This is what I have atm: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IvG1
All I'm doing is playing Skyrim on ultra settings, is there anything that will help cut cost but not lose alot of performance? I geuss I don't HAVE to play on ultra, and I'm not stuck on an ASUS monitor.
I allready have the power supply, I got it for only $70 on newegg. Also have the optical drive, mouse and keyboard.
Get a Radeon 7870 instead. It will eat Skyrim alive, maxed settings, with mods, including HD texture pack. How much do you need to cut costs by?
not that much, that's what kind of thing I was looking for, thanks. unless there is something else
Not too much else.
Other cost cutting measures include going with an i5 3350p ($176), which is 3.1GHz and no integrated GPU. There is also going with a less expensive motherboard (ASrock Z77 Pro3 $90, or Z75 for $78), and cheaper PSU, like the Rosewill 530w Green series ($55). Can't think of much else without significantly cutting performance or quality.
if you want to cut more costs, without performance decrease (espeacially 7870) than get an fx 8350.
I feel like I am advertising them, but what do you want else, especially if you are gaming?
what's crossfire suppot, and does it matter much? Other than that would there be a big deffirence between the z77 and z75 asrock?
But don't cut your cost on the psu. You don't want power problems
I already have the psu. it's a rosewill 750w 80+ bronze. normaly $120, i got it for $70 shiped free off newegg.com
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Okay, well, then...
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IR14
If you don't have to, don't buy windows. Saves you $90 right there. You can also save, like, $35 by shrinking your screen size by 1.5". That or you can drop the need for an IPS monitor, although I would rather just search on ebay or something for a really inexpensive IPS monitor instead, as they are worth the extra cost. Aside from that, since you don't seem to be planning on overclockin on this build, a Z68 motherboard would save money and still give you crossfire/SLI support. Umm... Oh, yes, the Asus GTX 660Ti is cheaper after the rebate than the EVGA one, and it has a better cooling system than the EVGA one.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IS7c
The FX-8150 should be better for gaming,not to mention,that one has a water-cooling kit.
Put in a 7870 XT,nearly on-par with a 7950.
If you're buying a locked cpu get a cheap motherboard.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IW8z
I don't care if you aren't OCing I suggest aftermarket coolers!
Don't buy windows.
If you are really into Skyrim, I also suggest grabbing Fallout 3 too. It has some really fun mods too, and it just overall a great game. Skyrim was 50$, so I picked up Fallout. Freaking love it.
yah I prolly will get things like fallout 3, I've played it before and it's cool beans.
I already have skyrim on steam.
8150 is Bulldozer, 8320/8350 is Piledriver(updated bulldozer) so it has all fixed problems that Bulldozer had, 8320 on newegg costs 180$ while in Micro Center its 160$(?) most likely...
7850/7870 is a great bang for a buck, also you got two games for free so that adds more value to it... Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite :D Have fun!
How much you lookin to save?
I got this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IYF1
and this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/IYHj
Crossfire is AMD's technology that allows you to use two, or more (AMD) GPU's. from the same generation and class (ie 7800 series with another 7800 series), together. The big difference is the chipsets used, and I wasn't sure myself, but the big difference I see is that Z75 cuts support for Intels SSD caching technology, so you wouldn't be able to speed up a mechanical drive through SSD caching, however, there are dedicating caching SSD's that come with its own caching software. Other than that, Z77 and Z75 are practically the same.