New System; Catleap at low price

[jdajjarapu]

Approximate Purchase Date: in 1-2 months; the sooner the better

Budget Range: $800-1000; honestly would like to run an i5 that can drive one of those catleap monitors w/ the 2560 x 1440p resolution; the goal is to run games at that resolution w/ the cheapest possible solution

System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing net, movies

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, operating system

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: any; (newegg, amazon. Frys electronics is about 21 miles from me; Microcenter is about 5 miles from me)

Country: USA

Parts Preferences: no preference; honestly whatever is cheapest to run modern games at a decent frame rate at that resolution;

Overclocking: maybe; would like that option eventually; maybe not right away;

SLI or Crossfire: dont know if enough about it. would be cool to jam 2 cards together eventually

Monitor Resolution: 2560 x 1440p

Additional Comments: have windows operating system. can eventually get a decent keyboard and mice. need optical drive. ssd would be preferred for operating system. doesn't need to be 256 gb.
at the end of the day, i am trying to drive one of those catleap monitors, or similar at decent clip for most modern games

Thanks for helping. i am a super noob w/ building computers.

-josh

 

[batuchka]

At 1920 x 1080, the bottleneck for almost every game out today passes back to the GPU so i would think for your budget make an enthusiast board, SSD, etc less a priority than say a GTX 670 and a beefy, reliable PSU

 

[jdajjarapu]

I was looking at other posts, and they were saying that to drive a monitor w/ resolution like tat, I would need either crossfire/sli or gtx 680....is this correct. if so...can you guys suggest a build

 

[batuchka]

For $800 and under a grand SLI/CF is just going to tear into chunks of the budget as one would have to allocate to an enthusiast board and a far beefier, reliable PSU Look up the benchmarks for your games online - a single GTX 670 can actually be more than playable for a lot of titles at that resolution but obviously with your budget you can't expect to breeze thru @ that resolution with high AA/AF + ultra every game
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-review,3200-5.html
study the 2560 x 1600 charts

 

[jdajjarapu]

For $800 and under a grand SLI/CF is just going to tear into chunks of the budget as one would have to allocate to an enthusiast board and a far beefier, reliable PSU Look up the benchmarks for your games online - a single GTX 670 can actually be more than playable for a lot of titles at that resolution but obviously with your budget you can't expect to breeze thru @ that resolution with high AA/AF + ultra every game
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-review,3200-5.html
study the 2560 x 1600 charts

say my budget was 1300, could i comfortably drive a monitor at that resolution on most modern games? which would be cheaper....sli or one of the newer gtx 680/90, or amd cards?

 

[jdajjarapu]

Can you recommend a good 24inch 1080p monitor? also, what would be a good setup w/ this 24 inch monitor at lowest cost, but running most modern games at decent rate?

 

[jdajjarapu]

Say I had no budget constraints.....and i was going to go w/ gtx 670 2gb windforce? can anyone suggest a build....i want to keep the cost down...but lets take the budget restriction off for the spirit of discussion

build:
catleap monitor 2560x1440
gtx 670 2gb windforce card --> unless someone can suggest better

the rest.....i have no clue.....preferrably i5 2500

-thanks

 

[ScrewySqrl]

try this on for size:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H67A-G43 (B3) ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Pareema 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($40.99 @ Newegg)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: VisionTek Radeon HD 6970 2GB Video Card ($359.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Xion XON-180 ATX Mid Tower Case ($24.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair 600W ATX12V Power Supply ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $802.92
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)

 

[azeem40]

At 2560x1440, the GTX 670 is still going to give you great framerates on ultra.

 

[jdajjarapu]

At 2560x1440, the GTX 670 is still going to give you great framerates on ultra.

really, cause someone was saying i needed crossfire. is the gtx 670 better than the hd 6970?

 

[azeem40]

If a 670 runs on high at close to max fps, on ultra, it will get great framerates at 1440p. And yes it is.

 

[jdajjarapu]

If a 670 runs on high at close to max fps, on ultra, it will get great framerates at 1440p. And yes it is.

thanks a lot.