Build me a budget gaming rig?

Need suggestions for building a gaming rig for $1k USD. Looking to run most games on High settings and dont

need monitor or mouse. Need windows. Was looking at the X4 965 over the intel cpu's.. is this a better choice?

I'd spend $700 to get a PC with a 5850:[spoiler] . [/spoiler] smc91352

Again Change the psu, a 430w psu isnt smart for use for a 5850., change the cpu to a Phenom 2 955, and the case. and you would have a much better Pc.04dcarraher

$818 After $95 rebate.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4479/800pc.jpg

• Windows 7 OS
• AMD x4 965 black edition 3.4ghz (quad core) CPU
• OCZ 700w PSU
• OCZ 4GB DDR3 1600 RAM
• Seagate 1.5TB 7200RPM HDD
• NZXT M59 Case
• 2x Sapphire 5770 1GB (Crossfire) GPU
• ASUS AM3 MOBO
• ASUS DVD

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]Again Change the psu, a 430w psu isnt smart for use for a 5850., change the cpu to a Phenom 2 955, and the case. and you would have a much better Pc.smc91352

Better CPU - Phenom II X4 965 3.4ghz > Althon II X4 620 2.6ghz
Better PSU - OCZ 700w PSU > Antec 430w PSU
Better RAM - OCZ 4GB DDR3 1600 > AllComponents 4GB DDR2 800
Better MOBO - Asus AM3 CF ready ATX> Biostar AM3/AM2+/AM2 Micro ATX
Better Case - NZXT M59 Mid ATX > APEX Mid ATX
Better HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB 7,200 RPM > Western Digital 640GB 7,200RPM
Better GPU - 2x Sapphire 5770 1GB Crossfire > XFX 5850 1GB

Also my PC uses quality name brands like ASUS, Sapphire, OCZ.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]Again Change the psu, a 430w psu isnt smart for use for a 5850., change the cpu to a Phenom 2 955, and the case. and you would have a much better Pc.smc91352

Also Phenom 2 is the better option, its faster simply put, and it wont hold a 5850 back

For $100 moreNVIDIATI

2x Sapphire 5770 1GB Crossfire > XFX 5850 1GBNVIDIATI

No the psu isnt enough, the 430w only has One 6 pin pci-e power cable. Which means that you would have to use power adapters to draw power from sections of the psu that usnt meant to supply that much power. Trust me that 430w isnt enough for a 5850 to be safely used.04dcarraher

Also Phenom 2 is the better option04dcarraher

its faster simply put, and it wont hold a 5850 back04dcarraher

Here's a good Gaming Pc $1002

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.454693Phenom 2 955 plus a 650w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.437524.13-131-603- Mobo plus Win 7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145218&cm_re=DDR3_4gb-_-20-145-218-_-Product- 4gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395&cm_re=500gb_sata-_-22-148-395-_-Product- 500gb Hdd

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106333- DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216&cm_re=coolermaster_case-_-11-119-216-_-Product- CM 690 II case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150490- 5870

Here's a good Gaming Pc $1002

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.454693Phenom 2 955 plus a 650w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.437524.13-131-603- Mobo plus Win 7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145218&cm_re=DDR3_4gb-_-20-145-218-_-Product- 4gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395&cm_re=500gb_sata-_-22-148-395-_-Product- 500gb Hdd

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106333- DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216&cm_re=coolermaster_case-_-11-119-216-_-Product- CM 690 II case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150490- 5870

04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]yeah, you'd have to use a molex to PCI-e cable. I'll trust the fact that I've seen use more powerful cards and more powerful cpus on an equal psu instead.[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]Also Phenom 2 is the better optionsmc91352

its faster simply put, and it wont hold a 5850 back04dcarraher

People using adapters on such a low wattage psu with high ended hardware arent being smart.

You might as well spend the extra $40-$50 because The Phenom 2 is on average is 20% faster then the Athlon II X4 and some cases even upto 40% because of the L3 cache. Heres an example with a GTX 260, and also the 5850 are much faster you would see the same type of gaps seen here.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

Here's a good Gaming Pc $1002

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.454693Phenom 2 955 plus a 650w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.437524.13-131-603- Mobo plus Win 7

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145218&cm_re=DDR3_4gb-_-20-145-218-_-Product- 4gb DDR3

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395&cm_re=500gb_sata-_-22-148-395-_-Product- 500gb Hdd

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106333- DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216&cm_re=coolermaster_case-_-11-119-216-_-Product- CM 690 II case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150490- 5870

People using adapters on such a low wattage psu with high ended hardware arent being smart.04dcarraher

You might as well spend the extra $40-$50 because The Phenom 2 is on average is 20% faster then the Athlon II X4 and some cases even upto 40% because of the L3 cache. Heres an example with a GTX 260, and also the 5850 are much faster you would see the same type of gaps seen here.04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]People using adapters on such a low wattage psu with high ended hardware arent being smart.smc91352

You might as well spend the extra $40-$50 because The Phenom 2 is on average is 20% faster then the Athlon II X4 and some cases even upto 40% because of the L3 cache. Heres an example with a GTX 260, and also the 5850 are much faster you would see the same type of gaps seen here.04dcarraher

Go ahead a run a psu at 80% or more of its abilty you will just shorten its life and take more of a chance of it dying on you within a couple of years. As capacitor age and with more stressed they loose their ablilty to supply power over time. If you have that 430w and use it for a year or more at that type of load you will loose the abilty to power the system correctly. Putting your psu and PC at risk, Which is why even ATI reccomend a 500w psu. Even at 1080 resolutions you know the Phenom 2's will outperform the Athlon II X4's.

thanks fro all the builds and comments everyone

I forgot to mention, i don't know anything about overclocking.

So far im leaning towards 04dcarraher's build. will it still run well w/o OC?

thanks fro all the builds and comments everyone

I forgot to mention, i don't know anything about overclocking.

So far im leaning towards 04dcarraher's build. will it still run well w/o OC?

lioceR

[QUOTE="lioceR"]

thanks fro all the builds and comments everyone

I forgot to mention, i don't know anything about overclocking.

So far im leaning towards 04dcarraher's build. will it still run well w/o OC?

FF6fan

The motherboard in 04dcarraher's build is NOT able to do SLI/Crossfire as it only has a single PCI-Express x16 slot.

:? My build is better is almost every way and its $200 less... $818 After $95 rebate.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4479/800pc.jpg

And if he would rather have the single 5870 he can always just get it instead of the 2x 5770s, though benchmarks show that a 2x 5770 in some cases can be better, the same, and worse than a 5870 for $100 less. Nothing is wrong with 04dcarrahers build, I just think it could be done better to save some more money.