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Hi everyone!

I was thinking that my old toshiba laptop with an intel pentium dual core T4300 and an ATI radeon HD 4500 was getting kinda old for playing games (it can't even play crysis 2 in minimum settings!).

So i wan't to build my own pc for the first time. My budget is around 1000-1200€. The budget doesn't includ OS or any peripherals.

But i have a question. Do you think i should wait for haswell as it will change the socket of the mobo. Will the 1155 be continued by intel?

P.S. - I live in Portugal so some of the hardware might not be found here.

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If you're REALLY worried about upgrade paths, then dont worry about 115X sockets. Just get 2011. It will give you a long time upgrade path

155 will not be continued by Intel. the 3770k is the final supported processor. But, the 3770k is an AMAZING cpu. It will be able to play games without bottle necks for years.

tldr; Don't bother waiting for Haswell. The 3770k is plenty powerful. If you need a path with upgrading choices, then go to socket 2011 and get a 3820.

 

 

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i would say go with an AMD FX8350 with 990FX chipset board.and radeon 7970 future proof, good gaming performance, and cheaper price..

do you have a site, in portugal? i live in Netherlands, so i know about euro´s

grtz Angel ☺

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http://www.alientech.pt/

It's in my area and have the best prices :)

thx for the replies

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i used the site you gave me, and i select the following parts.

mobo: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_15_297&products_id=18425

cpu: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_1_328&products_id=19026

ram: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_28_67&products_id=19899

gpu: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_19_23_335&products_id=16082

Hdd: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_9_52&products_id=16615

dvd: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_13_53_58&products_id=17693

psu: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_14&products_id=6577

case: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_6_41&products_id=20358

cool: http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_27_74&products_id=20156

total price 1186,20 euro.

p.s you can also decide to go for a 7950 GPU instead of a 7970, and put in a SSD.

i personaly choose not to add an ssd, cause i went for the best gaming performance, instead, of faster boot loading times.

Grtz Angel ☺

 let me know what you think

 

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Don't you think 16 gb of ram is a bit to much. From what i know, gaming PCs olny need about 8gb.

Personally don't like the case, i prefer the cm storm scout 2

By the way, i will go with the 7970 and upgrade to a ssd next year :)

thx very much for the help MisteryAngel, stay awesome

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ofc a case is personal, i just pickedup one ☺you can choose what ever you like on a case offcourse.

16GB ramm is a bit overkill at the moment yes, you can also decide to  buy 2x4 GB kingstong hyper X memory. if you prefer that. i just choose 16gb cause it fitted into the budget. but 8GB is enough. you save also money then.

it was my plessure to help, grtz Angel ☺

or this ramm if you like a bit trendy.

http://www.alientech.pt/product_info.php?cPath=180_28_67&products_id=8726

 

 

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well done. If you can, wait for hasewell.