this will be my first gaming build! i hope to play the latest games at 1920*1024 at high settings!! please let me know if this is a good build and feel free to make suggestions or changes.amd phenomII 555 x2 ?65gigabyte 990xa ?904gb corsair 1600 ram ?23corsair tx 650 watt psu ?62500gb hard drive ?29msi gtx 560 1gb ?130zalman z9 plus case ?46total cost ?445I know the cpu is prob the weakest component in the rig but it is easily overclocked and/or unlocked to a quad core and ill prob be upgrading to bulldozer in a year or so!! also is the gtx 560 a good gpu?Thanks
I am making my first custom gaming rig as well.I did a lot of research ,and found the strongest components for the price . Motherboard Asus z68(overclocked) ultra powerful ( 200$) Processor Intel Core i7 2600k-turbo boost,overclocked, hyper threading 3.7gz normal,4gz per core with turbo boost on,5Ghz with overclocking or more,plus 4 more cores with hyper threading(300$) Graphic Card Asus/Evga GeForce GTX 560ti-performance boost/overclocked( i like the evga better) -200$ Corsair CMX4GX3M2B1600C9 XMS3 Class 9 (40$) 500gb Hdd Corsair CWCH50-1 Hydro H50 CPU Liquid Cooler (70$) And if you want to push this gear to the max you need to keep the machine cool with this case CoolerMaster HAF X case This case with Corsair CWCH50-1 Hydro H50 CPU Liquid Cooler and you can push this rig beyond maximum and it wont fail.
The 560 will play all games to date fine. Everything is fine for a budget gaming rig. The cpu is low end or Bottlenecking your pc but it should suffice till you get a bulldozer. All and all its fine especially for that res.
That is an excellent rig. I would reccomend upgrading the ram though. Also, if your willing to spend a bit more upgrade the PSU and SLI.
