Will this rig work? I need some help

Waddy101 · 25 May 2011 at 16:55

This is my first time building a computer and i want to build a decent comptuer that will run most games at high settings for about £600. I also want it to be 3D-Ready as well. I was just wondering if anybody knows whether this rig will run well and if anybody knows what kinda FPS it will get on games running at high settings.

Case: Zalman Z7-PLUS Mid-Tower ATX Gaming Computer Chassis
CPU: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K Unlocked Core i5 Quad-Core Processor (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket 1155)
Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M PRO New B3 Rev Motherboard (P67 chipset uATX, Intel?s 1155, USB 3.0/Sata 6Gb/s & Dual Intelligent Processors )
RAM: Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 2 x 2GB DDR3 SDRAM Memory
PSU: OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro Power Supply
Hard-Drive: Western Digital Caviar 1TB SATAII 64MB Cache 3.5-inch Green Internal Hard Drive OEM
Graphics Card: Asus 1GB GeForce GTX 560TI DirectCUII PCI-E Graphics Card

The total price of everything is £620.07

sola159 · 25 May 2011 at 17:03

Unless you mention your budget most folks here wont be able to spec you a rig is 620 the final figure that you can afford?

Reaper 392 · 25 May 2011 at 17:50

for 3D gaming you will need a 120Hz TV, a very good Nvidia graphics card, and an Nvidia 3D vision kit. the very good graphics and 3D vision kit can be an upgrade if you want, because they arent neccessary for 2D gaming.

the reason i say you need a very good graphics card is because, when playing in 3D, the graphics card needs to render a separate frame for each eye, effectively halving your framerate.
you also need a 120Hz TV for the same reason - there is a seperate frame for each eye, meaning to get the feeling of 60FPS, you need a TV that can do 120FPS

Waddy101 · 25 May 2011 at 19:58

sola159 said:
Unless you mention your budget most folks here wont be able to spec you a rig is 620 the final figure that you can afford?

My Price Range is £650 and i might be able to stretch to £680 at a maximum.

As for the move to the 3D i'm not going to make it straight away due to not having that amount of money.
I'm building it so that when i do have enough money i can make the jump to 3D easily (by buying a monitor and the nvidia 3d kit)

Also after talking to a friend of mine i'm thinking of getting the Radeon HD 6950 (dunno which edition) and i was wondering if that will be compatible with the nvidia 3d kit or will i have to buy a different one?

And the monitor that i will be buying (once i can) is the LG W2363D, this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-W2363D-inch-Monitor-D-SUB/dp/tech-data/B003MB61ZM/ref=de_a_smtd

Surveyor · 25 May 2011 at 20:00

Waddy101 said:
Also after talking to a friend of mine i'm thinking of getting the Radeon HD 6950 (dunno which edition) and i was wondering if that will be compatible with the nvidia 3d kit or will i have to buy a different one?

You need an Nvidia card not an ATI/AMD.

olivier renault · 25 May 2011 at 20:01

Not compatible. For 3D, NVidia is the way to go at the moment.

Waddy101 · 25 May 2011 at 20:13

Would you suggest getting the GTX 560 Ti instead then?

Surveyor · 25 May 2011 at 21:56

This will give you an idea of the suitability of the GTX 560 Ti for 3D:

http://3dvision-blog.com/the-new-geforce-gtx-560-ti-is-great-for-budget-stereo-3d-gaming/

Basically you need as much power as possible as the effective frame rates are halved in 3D as the card needs to produce 2 frames instead of 1. 1 for each eye.