ED Team Groove Posted November 14, 2012 ED Team Posted November 14, 2012 A friend of mine needs a new gaming Rig. Can you guys tell me what components to buy nowadays? Basically i need advise on mainboard, cpu (Intel prefered), how much RAM. Thanks Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Kuky Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) This is my philosophy when buying PC parts: CPU should be 1-2 notches lower than most expensive (right now that would mean any i7 CPU preferable the K version which is unlocked for overclocking) For motherboard I like ASUS boards the most and I want one that has good cooling on the chips, lot of USB ports on the rear and no funky colors :D. lately Intel made some very good gaming boards so Intel is also good. For RAM you don't really have to go very high freq but I like low latencies sticks. If you go for dual channel motherboard go for 8GB (I think 16GB is overkill), if triple channel 12GB (this is with 1366 socket which I think is not selling any more) and if quad channel go for 16GB. For video card I go for top of the line card, but not dual GPU (and I don't buy every generation, I mostly skip 1 sometimes 2 generations) Edited November 14, 2012 by Kuky typos PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
leafer Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 If I had money I would buy these: MSI Z77A-GD65 CORE i5 3570K 32 Gb Ram 1600 Mhz just coz I have money to burn :D ED have been taking my money since 1995. :P
Kuky Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 If I had money I would buy these: MSI Z77A-GD65 CORE i5 3570K 32 Gb Ram 1600 Mhz just coz I have money to burn :D Super contradictory :D PC specs: Windows 11 Home | Asus TUF Gaming B850-Plus WiFi | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + LC 360 AIO | MSI RTX 5090 LC 360 AIO | 55" Samsung Odyssey Gen 2 | 64GB PC5-48000 DDR5 | 1TB M2 SSD for OS | 2TB M2 SSD for DCS | NZXT C1000 Gold ATX 3.1 1000W | TM Cougar Throttle, Floor Mounted MongoosT-50 Grip on TM Cougar board, MFG Crosswind, Track IR
leafer Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 Well when I had money I have money? :D Seriously eng grammar past tense is very confusing to me. 1 ED have been taking my money since 1995. :P
Pyroflash Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 It depends, does this friend want to use any SATA 6GB/s hardware (Will determine whether Intel or ASUS will be an appropriate mobo, there is nothing wrong with either, though I prefer a first party SATA controller rather than deal with the third party controllers ASUS packages with its boards nowadays.)? BTW, the 3570k is a good chip, though I would go with a little less RAM, probably around 16GB. If you aim for the sky, you will never hit the ground.
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