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Building a $2000 gamer PC

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by slewicide, May 31, 2008.

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  1. slewicide

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    I'm going to go with the Cooler Master case, it looks great, and people seem to like it on newegg. Thanks for the help again!
     
    slewicide, Jun 3, 2008
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    No problem, I've seen one in the 'flesh' as it were, they're nice cases.
     
    sammorris, Jun 3, 2008
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    chee you guys sure have lot of money to spend...

    yes the specs for the pc is great
     
    GTR35, Jun 12, 2008
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    Not always, it's quite rare to see budgets this high.
     
    sammorris, Jun 12, 2008
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    a budget pc would be around $1000, but man, getting an awesome gaming pc would cost less than few years ago
     
    GTR35, Jun 13, 2008
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    Indeed, though with the new 45nm Quad CPUs and the upcoming high end GPUs - there will soon once again be a real advantage to spending more.
     
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    as for now i don't think mainstream/performance parts will be over $500
     
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    They won't be. But of late spending even any more than $200 for a component has given little gain.
     
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    yeah thats because they jump from 65 to 45nm - which doesn't really increase the performance that much. The clock speed is about the same. but the price increased, and more cores
     
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    I was comparing the Q6600 to the Q9450 actually - an extra 266mhz, the move to 45nm, a bit more cache and a slightly improved architecture - at stock offering around a 25% performance increase, but when overclocked much less than that given the comparative 'safety zones'. In the UK at least, the latter is almost twice as much.
     
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    hmm...after you've said that, i have to agree.
    But is it necessary to buy a $2000 gaming pc now? next year newer and better parts are coming out, unless they don't upgrade often.
     
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    The Q9450 can go about as far as the Q6600 on a safe voltage - but the Q9450 starts at a higher speed.
     
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    which means it doesn't clock as high as Q6600...understand
     
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    Indeed - you can push a Q9450 to a huge speed for a one-off, but on a 24/7 basis, it's thoroughly disadvised.
     
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    oc is good...but too much is bad...seriously, no wonder some people don't overclock their cpus

    repeat: But is it necessary to buy a $2000 gaming pc now? next year newer and better parts are coming out, unless they don't upgrade often.
     
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    It'll be worth doing once the new GPUs come out soon - as long as you do have a Quad core CPU (especially if it's overclocked a bit) the CPU won't be much of a bottleneck for gaming for quite a while.
     
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    i see what you mean. Good CPU - Oced, and a good powerful GPU. The system will last quite long. ONLY if you spend a lot. If you buy a budget one, then no. Like my one, it will last for like half a year
     
    GTR35, Jun 13, 2008
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