SETHD13'S NEW COMPUTER COMMISION

[sethd13]

Hell there kiwike! My father, may he live in peace. Has granted me the sum of 1000 USD to build my computer. All of you tech savvy swedes and everyone else should submit a build for under 1000 USD to me on this thread.
I want to be able to run(on max graphics)
-Arma2
-Arma3
-Skyrim
-minecraft(played on tiny for all of kiwike)

The winner will be granted satisfaction and 50 suba points I have in my wallet.
GO!

[geckosquid]

Don't think you're going to get max graphics on Arma 3 and Skyrim out of $1000. Definitely not Arma 3.

[bvcxzmn]

I bet a 660 could max out Skyrim, but there's no way you're going to be able to max out arma2 or 3 with that budget.

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Case: GIGABYTE GZ-ZIF338R Black ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
HDD: Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
GPU: EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 660 2GB
PSU: CORSAIR Builder Series CX600 600W 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Power Supply
RAM: Team Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory (Red Heat Spreader) Model
MOBO: ASRock Z77M LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz Quad-Core Desktop Processor
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit

This build is about $940 in total, but if you wanted to get a 660ti for a little more power it would be $1036.

EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti FTW Signature2 2GB

Also, this whole build should become cheaper after May 23 because that's when Nvidia is going to reveal their 700 series GPUs, so I would recommend waiting until then to buy everything.

EDIT: Fine then, I'll make it all pretty like yotta's >.>

[yottabyte]

Pretty beasty computer, same motherboard and CPU as I have. 128 GB SSD with a 1 TB hdd. The GTX 660 can do 60+ fps in most games, especially at lower resolutions like 1920x1080.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($125.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card ($189.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $952.92
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-13 08:45 EDT-0400)

[geckosquid]

Also, get Windows 8.

[doggypwn]

Also, get Windows 8.

Oh Gecko, you're such a troll.

[sethd13]

Yea I didn't say max, just fairly good graphics and frame rate

[bvcxzmn]

Don't get windows 8 for a gaming computer, I've heard a lot about incompatibility with certain games.

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Yea I didn't say max, just fairly good graphics and frame rate

I want to be able to run(on max graphics)

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[geckosquid]

I have used Windows 8 for months on two computers, one of them a heavy-duty gaming computer, and I have only had better performance, with no incompatibility problems. Most people who badmouth it haven't actually used the OS for enough time to realize that the only difference is that 8 has a more comprehensive start menu.

[bvcxzmn]

Fein den! Be that way >.> XD