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Gaming build

MagicSean · 2012-01-17 21:25:23

Looking for a gaming build for around €900. Everything needed apart from keyboard, monitor and windows. Needs wireless card too. It may be a while before it is bought so I'm prepared to wait for anything that is out of stock. Also if there is any new graphics card or processor that are due out in the next few months that…

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17-01-2012 10:25pm

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MagicSean

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Looking for a gaming build for around €900. Everything needed apart from keyboard, monitor and windows. Needs wireless card too. It may be a while before it is bought so I'm prepared to wait for anything that is out of stock. Also if there is any new graphics card or processor that are due out in the next few months that you think would be worth waiting for I'd appreciate your views on that.

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#2 17-01-2012 10:38pm
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The 7950, and 7990 are due for release next month, Along with the new ivy bridge architecture CPU's coming a month or two after that.

If you are willing to wait, the CPU's would be worth it(If just to bring the price of the current sandy bridges down a bit). The 7950 would also be worth the wait as it might be able to fit into your budget.

Heres a build taken from deconduo's post on the building 101 thread.

Item|Price
Total build cost: €967.57 + €30 shipping
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€33.65
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA|€15.58
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155|€197.91
Sapphire HD 6950 Dirt3, 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express|€234.61
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1000GB, SATA II (HD103SJ)|€109.90
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€119.99
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 650W|€69.32
Crucial M4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")|€92.99
FRACTAL DESIGN Gehäuse DEFINE R3 Black Pearl|€93.62

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#3 17-01-2012 11:08pm
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Completionist wrote: »

The 7950, and 7990 are due for release next month, Along with the new ivy bridge architecture CPU's coming a month or two after that.

If you are willing to wait, the CPU's would be worth it(If just to bring the price of the current sandy bridges down a bit). The 7950 would also be worth the wait as it might be able to fit into your budget.

Heres a build taken from deconduo's post on the building 101 thread.

Item|Price
Total build cost: €967.57 + €30 shipping
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€33.65
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA|€15.58
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155|€197.91
Sapphire HD 6950 Dirt3, 2GB GDDR5 PCI-Express|€234.61
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1000GB, SATA II (HD103SJ)|€109.90
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3, Sockel 1155, ATX|€119.99
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 650W|€69.32
Crucial M4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")|€92.99
FRACTAL DESIGN Gehäuse DEFINE R3 Black Pearl|€93.62

Yeah this would work well, you could drop the SSD to bring it into budget. The 6950 has a chance to be flashed to a 6970, and even if it doesn't that model overclocks well. You can also add a second one for crossfire later on.

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#4 18-01-2012 8:39pm
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Well as I say, I don't know when they'll be buying it but I'll advise them to wait a bit if you think the processor is worth the wait. They might even raise the budget too.

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#5 20-01-2012 1:19am
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would you advise anyone building a pc now to wait so?

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