pc building price

I want to built a pc for like around 1200 to 1500 dollars. Also:

- at newegg.com, Can I pay them monthly

-and I'm looking to play crysis for atleast high or very high.

Maximum PC made a PC that played Crysis on high for around $500 (minus operating system). So spendingover $1000 will play it on very high with ease. I'm not sure if you can pay newegg monthly though you should instant message them when there on or call.

Maximum PC made a PC that played Crysis on high for around $500 (minus operating system). So spendingover $1000 will play it on very high with ease. I'm not sure if you can pay newegg monthly though you should instant message them when there on or call.

nVidiaGaMer

operating system is like windows vista rght?

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

Maximum PC made a PC that played Crysis on high for around $500 (minus operating system). So spendingover $1000 will play it on very high with ease. I'm not sure if you can pay newegg monthly though you should instant message them when there on or call.

TheShadowLord07

operating system is like windows vista rght?

Yes it is.

Heres the $500 PC that can play Crysis on high.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/build_a_500_pc_play_crysis_40fps

Also for a bit more you can get a better processor (quad core) and 4GB of RAM.

ok but I still need help. Like whats the processor I could thats pretty good but doesn't cost alot? Like a 3.0 GHZ.

ok but I still need help. Like whats the processor I could thats pretty good but doesn't cost alot? Like a 3.0 GHZ.

TheShadowLord07

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ok but I still need help. Like whats the processor I could thats pretty good but doesn't cost alot? Like a 3.0 GHZ.

gamah_killah

not bad how will it do with crysis?

[QUOTE="gamah_killah"][QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

ok but I still need help. Like whats the processor I could thats pretty good but doesn't cost alot? Like a 3.0 GHZ.

TheShadowLord07

not bad how will it do with crysis?

Almost any dual core would actually be fine for Crysis. I'd still go with a quad core though like the one mentioned above.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Crysis-1680x1050,818.html

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="gamah_killah"] This one's 3.2 and is at a great price http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103674nVidiaGaMer

not bad how will it do with crysis?

Almost any dual core would actually be fine for Crysis. I'd still go with a quad core though like the one mentioned above.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Crysis-1680x1050,818.html

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

not bad how will it do with crysis?

TheShadowLord07

Almost any dual core would actually be fine for Crysis. I'd still go with a quad core though like the one mentioned above.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desktop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Crysis-1680x1050,818.html

Any quad core will work. The graphics card is more important so get something around a HD4870/GTX260 or a HD4890/GTX275.

which quad cored I should to paly crysis on high or very high?TheShadowLord07

Well the Phenom II 955 that gamah_killah mentioned is a great Quad core that would probably be a bit overkill for Crysis (I mean you can play Crysis on high or very high on dual cores...) but would make your system future-proof for the time being anyway, since you can also overclock it quite well later if you want. I used to play Crysis on "very high" with a Q6600 (overclocked to 3GHz) and a GTX 260 and was pretty happy with the framerates

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]which quad cored I should to paly crysis on high or very high?powerwolff

Well the Phenom II 955 that gamah_killah mentioned is a great Quad core that would probably be a bit overkill for Crysis (I mean you can play Crysis on high or very high on dual cores...) but would make your system future-proof for the time being anyway, since you can also overclock it quite well later if you want. I used to play Crysis on "very high" with a Q6600 (overclocked to 3GHz) and a GTX 260 and was pretty happy with the framerates

is over kill a good thing? and hwat you mean by future proof?

this is what i come with. please tell if its good or not. Oh and I wouldn't mind the price btw

MONITOR: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 149.99

VIDEO CARD: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon 4870HD 1GB 199.99

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 81.99

power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 109.99

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel 59.99

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 48.99

Keyboard:Kensington 64365 Black USB Wired Slim Keyboard 29.99

mouse:Logitech MX518 8 Buttons 39.99

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB: 79.99

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W 219.99

Case: XCLIO A380BK Fully Black 89.99

Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR: 28.99

speakers: Creative Inspire T10 10 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker System 59.99

this is what i come with. please tell if its good or not. Oh and I wouldn't mind the price btw

MONITOR: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 149.99

VIDEO CARD: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon 4870HD 1GB 199.99

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 81.99

power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 109.99

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel 59.99

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 48.99

Keyboard:Kensington 64365 Black USB Wired Slim Keyboard 29.99

mouse:Logitech MX518 8 Buttons 39.99

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB: 79.99

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W 219.99

Case: XCLIO A380BK Fully Black 89.99

Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR: 28.99

speakers: Creative Inspire T10 10 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker System 59.99

