Is This Worth $2500? - Page 2  

Well can you build it yourself or do we need to go through NCIX? that is the real question


edit- and the reason some people are being a-holes about the setup is because you are going through an online builder and we all know the actual prices for the components and what you COULD get if you built it yourself.

For $2500 why get a midrange card? For all intents and purposes, a GTX680 and HD7970 still outperform it - it only comes close to performing on par when the 2 high end are only moderately OC'd.



PS
You people are sending a Canadian to a US store with prices in USD. Seriously

EDIT: I would get a 680, a deathadder (cheaper and better) and a Noctua D14. Get a cheaper motherboard (you dont need that maximus for such a silly OC of 4.4ghz) and youre set.

What we need to know first is this.


What are you going to use the computer for? Gaming? Workstation? Recording? We need to know before we can really help you.





For instance, the rig I'm building (~$1600) is for gaming, everyday browsing, and light workstation use. And quiet and looks are important to me. So I picked a good overclocking board and a 2600k and a fair bit of RAM, an EVGA GTX670 FTW for gaming (better value than the 680 honestly), and a watercooling loop (XSPC Rasa 750 RS360 kit and the EVGA Hydrocopper block and red tubing). I picked a Crucial M4 SSD for silent operation and ultra-fast response in applications, and I'm putting everything in an NZXT Switch 810 for looks with an NZXT Hale82 PSU that I already had. Plus a few extras like a Xonar DG and the NZXT card reader and maybe some red LEDs.

That is how you build a system; you look at what you're going to use it for, and what's important to you, and then pick out parts that will provide the best performance in those areas while meeting your budget and any other requirements.
Edited by Phaedrus2129 - 7/5/12 at 7:52am

You can't compare a midrange card OC'd to the max to a moderately OC'd high-end card.

Then get a 2600k or an Ivy Bridge i7, a decent board and 8-16GB of RAM, the 670 (personally I recommend the EVGA GTX670 FTW but then I work for EVGA so ), a 128GB or 256GB Crucial M4 SSD, a 1TB hard drive for video files and such, a nice mid-tower or full-tower case and a 650W power supply so you can run SLI later on if you desire.

Woah, woah.... $2500 and no 680? First and foremost, land a 680 for that price, along with at least a 27" monitor.

Here is all on newegg. I did not deal hunt. Only thing I left off was a CPU cooler and dvd drive. This gives you a 3570, 7970, 1080p 23" monitor, soundcard, ssd, and overall much more. OEM version of windows would save you more as well as searching for some discounts. Its not a terrible deal what your getting, but you could do a whole lot better.

To note, if I hunted for deals, I could probably drop that another $100-200. Also, I didnt go through reviews on much, but generally everything was at least 4 eggs. I recommend a little research here. If I were to drop or downgrade any part, I would first go with the soundcard.

Product Description Savings Total Price

Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl w/ USB 3.0 ATX Mid Tower Silent PC Computer Case $109.99

Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - $199.99

HP LV2311 Black 23" 5ms Widescreen LED-Backlit LCD Monitor - $139.99

HIS IceQ X² H797QM3G2M Radeon HD 7970 3GB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - $459.99

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card powered by THX TruStudio Pro - $146.99

SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold ((SS-650KM Active PFC F3)) 650W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD ... - $139.99

Logitech LS11 3 Watts RMS (FTC) 2.0 Stereo Speaker System - Black - $20.00

Cooler Master CM Storm Trigger SGK-6000-GKCM1-US Black USB Gaming Cherry MX Brown Keyboard - $119.99

steelseries Sensei - Fnatic 62152 Orange / Black / White 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse - $108.99

Logitech 980186-0403 Silver USB Connector USB Desktop Microphone - $21.99

G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT - $39.99

ASUS Maximus V Gene LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - $199.99

Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K - $229.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional - $249.99

Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - $129.99

Subtotal: $2,317.86
Edited by Kazimir - 7/5/12 at 8:35am

Why does everyone freak out when someone doesn't have a 680 after a $2000 budget. Some of us like to put that money other places you know, into the aesthetics of the build. We are not all "OMG i needz best performance nao" kind of people. I can say for one my build was $2250 but I only put a 670 in there with a 24" monitor. I put a decent amount into the WC aesthetics of the build and making my color scheme work because that mattered to me.