Building a gaming rig

AMD/Intel... meh get whatever you can afford, but since its a gaming rig get the gfx first then work out what you can afford with whats left.
 
Halogen said:
Ok well I'm located in Centurion (next to pretoria basically)....at the moment im not to fond of overclocking due to the fact of reduced life, possibly major damage can anyone shed light on the matter and where do most of you in the centurion/pretoria/joburg area buy your hardware?
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That shouldn't really be a problem as long as you keep the thing cool with an aftermarket cooler. Besides, how long do you want it to last? In four years time, the same hardware will be almost redundant for gaming - unless you upgrade.
 
If u can afford i7 go i7...

And if u dont mind buying 2nd hand check some of the pc hardware forums u can pick up sweet deals on components...

But at the end of the day ur not going to experience any diff between going intel/amd at high end gaming your gpu will be the deciding factor...
 
AoA said:
If u can afford i7 go i7...

But at the end of the day ur not going to experience any diff between going intel/amd at high end gaming your gpu will be the deciding factor...
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+1, if u have to skimp on cpu or gpu, skimp on cpu.
 
from 18000 to 11000 haha your priorities are wrong man... get 1 screen for now and cheaper mouse headphones and keyboard. get a 23" the aspect ratio is better.

If you leave the mouse headphones and keyboard you can save that money or ask ppl to buy for birthdays xmas etc.

Spend lots on the gpu and cpu. i7 is awesome but costs lots. for i7 920 secondhand on PH they go as low as R1800 mb's for 2k etc so dont count secondhand out...5870 will be difficult to come by with stock and i think its a bit overpriced at launch...
 
Ryansta said:
from 18000 to 11000 haha your priorities are wrong man... get 1 screen for now and cheaper mouse headphones and keyboard. get a 23" the aspect ratio is better.

If you leave the mouse headphones and keyboard you can save that money or ask ppl to buy for birthdays xmas etc.

Spend lots on the gpu and cpu. i7 is awesome but costs lots. for i7 920 secondhand on PH they go as low as R1800 mb's for 2k etc so dont count secondhand out...5870 will be difficult to come by with stock and i think its a bit overpriced at launch...
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You're missing the point :P. Of all of the things I get 1 of the screens and the rig. The other things is what the person requested I get for them. The person want a screen. The mouse, mousepad, keyboard is for the person I'm giving my current rig to. Hard to explain but put it in terms of family and you will understand ;)

Also how is ATI today call me the brainwashed Nvidia user but I have used them for my whole life and they have always been good.
 
Halogen said:
You're missing the point :P. Of all of the things I get 1 of the screens and the rig. The other things is what the person requested I get for them. The person want a screen. The mouse, mousepad, keyboard is for the person I'm giving my current rig to. Hard to explain but put it in terms of family and you will understand ;)

Also how is ATI today call me the brainwashed Nvidia user but I have used them for my whole life and they have always been good.
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Ati is awesome. At the moment nvidia can't compare. They're actually discontinuing their high end cards.
 
Halogen said:
You're missing the point :P. Of all of the things I get 1 of the screens and the rig. The other things is what the person requested I get for them. The person want a screen. The mouse, mousepad, keyboard is for the person I'm giving my current rig to. Hard to explain but put it in terms of family and you will understand ;)

Also how is ATI today call me the brainwashed Nvidia user but I have used them for my whole life and they have always been good.
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Run that by me again - who is getting what now exactly?
 
They're just halting production to make way for the GT300 series, there's probably enough stock of the GT200 series floating around anyway.
 
hj2k_x said:
Run that by me again - who is getting what now exactly?
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Sigh I not very good at explaining but will try again:

This is everything I plan on spending the R 18 000 for:

1 Monitors (goes to subject A who is paying for me :D )
1 Gaming Rig, 1 Monitor and 1 Headset (goes to me)
1 Gaming mouse, 1 mouse pad, 1 keyboard (goes to subject B along with my current rig besides my mouse, keyboard and mouse pad which I keep hence why I need to buy this for subject B)

You ask why don't I say who the person is....reason is I don't want to share my history, etc and subject A and subject B sound cooler in an IT thread (many might disagree but so what :P )
 
Halogen said:
Sigh I not very good at explaining but will try again:

This is everything I plan on spending the R 18 000 for:

1 Monitors (goes to subject A who is paying for me :D )
1 Gaming Rig, 1 Monitor and 1 Headset (goes to me)
1 Gaming mouse, 1 mouse pad, 1 keyboard (goes to subject B along with my current rig besides my mouse, keyboard and mouse pad which I keep hence why I need to buy this for subject B)

You ask why don't I say who the person is....reason is I don't want to share my history, etc and subject A and subject B sound cooler in an IT thread (many might disagree but so what :P )
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Ok , I get it :)

I would vote to focus a lot of attention on the monitor. Awesome innards mean nothing if what you are viewing it all on is not up to scratch.

The P2350/70 is a nice monitor, indeed.
 
Ok hj2k_x I seriously considering the Samsung P2350 as it is 23 inch and cost the same as the 22 inch Samsung T2220 however by running a higher resolution you sacrifice performance....doest anyone know if it is a big gap in performance running a game at 1680 x 1050 compared to running it at 1920 x 1080?
 
Halogen said:
Ok hj2k_x I seriously considering the Samsung P2350 as it is 23 inch and cost the same as the 22 inch Samsung T2220 however by running a higher resolution you sacrifice performance....doest anyone know if it is a big gap in performance running a game at 1680 x 1050 compared to running it at 1920 x 1080?
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With the kind of rig you're looking at getting, you'll have no problem running games at 1920 x 1080.
 
Halogen said:
Ok hj2k_x I seriously considering the Samsung P2350 as it is 23 inch and cost the same as the 22 inch Samsung T2220 however by running a higher resolution you sacrifice performance....doest anyone know if it is a big gap in performance running a game at 1680 x 1050 compared to running it at 1920 x 1080?
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I run Crysis on enthuasiast with 1920x1200 if that means anything
 
I very strongly recommend a 1920x1200 monitor instead of 1920x1080.

Really. For a pc it's MUCH better.
 
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