TheShadowLord07

$10 more and you can get a HD4890 with Vapor X.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102848

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

this is what i come with. please tell if its good or not. Oh and I wouldn't mind the price btw

MONITOR: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 149.99

VIDEO CARD: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon 4870HD 1GB 199.99

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 81.99

power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 109.99

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel 59.99

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 48.99

Keyboard:Kensington 64365 Black USB Wired Slim Keyboard 29.99

mouse:Logitech MX518 8 Buttons 39.99

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB: 79.99

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W 219.99

Case: XCLIO A380BK Fully Black 89.99

Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR: 28.99

speakers: Creative Inspire T10 10 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker System 59.99

nVidiaGaMer

Vapor X cooling is one of the best but I think for $20 more you can get a 4890 ... you honestly don't need 2GB of VRAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102848

ya I just updated that part. . should I go for a 750 watt or 600 wat? and how does it look so far?

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

this is what i come with. please tell if its good or not. Oh and I wouldn't mind the price btw

MONITOR: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 149.99

VIDEO CARD: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon 4870HD 1GB 199.99

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 81.99

power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 109.99

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-G41M-ES2L LGA 775 Intel 59.99

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 48.99

Keyboard:Kensington 64365 Black USB Wired Slim Keyboard 29.99

mouse:Logitech MX518 8 Buttons 39.99

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB: 79.99

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W 219.99

Case: XCLIO A380BK Fully Black 89.99

Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR: 28.99

speakers: Creative Inspire T10 10 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker System 59.99

TheShadowLord07

Vapor X cooling is one of the best but I think for $20 more you can get a 4890 ... you honestly don't need 2GB of VRAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102848

ya I just updated that part. . should I go for a 750 watt or 600 wat? and how does it look so far?

Go with the 750.

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

Vapor X cooling is one of the best but I think for $20 more you can get a 4890 ... you honestly don't need 2GB of VRAM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102848

nVidiaGaMer

ya I just updated that part. . should I go for a 750 watt or 600 wat? and how does it look so far?

Go with the 750.

ok I will but how good is that video card you show me btw? it doens't have any reviews on it.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

ya I just updated that part. . should I go for a 750 watt or 600 wat? and how does it look so far?

TheShadowLord07

Go with the 750.

ok I will but how good is that video card you show me btw? it doens't have any reviews on it.

Heres a review.

http://guru3d.com/article/sapphire-toxic-hd-4890-vaporx-review/13

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

Go with the 750.

nVidiaGaMer

ok I will but how good is that video card you show me btw? it doens't have any reviews on it.

Heres a review.

http://guru3d.com/article/sapphire-toxic-hd-4890-vaporx-review/13

alright thats pretty good. but hows my set up? i want it to play crysis maximum edition atleast on high.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

ok I will but how good is that video card you show me btw? it doens't have any reviews on it.

TheShadowLord07

Heres a review.

http://guru3d.com/article/sapphire-toxic-hd-4890-vaporx-review/13

alright thats pretty good. but hows my set up? i want it to play crysis maximum edition atleast on high.

It looks good except the motherboard is a micro ATX its rather small and with a wide graphics card you may not be able to use any PCI slots if you wanted a wireless card or something. If you won't be using them then your fine but I'd still get something like a ASUS P5Q motherboard.

I'd suggest a Phenom II x4 955 BE setup rather than a Q9550, they are more future upgradable as LGA775 is outdated now. Apart from that, a 750W PSU is more than enough for your setup, and a 4890 will be good enough on 1920 x 1080(Although I recommend 16:10 but thats just personal preference) to run Crysis on high/very high. Its a beast of a GPU and with Vapor-X it can even be overclocked much more than the other editions.gigatrainer

Just because Socket 1366 is out doesn't mean 775 is outdated. :roll: I had my Socket 939 for over 3 years when AM2 came out and it help up only thing I couldn't do was get DDR2 RAM. No point to beworrying about upgrading a cpu when he's already getting a high clocked quad with lots of L2.

