Gaming Rig specs.

[Imperium]

Quite honestly the only games I'll be playing(aside from shit tons of Steam games and such) are large MMORPGs like Guild Wars 2, The Secret World etc - they all just look to have amazing graphics so I want a computer that can handle them. At least at mid graphics. I actually can not salvage anything from this computer.

It's a Sonyt VAIO, desktop version. But everything is built into the monitor, there's no tower, no extra peripheals. Everything is inside the monitor, and I can't very well take it apart without ruining it.

Gonna look over my build again since I got help from you guys. Are you absolutely sure I should have a quad-core though?

[Deems]

Gonna look over my build again since I got help from you guys. Are you absolutely sure I should have a quad-core though?

If you wish to play new games on high(er) graphics, and not looking forward to upgrading your processor anytime soon - get a quadcore. If you switch your motherboard to one that supports AM3, take the $114 (weekend special on newegg!) Phenom 960T processor.

You CAN keep the i3-540, its not a bad processor, but a quadcore will be much more future-proof so you won't have to upgrade soon (more and more games will be supporting more cores).

So its up to you if you wanna spend $20 more on a different processor now (perhaps few bucks for a different motherboard aswell), and avoid having to upgrade your dualcore later on and spend over a hundred bucks on it.

[Xaru]

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

I'd strongly recommend getting a quad core CPU. The I5 2500k is the best gaming CPU available for a reasonable budget. It can easily overclock to 4.4ghz+ too.

You could also wait a while before buying the PC since a new range of video cards just came out maybe the prices will drop for the old models.

[Imperium]

Quad-core it is. So, Xaru said something about overclocking potential if I have a good cooling system. The case I'm buying, or was buying, came with it's own cooling system. If I go off the build from the link Riski posted, I suppose I'll have my own cooling system. I don't think I intend to overclock it, so will this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 67296&SID=

Be able to cool it sufficiently?

[Xaru]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3M1u

Check out this link. It totals under $1000 and is significantly better than the one you looked at. That will run just about anything on high settings and should have no problem with MMOs.

Again, if you have any questions check out www.reddit.com/r/buildapc they will help you find the best PC for the cheapest price.

[Deems]

Get the pack Xaru linked.

And what comes to processor cooling when overclocking, you'll need a processor cooler for that, not fans for your case.

[Imperium]

Nice, thanks for the build Xaru. I mean wow, it has everything I need and is just barely over my budget, thanks a bunch man. I think I'll go with this build, now time to go back and read the retard's guide for building a computer.

[Riski]

The only things you really need to worry about is that the parts are compatible and that they do what you want. Not all motherboards support overclocking if that's what you want to do and you need to make sure that your power supply has enough watts to power everything and more for when you start upgrading parts, as well as that it fits in the case. Just be sure to double check everything you do so that you don't miss something important.

[Imperium]

I actually don't intend to do any overclocking, and about the power supply is why i asked earlier. Besides asking online, is there a way to know certain parts are compatible? Like, not just by saying "they dont fit or they dont work together" is there a certain rulebook that designates like what works with what etc, or something I should absolutely know about the parts?

[Deems]

The motherboard has these:
- LGA1155 cpu socket - check, the i5 2500k is LGA1155
- PCIe 16x slot for graphics card - check, the 6950 is PCIe 16x
- DDR3 RAM - check, your RAM's DDR3.

Case / PSU / mobo should be matching (theyre all ATX, so check).

500w PSU should be enough for those components.