help build gaming pc (budget 2500$)

[djeezo]

hi guy i want to build i nice gaming pc i got a budget of 2500$ i will sell my old pc so i need everything excect mouse,kerboard and monitor.my probleme is im not very good with pc hardware like what compatible,what case i need and cooling and alll

i goy my eye on Newegg.com - Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown 3.33GHz 6 x 256KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80613I7980X for procesor and for video card Newegg.com - EVGA 015-P3-1583-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) Black Ops Edition 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

but for the rest im a bit lost with all those different product i don't realy care if im not getting the best for the other hardware i just want to run game the best i could with my budget and who will not overheat,i will need a sound card where i can plug digital and and a dvd burner if you guy can suggest me for the rest of the hardware i need like mother board,hard drive and all

thank you very much and very nice site i will put it in my favorite and comeback later and try to educate me i bit more

[David M]

That's a big budget. Do you want it to add up to that much or would a really kick ass gamer that is less expensive work for you?

With your budget you could do multiple monitors. Does that interest you? You would need a graphics card(s) that is capable of that.

[djeezo]

i got a 24 inch monitor and i want to play in 1920x1200 i also have my pc hook to my tv for second monitor but i don't plan to play game with multiple monitor i just use double monitor for watching video on my bigger tv and multiple internet page. and my budget is for all the hardware inside the box i already have all i need outside the box

[Deathdiesel]

Were you wanting an SSD, Blu Ray, etc.? What all is gunna be hooked up to it? Sound system? What will be its main use?

[djeezo]

the main use is gonna be gaming, im already have a 6.1 sound systeme and i want to hook my pc to it. i already have a blu ray for my tv so i have no need for it on my computer. for ssd i not familiar with it at all (do they really worth it?)if it not realy worth it im down with a regular good hard drive (like 1tb) .i love to do mutiple task, have lot of thing open in same time like watching a movies from my pc to my tv while playing a game on my other monitor for exemple, i think i will need lot of memory but even memory im not sure what compatible.i use ddr2 on my old pc and i think now is ddr3 but im not sure what memory fix with what mother board

thx a lot for the help

[Deathdiesel]

Considering your budget id say 12GB of Ram couldnt hurt, itll probly be excess but its not that much more than 8. Depending on the Mobo id assume its gunna be dual channel, and youll probably wanna run either 1333 or 1600 speed. SSDs i cant really input on, never owned one, but they are supposedly a lot faster. Your CPU will definately allow you to multitask. Other than that im at the end of my knowledge, wait till one of the pros get in here to help ya.

[PiousDevil]

Originally Posted by Deathdiesel Considering your budget id say 12GB of Ram couldnt hurt, itll probly be excess but its not that much more than 8. Depending on the Mobo id assume its gunna be dual channel, and youll probably wanna run either 1333 or 1600 speed. SSDs i cant really input on, never owned one, but they are supposedly a lot faster. Your CPU will definately allow you to multitask. Other than that im at the end of my knowledge, wait till one of the pros get in here to help ya.

This SSD was the best investment I've ever made in a PC upgrade.

Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

[glc]

You don't need to spend anywhere near that much, and a 980x is major overkill. For high end gaming, the video card is a lot more important than the CPU.

Wait till the Sandy Bridge bug is fixed, then get an Asus Sabertooth P67 board and an i7-2600 processor.

[lemoncade]

Are there any games today that even use 6 cores? 6 core games might be 10 years out? Maybe I'm wrong, when I looked over the list of games I play, not one used over 3 cores, and most used 2.

[Nuclear Krusader]

No, there aren't.