[QUOTE="gigatrainer"]I'd suggest a Phenom II x4 955 BE setup rather than a Q9550, they are more future upgradable as LGA775 is outdated now. Apart from that, a 750W PSU is more than enough for your setup, and a 4890 will be good enough on 1920 x 1080(Although I recommend 16:10 but thats just personal preference) to run Crysis on high/very high. Its a beast of a GPU and with Vapor-X it can even be overclocked much more than the other editions.nVidiaGaMer

Just because Socket 1366 is out doesn't mean 775 is outdated. :roll: I had my Socket 939 for over 3 years when AM2 came out and it help up only thing I couldn't do was get DDR2 RAM. No point to beworrying about upgrading a cpu when he's already getting a high clocked quad with lots of L2.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="gigatrainer"]I'd suggest a Phenom II x4 955 BE setup rather than a Q9550, they are more future upgradable as LGA775 is outdated now. Apart from that, a 750W PSU is more than enough for your setup, and a 4890 will be good enough on 1920 x 1080(Although I recommend 16:10 but thats just personal preference) to run Crysis on high/very high. Its a beast of a GPU and with Vapor-X it can even be overclocked much more than the other editions.gigatrainer

Just because Socket 1366 is out doesn't mean 775 is outdated. :roll: I had my Socket 939 for over 3 years when AM2 came out and it help up only thing I couldn't do was get DDR2 RAM. No point to beworrying about upgrading a cpu when he's already getting a high clocked quad with lots of L2.

The only reason to upgrade would be if the processor fries or dies .... other then that any Intel Quad Core isn't getting outdated anytime soon even if Octocores are coming out next year.

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

Heres a review.

http://guru3d.com/article/sapphire-toxic-hd-4890-vaporx-review/13

nVidiaGaMer

alright thats pretty good. but hows my set up? i want it to play crysis maximum edition atleast on high.

It looks good except the motherboard is a micro ATX its rather small and with a wide graphics card you may not be able to use any PCI slots if you wanted a wireless card or something. If you won't be using them then your fine but I'd still get something like a ASUS P5Q motherboard.

What would be a good motherboard then?

Yeah.. if he go with Q9550 instead of Phenom II X4 955 + 790GX chipset :he better going with Gigabyte UD3R/P (Crossfire = P)
But if he was wanting to upgrade the one who said LGA 775 is outdated it sort of right for cpu schedule : Beside Rumour of E8700 : there no more cpu incoming

Phenom II X4 965 is about to release : and will have more Phenom II X4 Related Going-on until There Multi Core solution (Bulldozer)

If he want lot of Airflow / Overclocking : i Suggest To replace Xcilo Case by HAF932 but there no more sales on it on newegg.com
But there a huge sales of it on Microcenter 120$ : HAF932 as never being that low$$ :IT a huge Tower and lot of airflow :Rival to antec P193 in cooling but is having much less of place then HAF 932 There For HAF932 Still a King in airflow

A Pc Case of today can Last you Forever If you have Top Airflow / Huge space : I may use my CM 690 until Haf932 Become so unexpensive and necesary to put thing i would have gone With HAf932 to start with but when it just lauched it was worthing 250$CAD Vs 170$CAD : and CM 690 as low as 85$

Yeah.. if he go with Q9550 instead of Phenom II X4 955 + 790GX chipset :he better going with Gigabyte UD3R/P (Crossfire = P)
But if he was wanting to upgrade the one who said LGA 775 is outdated it sort of right for cpu schedule : Beside Rumour of E8700 : there no more cpu incoming

Phenom II X4 965 is about to release : and will have more Phenom II X4 Related Going-on until There Multi Core solution (Bulldozer)

If he want lot of Airflow / Overclocking : i Suggest To replace Xcilo Case by HAF932 but there no more sales on it on newegg.com
But there a huge sales of it on Microcenter 120$ : HAF932 as never being that low$$ :IT a huge Tower and lot of airflow :Rival to antec P193 in cooling but is having much less of place then HAF 932 There For HAF932 Still a King in airflow

A Pc Case of today can Last you Forever If you have Top Airflow / Huge space : I may use my CM 690 until Haf932 Become so unexpensive and necesary to put thing i would have gone With HAf932 to start with but when it just lauched it was worthing 250$CAD Vs 170$CAD : and CM 690 as low as 85$

marcthpro

so your saying i should go with a gigabyte UD3R? and should I replace the case with something else? One of my suggestions is going with aXCLIO A380BK Fully Black SECC 1.0mm or maybe a Thermaltake Armor+ or aCOOLER MASTER HAF 922 RC

HAF 922 (Brother of 932) it a little warmer then 932 but less expensive unless : you live near one of the 21 Store of MicroCenter in :P
120$ for either HAF 922 / 932

Yeah and if you get Ud3P it Crossfire in future which mean (two card) it either to you if you never gonna Crossfire on that setup just get the UD3R : else the UD3P

for that budget Id recommend you wait a month and half more and u can get the new ati dx 11 cards.

