Is it the right time to buy a new desktop?

My pc recently died, and since the motherboard fried, I think repairing it is not worth it. Anyhow, I was wondering if this is the right time to buy a new one, because I dont know when the next CPU or GPU is coming out. I mean, I'd get pissed if I bought it then 1 month after a new processor gets released. So yes, any advice on this?

If its just the mobo it won't be hard to fix, but if you want to buy a new PC wait until boxing day and see what sales they got on.

If its just the mobo it won't be hard to fix, but if you want to buy a new PC wait until boxing day and see what sales they got on.

KABCOOL

They want to charge me 200, and well, I'm not worried about the price, more like about the new stuff coming out. Also, I need to choose a good brand, because the one that just broke was HP and it totally sucked.

Chances are you can reuse some of your old parts. Even if the components are bad you can use the hard drive and disk drive.

I'd wait for ATI 7000 and Ivy Bridge though.

Chances are you can reuse some of your old parts. Even if the components are bad you can use the hard drive and disk drive.

I'd wait for ATI 7000 and Ivy Bridge though.

kraken2109

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Chances are you can reuse some of your old parts. Even if the components are bad you can use the hard drive and disk drive.

I'd wait for ATI 7000 and Ivy Bridge though.

MonsieurX

Even if you got a Sandy Bridge, keep in mind that it would last you a long time and you can always overclock it. (k version)

Ivy bridge is not out until April,if I'm not mistaken while the 7000 serie is coming out in januaryMonsieurX

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Ivy bridge is not out until April,if I'm not mistaken while the 7000 serie is coming out in januaryionusX

So does that mean Intel has no real incentive to progress technologically? Or even sell CPU's at decent prices?

That's bad for everyone!

[QUOTE="ionusX"]

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]Ivy bridge is not out until April,if I'm not mistaken while the 7000 serie is coming out in januaryInternetSwag

So does that mean Intel has no real incentive to progress technologically? Or even sell CPU's at decent prices?

That's bad for everyone!

dont expect next years games to need over a 1035t (phII x4 945) and an hd 3870 (for console ports).

but you are right they could in theory charge whatever they like now and if you wantyed intel you would need to pay for it

Well, I though about it and I will just buy one right now. The only stores I have access to are BestBuy or Circuit City, so I built something in the latter but I'm not sure I got all the components needed to get it running (I just started learning about this lol). If someone could help me build a pc *from those places* with a 1000-1400 budget that'd be awesome (no monitor included).

I built this, but like I said, I don't know what is missing, I mean, where are the USB ports? Where is the ethernet card? I'm a bit confused, so I'd like some help:

C13-7100 ::Corsair Core i7 XMS3 12GB PC12800 DDR3 Desktop Memory Upgrade - 6x2048MB(0.8 lbs)

U12-40841 ::Ultra U12-40841 X4 Gold Edition Modular Power Supply - 1000W, ATX, 80 Plus Gold, 135mm Fan, SLI Ready, CrossFire Technology, Active PFC, Vibration Dampener Included, Lifetime Warranty w/ Registration(11.25 lbs)

G452-0550 ::GIGABYTE GV-N550OC-1GI GeForce GTX 550 Ti Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Mini HDMI, Dual DVI, DirectX 11, SLI Ready, Overclocked(2.1 lbs)

C44-3390 ::Creative Labs 70SB088600002 SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCIe Sound Card(1.75 lbs)

ULT40069 ::Ultra ULT40069 Mid-Tower ATX Case - Lightweight Aluminum, Clear Side, Front USB 2.0, FireWire, eSATA and Audio Ports(23.4 lbs)

TSD-1000AS5 ::Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda Hard Drive - 1TB, SATA 6Gbps, 7200 RPM, 32MB(1.15 lbs)

S457-2646 ::Masscool STARS-700 Silver Color Thermal Grease(0.05 lbs)

I69-2600K ::Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail(0.8 lbs)

A455-3505 ::ASUS P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel Z68 Express, 2200MHz-DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX Ready(2.55 lbs)

M17-7302 ::Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD, English(0.5 lbs)

Well, I though about it and I will just buy one right now. The only stores I have access to are BestBuy or Circuit City, so I built something in the latter but I'm not sure I got all the components needed to get it running (I just started learning about this lol). If someone could help me build a pc *from those places* with a 1000-1400 budget that'd be awesome (no monitor included).

