This is a bit disappointing. It seemed the 2500k was going to be the perfect cpu with its price/performance and overclocking ability. Although the i5-760 doesn't seem to be too bad in that aspect either.

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=27567694&tag=topics%3Btitle

Tezcatlipoca666

Yea my bad. Thanks for the link though.

Wow now i feel like a fool after seeing the post by BluRayHiDef about the p67 chipsets and Sandy-Bridge CPUs being recalled. Well I guess my question now becomes what CPU should I use in my build? (Preferrably around the $200-250 range either AMD or Intel)

I am in the market to be building a new desktop computer and after researching cpu's and gpu's I have come to the conclusion that I want to put in the Core i5-2500k and the GTX 560 Ti. But, just as of two days ago it seems newegg has 'Deactivated' the 2500k. Does anyone know why this has happened? Is it lack of stock or were there problems with the CPUs? It seems that Best Buy has none left in stock either. I'm just hoping that they get them back in stock soon.

What kind of power supply do you have?

[QUOTE="Yankeeman242003"]

This one looks great for the price.

gameguy6700

The GPU in it is great but it's being bottlenecked by that CPU. If he bought that he would have to upgrade the CPU to something a lot higher than just 2 GHz. And laptop CPUs don't come cheap. He's looking at a $500 upgrade just to get a 500-900 MHz boost.

Also, the resolution is kind of lame on that laptop. With a GTX260m it could definitely pull of 1920x1200 with most games (hell, my P7811FX can do 1920x1200 with a 9800m GTS with everything except Crysis). Granted the lower screen resolution is definitely going to make that hardware last a lot longer but considering how slowly games are progressing right now I don't think that's going to be much of a problem. He could probably just go out and buy a 1080p monitor if he really wanted to game at 1920x1200 or watch blu-rays but that's another several hundred dollar upgrade.

The CPU won't hold the GPU back much at all, maybe 2-3 FPS max. The GTX 260M is similar to the desktop 9800GT according to this website. If 2-3 FPS is worth $500 then go for it but that doesnt make sense to me. Also in this review, it is possible to OC the CPU "...to 2.25ghz without any issues and excessive heat. I could easily overclocked this to maybe 2.4ghz." If the OP feels comfortable in OCing then there is no issue at all.

I can agree with you on the screen resolution but then again a bigger screen will increase the price and the OP wants to keep it around $1000. So based on the budget (and it seems like he wants to buy from Best Buy) this is a great deal.

This one looks great for the price.

Looking briefly I found this. Seems to be pretty good and in your budget. Here are some reviews, one of them saying "$2,199 for up to 34FPS in Crysis and 15,628 in 3DMark06." Unfortunately its not in stock at the moment.

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[QUOTE="awakendjay"]

Well this is a little embarresing, but wtf who cares lol.........I never in my life took out a video card before or put one in lol........I had someone drive to my house and put it in for me......Actually i tried to put it in myself the first time, but these cards are SOOO huge/heavy and expensive that I didnt want my first time to put in a card or take one out to be with these babies........as people say they look like vhs tapes.......actually they look more like VHS tapes on steroids

awakendjay

I should've seen the alienware part in your sig, and I dont blame you for being cautious. It's a nice (and expensive) rig. I hope you do build your own rig one day, theres nothing like it. Also I hope you solve your problem since that obviously cost a pretty penny. Just out of curiousity, did alienware forget to put on the sli bridge or did you buy the second one at a later time?

Dude I desire sooooooooo much to build my own system........I think the idea is GREAT...but it just makes my stomach very weak just the thought of all the potential problems i can run into... Buying parts, accidently breaking them, getting grey hair at the stress, buying incompatible parts, buying parts that i have to mail back due to defects, waiting for warranty support, dealing with sooooooo much trial and error? or am i thinking the worse?

Actually I would love to save money and build my own system.....I think it looks like the ultimate legos game.....and then all the fun it would take to overclock them and getting after market coolers..........jeeez............but I just cannot handle the stress of paying my hard earned money ( and honestly i do not make alot of money, and no my parents do not by them for me, I actually have my own super small business and get a little left over FUN MONEY, and i just have a few tricks here and there wink wink ) and taking risk at burning out cpus, or drilling in my computer case the wrong way, ........and then dealing with other hidden problems.............

But there is a guy on youtube that I love the way he build his system, his name is gamer for gamer....... I would like to build a system like that.......

Well maybe start smaller. If you have an older computer and dont care too much about it, pop her open and just play around (obviously being mindful of things like static shock etc.). Or even if you try to build something for general (non-gaming) use which wont cost that much. And compatability issues? Just come on here and ask; theres always people willing to spend your money for you. There are also plenty of guides online to follow also. Just some food for thought.

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[QUOTE="awakendjay"]

Someone on this post said that you do not enable sli on a single gtx 295, because it is already enabled by default...so i am a little confused by your statement....or does a single gtx 295 actually have the capability to enable and disable sli on a SINGLE gtx 295 ?

awakendjay

I do not own the 295 so I cannot answer you. The whole point of my original post is trying to get you to do some trial and error. If you feel that you aren't getting the performance you should and you have a good idea of what it might be (having 2 295's with no sli bridge), then the logical conclusion would be to remove that second card to find out what's going on instead of waiting for people to maybe answer your question. You seem to have a good grasp on computer hardware so I figured it wouldnt hurt for you to try it from the beginning, save yourself some time.

Well this is a little embarresing, but wtf who cares lol.........I never in my life took out a video card before or put one in lol........I had someone drive to my house and put it in for me......Actually i tried to put it in myself the first time, but these cards are SOOO huge/heavy and expensive that I didnt want my first time to put in a card or take one out to be with these babies........as people say they look like vhs tapes.......actually they look more like VHS tapes on steroids

I should've seen the alienware part in your sig, and I dont blame you for being cautious. It's a nice (and expensive) rig. I hope you do build your own rig one day, theres nothing like it. Also I hope you solve your problem since that obviously cost a pretty penny. Just out of curiousity, did alienware forget to put on the sli bridge or did you buy the second one at a later time?