Thread: Building a Games PC?

^ Not the impression I got when deciding between i5 - i7 or phenom x6. The AMD was a no brainer if running a decent cooling system and that video card you like (see pic in previous post), going off the research I did into it.

Originally Posted by astasinim

Originally Posted by bsnub

First off let me start by saying that PC gaming is the top of the pack. Consoles have grown long in the tooth and can not hope to compare. BF3 and most new games have been optimized for the PC first and ported to the consoles. Any game that is ported to PC will have junk graphics as the PC is vastly superior to consoles it was the day they came out and everyday after.

Get a core i5 2600k as the minimum, at least 8 gigs of ddr3 ram, an ati 5800 series video card at the minimum. I would also recommend an SSD drive solely for running your OS and apps. Then a separate media drive for video, music etc..

I`d go with something similar to this build. i5 2500k was tested against an i7 2600 a few months ago in PC Pro magazine, and with the massive overclocking ability of the 2500k, it ended being level, if not better than the i7 (also cheaper). The only change i`d make is the graphics card. My personal choice would be an NVIDIA 2Gb GTX560Ti, which should make you future proof for reasonable amount of time. If money is no object then a GTX590.

The video card was just a minimum. I have a 5850 that I still use and will be upgrading in the near future. But it runs fine in BF3 and Skyrim. I am able to run BF3 on high settings perfectly and Skyrim is maxed out with no issues.

Originally Posted by 9999

^ Not the impression I got when deciding between i5 - i7 or phenom x6. The AMD was a no brainer if running a decent cooling system and that video card you like (see pic in previous post), going off the research I did into it.

Dude are you serious? The AMD is not even in the same league as the Sandybridge proc's. The 2500k is an overclocking monster. The intel chips blow the AMD out of the water. I was a loyal AMD customer for years but had no choice but to go Intel with my last build.

There is just no comparison.