I built this, but like I said, I don't know what is missing, I mean, where are the USB ports? Where is the ethernet card? I'm a bit confused, so I'd like some help:

C13-7100 ::Corsair Core i7 XMS3 12GB PC12800 DDR3 Desktop Memory Upgrade - 6x2048MB(0.8 lbs)

U12-40841 ::Ultra U12-40841 X4 Gold Edition Modular Power Supply - 1000W, ATX, 80 Plus Gold, 135mm Fan, SLI Ready, CrossFire Technology, Active PFC, Vibration Dampener Included, Lifetime Warranty w/ Registration(11.25 lbs)

G452-0550 ::GIGABYTE GV-N550OC-1GI GeForce GTX 550 Ti Video Card - 1GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Mini HDMI, Dual DVI, DirectX 11, SLI Ready, Overclocked(2.1 lbs)

C44-3390 ::Creative Labs 70SB088600002 SoundBlaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCIe Sound Card(1.75 lbs)

ULT40069 ::Ultra ULT40069 Mid-Tower ATX Case - Lightweight Aluminum, Clear Side, Front USB 2.0, FireWire, eSATA and Audio Ports(23.4 lbs)

TSD-1000AS5 ::Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda Hard Drive - 1TB, SATA 6Gbps, 7200 RPM, 32MB(1.15 lbs)

S457-2646 ::Masscool STARS-700 Silver Color Thermal Grease(0.05 lbs)

I69-2600K ::Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail(0.8 lbs)

A455-3505 ::ASUS P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel Z68 Express, 2200MHz-DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX Ready(2.55 lbs)

M17-7302 ::Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD, English(0.5 lbs)

GiveMeSomething

[QUOTE="GiveMeSomething"]

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I69-2600K ::Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail(0.8 lbs)

A455-3505 ::ASUS P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel Z68 Express, 2200MHz-DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX Ready(2.55 lbs)

M17-7302 ::Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD, English(0.5 lbs)

kraken2109

I'd like to hear your input then hehe. But I'd like to keep the i7 2600k. I can drop the ram, but which GPU. Also, why is not 1000 watts good? Better case, which? I'm such a newbie at this X_X Willing to learn. Also, am I missing any pc components?

GPU minimum 560TI, but depends on how much you want to spend. Look at GTX 560TI, 570, 580, HD 6950, 6970. The PSU is overkill, and rather unknown (for me at least) brand aswell. Around 700 Watt is enough from a reliable brand, Corsair, OCZ, Antec, Coolermaster, Seasonic, Thermaltake to name a few. Case depends on what they have too. Rosewill, Antec, Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, NZXT, Lian Li to pull a few brands out of my head. The sound card is unnecessary unless you have some nice quality speakers or headset. Network card is integrated on the mobo.spittis

I changed some stufff, how about this:

M452-0563 ::MSI N560GTX-Ti Twn Frozr II 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560-Ti Video Card - 2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), 2x Dual-Link DVI-I, Mini-HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, SLI Ready, Overclocked(3.05 lbs)

C13-5720 ::Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B Vengeance Desktop Memory Kit - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, Intel XMP Ready, Unbuffered(0.3 lbs)

C13-2802 ::Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 Power Supply - 750 Watts, ATX, 140mm Fan, 80 Plus Bronze, SLI Ready, Active PFC (7.55 lbs)

C13-2514 ::Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Steel, ATX, 4x 120mm Fan Ports, 3x 140mm Fans(43 lbs)

M17-7302 ::Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD, English(0.5 lbs)

A455-3505 ::ASUS P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel Z68 Express, 2200MHz-DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX Ready(2.55 lbs)

I69-2600K ::Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail(0.8 lbs)

S457-2646 ::Masscool STARS-700 Silver Color Thermal Grease(0.05 lbs)

TSD-1000AS5 ::Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda Hard Drive - 1TB, SATA 6Gbps, 7200 RPM, 32MB(1.15 lbs)

ive seen the benchmarks intel has cripplem IB due to amd moving to the next table over. as a result IB's locked flagship is a joke in the fluid benchmarks.. might as well just get the 2700k

ionusX

Uh, link? Ivy Bridge is a "tick", which means it's glorified Sandy Bridge on 22nm. It would literally take more effort to cripple it than to just follow the tick-tock strategy.

