (I was working at CompUSA at the time) and no one had a rig that could run it. In fact, meeting someone who DID have a rig that could run it was kind of like meeting a celebrity. Afterwords you'd go to your friends and be like "Dude! that guy can run Crysis!". I realize that tech has come a long way since then and the cost of gaming rigs has come down considerably, so I'm hoping my price range is sufficient. I'll probably be buying the parts over the next 3-4 months so if you know of a better part coming out please let me know, time is not an issue for me.
Thanks in advance!
-Ben
I used to be a bit of a techie a few years back, but I've since lost track of what's the latest and greatest in PCs (in fact, I barely remember any of the old lingo). I'm looking to build a new gaming rig. I'd like something I could possibly upgrade down the road, so it doesn't have to be an i7, liquid-nitrogen-cooled, 6 monitor, self-aware gaming machine right off the bat. I have an older machine I'll probably cannibalize the PSU off of (it's a 750w) and I'm all set for the HDD and case (large mid tower).
I'm thinking about going with two SLI'd EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti graphics cards, an AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Blk Ed processor, and probably 8 GB of Ram (not sure which make or model yet). I figure the cards and the processor will run me around $700-750, so that just leaves the memory and a motherboard that can hold the AMD chip. I'd really appreciate any input you guys might have. I'd hate to put together a Frankenstein and have it melt/die/not work.
I'd like to be able to play Crysis 2 and say "Oooh that's pretty!" as stuff blows up. So I guess that's medium-high settings. I remember when Crysis came out a few years back (I was working at CompUSA at the time) and no one had a rig that could run it. In fact, meeting someone who DID have a rig that could run it was kind of like meeting a celebrity. Afterwords you'd go to your friends and be like "Dude! that guy can run Crysis!". I realize that tech has come a long way since then and the cost of gaming rigs has come down considerably, so I'm hoping my price range is sufficient. I'll probably be buying the parts over the next 3-4 months so if you know of a better part coming out please let me know, time is not an issue for me.
Thanks in advance!
-Ben
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