Building a Gaming Rig
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 9:50 pm
I'm thinking about building a relatively inexpensive, but performance minded gaming rig. Anyone have any suggestions or recommendations? I'm all ears as I'm just starting to shop around a little bit and price out the parts to get the best bang for the buck.
This is the system I had in mind (or something close to it):
NZXT Tempest EVO Gaming Tower Case
Intel® Core™ i7 920 Processor (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Liquid CPU Cooling System
6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1600 - Corsair
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 – 896MB
ASUS P6T
700 Watt -- Power Supply SLI Ready
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s
22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive
12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
I haven't priced the individual components for a build yet, but I've found this exact (customized) setup online for $1,260 including shipping. At a glance, does that price seem resonable or should I start pricing out the parts for a build myself...
Again, I'm just shopping around, but I'd be curious to see what everyone's specs are and/or if they were building something today, what they'd go for to get the best performance vs. price.
Upcoming vacation, bills (those ridiculous car insurances) are eating up most of my cash flow at the moment unfortunately and I hardly have any time home to talk about nowadays... but sometime soon, I might just build a new gaming rig - who knows!?
This is the system I had in mind (or something close to it):
NZXT Tempest EVO Gaming Tower Case
Intel® Core™ i7 920 Processor (4x 2.66GHz/8MB L3 Cache)
Liquid CPU Cooling System
6 GB [2 GB X3] DDR3-1600 - Corsair
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 – 896MB
ASUS P6T
700 Watt -- Power Supply SLI Ready
1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s
22X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW Drive
12-In-1 Internal Flash Media Card Reader/Writer
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
I haven't priced the individual components for a build yet, but I've found this exact (customized) setup online for $1,260 including shipping. At a glance, does that price seem resonable or should I start pricing out the parts for a build myself...
Again, I'm just shopping around, but I'd be curious to see what everyone's specs are and/or if they were building something today, what they'd go for to get the best performance vs. price.
Upcoming vacation, bills (those ridiculous car insurances) are eating up most of my cash flow at the moment unfortunately and I hardly have any time home to talk about nowadays... but sometime soon, I might just build a new gaming rig - who knows!?