Anyway, TC, now is perfectly fine. Waiting for the 7000 series wouldn't be a bad idea (at best you get a shiny new 7000-series GPU; at worst you probably get a discount on an older part), but you can get some really great GPUs at decent prices today and as a "tick" Ivy Bridge won't be worth waiting for over Sandy Bridge. The biggest issue is the HDD shortage: if you can't reuse the one from your current rig things could get pricey.

[QUOTE="spittis"]GPU minimum 560TI, but depends on how much you want to spend. Look at GTX 560TI, 570, 580, HD 6950, 6970. The PSU is overkill, and rather unknown (for me at least) brand aswell. Around 700 Watt is enough from a reliable brand, Corsair, OCZ, Antec, Coolermaster, Seasonic, Thermaltake to name a few. Case depends on what they have too. Rosewill, Antec, Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, NZXT, Lian Li to pull a few brands out of my head. The sound card is unnecessary unless you have some nice quality speakers or headset. Network card is integrated on the mobo.GiveMeSomething

I changed some stufff, how about this:

M452-0563 ::MSI N560GTX-Ti Twn Frozr II 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560-Ti Video Card - 2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), 2x Dual-Link DVI-I, Mini-HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, SLI Ready, Overclocked(3.05 lbs)

C13-5720 ::Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B Vengeance Desktop Memory Kit - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, Intel XMP Ready, Unbuffered(0.3 lbs)

C13-2802 ::Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 Power Supply - 750 Watts, ATX, 140mm Fan, 80 Plus Bronze, SLI Ready, Active PFC (7.55 lbs)

C13-2514 ::Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Steel, ATX, 4x 120mm Fan Ports, 3x 140mm Fans(43 lbs)

M17-7302 ::Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD, English(0.5 lbs)

A455-3505 ::ASUS P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel Z68 Express, 2200MHz-DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX Ready(2.55 lbs)

I69-2600K ::Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail(0.8 lbs)

S457-2646 ::Masscool STARS-700 Silver Color Thermal Grease(0.05 lbs)

TSD-1000AS5 ::Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda Hard Drive - 1TB, SATA 6Gbps, 7200 RPM, 32MB(1.15 lbs)

[QUOTE="spittis"]GPU minimum 560TI, but depends on how much you want to spend. Look at GTX 560TI, 570, 580, HD 6950, 6970. The PSU is overkill, and rather unknown (for me at least) brand aswell. Around 700 Watt is enough from a reliable brand, Corsair, OCZ, Antec, Coolermaster, Seasonic, Thermaltake to name a few. Case depends on what they have too. Rosewill, Antec, Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, NZXT, Lian Li to pull a few brands out of my head. The sound card is unnecessary unless you have some nice quality speakers or headset. Network card is integrated on the mobo.GiveMeSomething

I changed some stufff, how about this:

M452-0563 ::MSI N560GTX-Ti Twn Frozr II 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560-Ti Video Card - 2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), 2x Dual-Link DVI-I, Mini-HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, SLI Ready, Overclocked(3.05 lbs)

C13-5720 ::Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B Vengeance Desktop Memory Kit - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, Intel XMP Ready, Unbuffered(0.3 lbs)

C13-2802 ::Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 Power Supply - 750 Watts, ATX, 140mm Fan, 80 Plus Bronze, SLI Ready, Active PFC (7.55 lbs)

C13-2514 ::Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Steel, ATX, 4x 120mm Fan Ports, 3x 140mm Fans(43 lbs)

M17-7302 ::Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD, English(0.5 lbs)

A455-3505 ::ASUS P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel Z68 Express, 2200MHz-DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX Ready(2.55 lbs)

I69-2600K ::Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail(0.8 lbs)

S457-2646 ::Masscool STARS-700 Silver Color Thermal Grease(0.05 lbs)

TSD-1000AS5 ::Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda Hard Drive - 1TB, SATA 6Gbps, 7200 RPM, 32MB(1.15 lbs)

where ur buying part !? which country !? if you plan to SLI / Crossfire you should spend 30$ more for a motherboard that support the Feature even if it a P67 because Z68 True Feature is if you use a SSD with intel Smart response time

