friend needs new pc

[Ganzta]

up to $2500 budget (preferably under 2k)

purpose: gaming

building from scratch

 

help?

[Bilbo Baggins]

Ohhh I love designing new pcs I'm on the case!

 

May I suggest this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130235

[Ganzta]

Ohhh I love designing new pcs I'm on the case!

 

May I suggest this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130235

 

that is actually my current motherboard

 

keep in mind that he has a budget up to $2500 and the main purpose of it will be gaming

[Bilbo Baggins]

2500? this will be fun then.

 

Is he gonna need a new monitor and what not figured into the budget?

[Bilbo Baggins]

Well now I know he is gonna be gaming how do you feel bout this motherboard:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130223,

Quad crossfire should future proof it

 

Proccessor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808 Not the very top of the line, but it'll do the job.

[Bilbo Baggins]

Optical drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136176

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148337

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130223

RAM:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144391 (IDK)

Case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103011 (Meh.)

Graphics Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125299 (X2)

PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139009 (might wanna upgrade)

[Spiral]

With as much cash as 2500$ I see no reason to even consider going below a i7, preferably the 920 for the best bang for the buck. i7's are far more future-proof than Phenom II's. For graphics you could probably crossfire some 5870s or just grab a 5970 if you can find somewhere with them in stock.

 

I wouldn't recommend socket 1156 since they're limited to two 8x lanes, which while doesn't really make much of a difference with 2 cards, it definately will in the future. Socket 1366 will also have the new six core gulftown cpu's coming out, which is nice upgradability in the long road.

[Bilbo Baggins]

With as much cash as 2500$ I see no reason to even consider going below a i7, preferably the 920 for the best bang for the buck. i7's are far more future-proof than Phenom II's. For graphics you could probably crossfire some 5870s or just grab a 5970 if you can find somewhere with them in stock.

 

I wouldn't recommend socket 1156 since they're limited to two 8x lanes, which while doesn't really make much of a difference with 2 cards, it definately will in the future. Socket 1366 will also have the new six core gulftown cpu's coming out, which is nice upgradability in the long road.

 

I'm anti intel type o'person, prolly shoulda mentioned that, while I type this on core2duo lol

[tinkerbell]

up to $2500 budget (preferably under 2k)

purpose: gaming

building from scratch

 

help?

 

my i direct you to this thread please

http://www.steam-gamers.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27822

[TheVirus]

$2500 is quite a lot of money. Any mid-high level quad core CPU, 8GB RAM (DDR2 or DDR3), Gigabyte/Abit/etc motherboard, GTX 290 or whatever is current GPU. He can max out essentially everything and come under $2500.