They will be able to handle crysis at very high with aa and no stutters.

for that budget Id recommend you wait a month and half more and u can get the new ati dx 11 cards.

They will be able to handle crysis at very high with aa and no stutters.

pureskull123

im ready getting close to 1500 dollar budget. i dont even know how much will they close.

I believe they will come to cost from 170 which is 5850, to 450 which is the 5870x2.

Thats how series 4 came to cost and so do series 3 pretty close, So the price wont be bad.

And with ur 1.5k budget ull be able to afford the 5870x2 which will kick the gtx295 butt.

if u want it today, get a good cpu like the 955 phenom, and good ram like ddr3 1600mhz, and get the 4850 which plays crysis at high,

ull be able to get that for under 800 dollars, and the rest u save it when 5870 x2 is realease.

I wouldnt recommend u to go sli or crossfire these days because of the microstuttering issue(most likely to be fixed in next cards), although its not common its kinda of buggy sometimes.

ok but I still need help. Like whats the processor I could thats pretty good but doesn't cost alot? Like a 3.0 GHZ.

TheShadowLord07

this is what i come with now:

MONITOR: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 149.99

VIDEO CARD:SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890 1GB 209.99

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 81.99

power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 109.99

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 104.99

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB SDRAM DDR2 1066 54.99

Keyboard:Kensington 64365 Black USB Wired Slim Keyboard 29.99

mouse:Logitech MX518 8 Buttons 39.99

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB: 79.99

CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W 219.99

dvd drive: Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR: 28.99

speakers: Creative Inspire T10 10 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker System 59.99

case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 159.99

how good can it play crysis?

this is what i come with now:

MONITOR: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 149.99

VIDEO CARD:SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890 1GB 209.99

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 81.99

power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 109.99

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 104.99

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB SDRAM DDR2 1066 54.99

Keyboard:Kensington 64365 Black USB Wired Slim Keyboard 29.99

mouse:Logitech MX518 8 Buttons 39.99

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB: 79.99

CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W 219.99

dvd drive: Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR: 28.99

speakers: Creative Inspire T10 10 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker System 59.99

case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 159.99

how good can it play crysis?

TheShadowLord07

Look at it this way Maximum PCs computer with a dual core, 2GB RAM, and a HD4870 played Crysis on 1920x1200 with high settings no lag ... you should play it on high too or very high even depending on your resolution.

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

this is what i come with now:

MONITOR: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 149.99

VIDEO CARD:SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890 1GB 209.99

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 81.99

power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 109.99

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 104.99

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB SDRAM DDR2 1066 54.99

Keyboard:Kensington 64365 Black USB Wired Slim Keyboard 29.99

mouse:Logitech MX518 8 Buttons 39.99

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB: 79.99

CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W 219.99

dvd drive: Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR: 28.99

speakers: Creative Inspire T10 10 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker System 59.99

case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 159.99

how good can it play crysis?

nVidiaGaMer

Look at it this way Maximum PCs computer with a dual core, 2GB RAM, and a HD4870 played Crysis on 1920x1200 with high settings no lag ... you should play it on high too or very high even depending on your resolution.

monitor is is Widescreen 16:9 Full HD 1080P LCD with a max resolution of 1920 x 1080

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

this is what i come with now:

MONITOR: ASUS VH226H Black 21.5 149.99

VIDEO CARD:SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 4890 1GB 209.99

Sound card: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 81.99

power supply: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 109.99

motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 104.99

RAM: G.SKILL 4GB SDRAM DDR2 1066 54.99

Keyboard:Kensington 64365 Black USB Wired Slim Keyboard 29.99

mouse:Logitech MX518 8 Buttons 39.99

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3750528AS 750GB: 79.99

CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz LGA 775 95W 219.99

dvd drive: Pioneer CD/DVD Burner Black IDE Model DVR: 28.99

speakers: Creative Inspire T10 10 Watts RMS 2.0 Speaker System 59.99

case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 159.99

how good can it play crysis?

TheShadowLord07

Look at it this way Maximum PCs computer with a dual core, 2GB RAM, and a HD4870 played Crysis on 1920x1200 with high settings no lag ... you should play it on high too or very high even depending on your resolution.

monitor is is Widescreen 16:9 Full HD 1080P LCD with a max resolution of 1920 x 1080

Thats fine 1920x1200 all high settings and no AA is good even 2xAA and it'll be smooth.