Nice Case But it very expensive and do you really need a Full Tower ? Mid Tower Feature ATX support and often plenty for 2 Card / 1 soundcard
Full Tower are for user who will later Crossfire / SLI up to 3 Card Cause Of E-ATX support / Premium Quality soundcard / Want The Best Airflow airflow for extreme overclock since it feature lot of fan .. like 3-4 more fan then a mid tower lol

but then haf 922 for like 89.99 to 100$ which is half of the price of a Corsair 800D and would do the job just saying it up to you if you think you'll find usage of all the room it as in a near future

you should also get cpu cooler for it as long it support LGA 1156 most of cooler that are not in clearance of any sort feature the Socket Mount Already so a cooler like Hyper 212+ Evo at 30-35$ would allow you to get 3.3Ghz (i5 2500k) to 4.6Gh with safe temp shouldn't be higher then 65C in a Case like HAF 922

If you get a 2600K for just gaming you are spending 100$ more for +1FPS or up to 3FPS if you oc it to 4.9Ghz Versus 4.7ghz i5 2500k For probabely a game ur getting over 60FPS = no lag in the first place for that matter you better invest in a cpu cooler (29.99$-64.99$) usually do the job to reach the potential of ur cpu

If you think you can't overclock via one of those 3 minute video guide how to on youtube / internet forum you can always use auto overclock feature in Asrock (Best auto oc result) But you will get better result by overclock with ur manual overlcock which are now done with a mouse pointer if they have UEFI

Most Board feature either UEFI or Hybrid bios (MSI / Gigabyte )

[QUOTE="spittis"]GPU minimum 560TI, but depends on how much you want to spend. Look at GTX 560TI, 570, 580, HD 6950, 6970. The PSU is overkill, and rather unknown (for me at least) brand aswell. Around 700 Watt is enough from a reliable brand, Corsair, OCZ, Antec, Coolermaster, Seasonic, Thermaltake to name a few. Case depends on what they have too. Rosewill, Antec, Coolermaster, Corsair, Thermaltake, NZXT, Lian Li to pull a few brands out of my head. The sound card is unnecessary unless you have some nice quality speakers or headset. Network card is integrated on the mobo.GiveMeSomething

I changed some stufff, how about this:

M452-0563 ::MSI N560GTX-Ti Twn Frozr II 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 560-Ti Video Card - 2GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), 2x Dual-Link DVI-I, Mini-HDMI, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, SLI Ready, Overclocked(3.05 lbs)

C13-5720 ::Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B Vengeance Desktop Memory Kit - 8GB (2x 4GB), PC3-12800, DDR3-1600MHz, 9-9-9-24 CAS Latency, Intel XMP Ready, Unbuffered(0.3 lbs)

C13-2802 ::Corsair CMPSU-750TXV2 Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 Power Supply - 750 Watts, ATX, 140mm Fan, 80 Plus Bronze, SLI Ready, Active PFC (7.55 lbs)

C13-2514 ::Corsair Obsidian 800D Full Tower Case - Steel, ATX, 4x 120mm Fan Ports, 3x 140mm Fans(43 lbs)

M17-7302 ::Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT Operating System Software - OEM DVD, English(0.5 lbs)

A455-3505 ::ASUS P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Motherboard - ATX, Socket H2 (LGA1155), Intel Z68 Express, 2200MHz-DDR3 (O.C.), SATA 6.0 Gb/s, RAID, 8-CH Audio, Gigabit LAN, SuperSpeed USB 3.0, CrossFireX Ready(2.55 lbs)

I69-2600K ::Intel Core i7-2600K BX80623I72600K Unlocked Processor - Quad Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 3.40 GHz (3.80 GHz Max Turbo), Socket H2 (LGA1155), 95W, Fan, Retail(0.8 lbs)

S457-2646 ::Masscool STARS-700 Silver Color Thermal Grease(0.05 lbs)

TSD-1000AS5 ::Seagate ST31000524AS Barracuda Hard Drive - 1TB, SATA 6Gbps, 7200 RPM, 32MB(1.15 lbs)