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Originally Posted by Cman333
I might go SSD down the road. But even then I'm on the fence. I can't say I'll be using the gaming rig much. I know SSD drives are way faster. But faster as in what? Does it boot up quicker? Or do things like games run better if installed onto them?
I'm trying to keep the upgrading to a minimum considering I don't game that much and moneys kind of tight. I will spend the money if it's really needed and the performance can be justified.
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SSDs should cut down your boot and game load times but to be honest, its not worth it to buy one right now. Rumor has it that the pricing will reach $1 per 1GB by the end of 2012. I'd say a Samsung spinpoint F3 1TB should be good enough for now.
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Originally Posted by Cman333
I don't tend to OC my stuff just to avoid headaches. If I can score some aftermarket water cooling I may consider down the road. But still quite unlikely. Oh, and the odds of me running SLi or X-fire is pretty slim. So not really something I will do.
Basically, I just want to be able to game newest games at high res with decent framerates. If loading times can be cut down, then thats a bonus  |
Whoa, your mobo needs seem similar to mine. Personally, I'm too pussy to OC drastically and have no $ to do multi GPU setups, BUTTTT: I like to keep my options open and give myself a little space to grow.
That being said, I recommend a board I've been looking at for a while now, Gigabyte z68x-UD3R. I'd say stick to the z68 chipset so you can stretch the legs of the 'K' if you feel adventurous one day, have the opportunity to use SSD/HDD hybrid caching thing we talked about earlier, have the oppurtunity of running single GPU or multi, and its got a great black/gunmetal colorway rather than those baby blue TURDS every company seems to go with. It wont cost too much either.
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Originally Posted by Cman333
As for Vid Cards. How are the two choices I'm thinking. GTX560 vs HD6850?
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To be very honest, I dont know shit about graphic cards. But, heres a handy pre-made benchmark webpage:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU11/188
so you can do your own comparisons to help you reach a conclusion of which card to buy.
BTW do a build thread of the comp, theyre good reads for cars...why not computers, lol.