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

Look at it this way Maximum PCs computer with a dual core, 2GB RAM, and a HD4870 played Crysis on 1920x1200 with high settings no lag ... you should play it on high too or very high even depending on your resolution.

nVidiaGaMer

monitor is is Widescreen 16:9 Full HD 1080P LCD with a max resolution of 1920 x 1080

Thats fine 1920x1200 all high settings and no AA is good even 2xAA and it'll be smooth.

ok but now i got a new question. whats a better cpu. intel or amd? the cpu i posted. or amd phenom II X4?

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

monitor is is Widescreen 16:9 Full HD 1080P LCD with a max resolution of 1920 x 1080

TheShadowLord07

Thats fine 1920x1200 all high settings and no AA is good even 2xAA and it'll be smooth.

ok but now i got a new question. whats a better cpu. intel or amd? the cpu i posted. or amd phenom II X4?

I'd go with Intel but the 3.2Ghz Phenom II is good.

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

Thats fine 1920x1200 all high settings and no AA is good even 2xAA and it'll be smooth.

nVidiaGaMer

ok but now i got a new question. whats a better cpu. intel or amd? the cpu i posted. or amd phenom II X4?

I'd go with Intel but the 3.2Ghz Phenom II is good.

what would be a good motherboard for a phenom II X4? and whats the difference between intel and amd cpu's?

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="TheShadowLord07"]

ok but now i got a new question. whats a better cpu. intel or amd? the cpu i posted. or amd phenom II X4?

TheShadowLord07

I'd go with Intel but the 3.2Ghz Phenom II is good.

what would be a good motherboard for a phenom II X4? and whats the difference between intel and amd cpu's?

if u want the faster ram(1600+mhz) out there phenom ii would be better since you need an i7 for anything above 1333 mhz(correct me if im wrong). if cost is a factor which it doesnt seem to be for you, get a 790 mobo (look at newegg for reviews) but if you dont need crossfire/onboard video a 770 would be fine for much cheaper and with the money you save on the mobo you can get higher end ram(ddr3 1600). also for your monitor, theres always deals out and you can get a bigger monitor for very cheap(acer and asus have sales a lot and dell's are very cheap right now. 23 inch for 165 24 inch for 199. im researching parts right now also. i look at techbargains.com for sales and newegg for their combo deals(all the good ones seem to have ended july. the august ones dont look very promising right now)

Newegg had some crazy deals on combos like the PHENOM 955 (WHICH is faster than that processor) and the video card 4890 from xfx.

Ive seen them 4 days ago.

PHENOM 955 $215

XFX 4890 $ 209 and then if you buy them together as a combo you would get a 70 dollar discount its like getting tha card for 140 dollars CRAZY.

ASK THEM IF THEY CAN DO THAT DEAL AGAIN FOR YOU. I DID THAT ONCE AND THEY HONORED ME A DEAL THAT WAS ALREADY DUE.

btw your wasting some much money on the psu, get antec power supply those never gave me trouble.

AND NO IT WILL NOT MAX OUT CRYSIS AT ENTHUSIAST SETTINGS IT WILL BE CHOPPY. that is why id recommended u to wait a month longer for new cards coming by.

Newegg had some crazy deals on combos like the PHENOM 955 (WHICH is faster than that processor) and the video card 4890 from xfx.

Ive seen them 4 days ago.

PHENOM 955 $215

XFX 4890 $ 209 and then if you buy them together as a combo you would get a 70 dollar discount its like getting tha card for 140 dollars CRAZY.

ASK THEM IF THEY CAN DO THAT DEAL AGAIN FOR YOU. I DID THAT ONCE AND THEY HONORED ME A DEAL THAT WAS ALREADY DUE.

btw your wasting some much money on the psu, get antec power supply those never gave me trouble.

AND NO IT WILL NOT MAX OUT CRYSIS AT ENTHUSIAST SETTINGS IT WILL BE CHOPPY. that is why id recommended u to wait a month longer for new cards coming by.

pureskull123

It will max out Crysis on 1600x1200 and with some tweaking it will be possible for 1920x1200 ... on high settings easily though.

Well both CPUs are good but PII will be better for both future proofing and gaming. In everything else, it is even Steven. For the graphics card, I have one that is overclocked and it cannot max out Crysis perfectly smoothly at 1680x1050, so I guess that 1920x1080 wouldn't be great as well. For everything else, it looks great. But really, you lack the parts that will maek your PC good. These are my suggestions for you to correct in your PC:

CPU

Mobo

GPU

Now that will max it out.