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Building a new comp and want opinions

Octave

Smash Ace
Joined
Jan 4, 2010
Messages
512
Location
Connecticut USA
So I'm gonna pretty much build a new computer, just keeping the HDD, tower, and monitors. These are the parts I'm looking at:

Video Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130595
Power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145250
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128423
Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115211

The mobo and processor are a combo unit right now but I don't have the money I need to do this yet (recently finally got another job) so I listed them separately since I may miss out on that.

I'm looking to do some high-end gaming on this rig so what I really want to know is this: Is this going to last me 3 years or so? There's room on the Mobo for SLI so I can put another graphics card in there if I need to but will I be bottlenecked at that point?
 

Tichinde925

Smash Legend
Joined
May 4, 2006
Messages
1,391
Location
U.S.A. (Warwick, RI)
i7 2600k is better than i7 950 and about the same price too.

More Economic to buy the i5 2500k though.

Always look at the most recent charts from Tomshardware.

CPU Chart:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-cpu-core-i5-2500k-amd-e350,2843-6.html

GPU Chart:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-radeon-hd-6870-geforce-gtx-570,2834-7.html


I would wait until July/August to upgrade. Thats when the new Enthusiast Sandy Bridge 6/8 Cores come out. They will last a good 3 years until its time to upgrade again.
 
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