Building the Ultimate Gaming PC (for under $2000)

[27ecastudent]

AMD Eight Core Configurator

This is what I've managed to get together so far.

Have $2k to build a new comp w/.

8-core @ 3.6 Ghz (+20% OC) and triple Radeon 6950's (in CrossfireX together) should be able to play anything, right?
(oh, yeah, and 8 gigs of RAM + 1000 Watt PSU)

HALP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[211070]

AMD Eight Core Configurator

This is what I've managed to get together so far.

Have $2k to build a new comp w/.

8-core @ 3.6 Ghz (+20% OC) and triple Radeon 6950's (in CrossfireX together) should be able to play anything, right?
(oh, yeah, and 8 gigs of RAM + 1000 Watt PSU)

HALP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Nice! How many memory does it have?

[Justin]

What about peripherals, optical drives, SSD's, HDD's, cooling, case, etc.

[27ecastudent]

What about peripherals, optical drives, SSD's, HDD's, cooling, case, etc.

Extra 120mm case fans
240mm liquid cooling system for the CPU
DVD R/W + BluRay Drive
2x 1Tb internal HDD
Azza Genesis 9000 Case
8 Gb RAM

[Predator]

It should be able to play a lot of games....

Why not buy a Alienware? Its much easier...

[ProHackas]

DANGGGG, you have a nice one... All I have is my amazing HP DV6: Quad Core, 8gb RAM, 1TB HDD, Radeon 6670 Graphics, Beats Audio Laptop. :P

[Justin]

Extra 120mm case fans
240mm liquid cooling system for the CPU
DVD R/W + BluRay Drive
2x 1Tb internal HDD
Azza Genesis 9000 Case
8 Gb RAM

Well Your all set then

Although if you don't already have a 120Hz monitor please get one, better for gaming but you would know that already

[Ambix]

Amd's Bulldozer is such a fail.

Also, why not go two 670's over 3 6950's. It will take less power, cause less heat, and it's only like 40$ more.

Not to mention, they will preform WAY better.

[Stevenom]

Lol, should've posted this in hardware section.
I don't see what is the fucking point of 3 graphics cards.
That's an utter waste of money.
Bulldozers are crap, what's the use of 8 cores?
I can assure you that one GTX 670 would be enough for any game at the highest settings.

[Jabberwock]

You are doing it wrong. You don't need that beast of computer. Cause computers tend to get old fast so the solution is upgrades.

For starters, get a 120Hz monitor. Here you can see: 3D Vision System Requirements
I recommend this one: Alienware OptX AW2310. Its manufacturer is Dell which is a good manufacturer for monitors.
GPU: You will need one GTX 670. No more no less.
CPU: Go with i5-3570K. If you are rendering a lot then go with i7-3770K.
PSU: Take the Antec HCG-620, it is a 620W PSU with a big fan(135mm) so it's quit. If you don't care about quietness go with Seasonic 620W PSU. It is still quit.
Motherboard: You will need 4 ram slot, and a good voltage stabilizer system in it for the overclock although if you are not going above 20% overclock then you can go with any Z77 chipset motherboard but you need a good manufacturer like Gigabyte, ASROCK or MSI. Asus is good too but expensive.
Cooling system: If you are not doing an overclock above 20% then you dont need a liquid cooling system. You can go with Scythe MUGEN 3 which is a good air cooling.
storage: You will need a good SSD with a capacity of 256GB at least for fast recordings with high quality and operating system to load fast at start up. I recommend Crucial Solid Series 256GB. And a hard disk with 1TB for backups and other things.
Case: Go with Fractal Design Define R3 or Antec P280 for quitness. Or if you dont care: Fractal Design ARC Mid Tower.

I think I covered pretty much everything.

[rval74]

Pssh, you're good. My HP Pavilion a6330f (recalled), runs on the Narra2 motherboard

4 GB RAM
Dual core amd athlon 5600+ @2.8 GHz
512 GB HDD @ 6.0 GB/s
32-bit windows 7
Radeon HD 2600 XT

runs AVA at 200 fps, bf3 at 60. Low quality of course.

[Jabberwock]

Ha I forgot about the RAM, get 2X4GB RAM. 1333/1600MHz. You don't need a heatsink on it. 1.5V is preferable.