High End System question

[2Grizz]

Hello everyone!

I was just wondering if the high end system is one that will run at stock (Im not an OC'er) speeds or does the Rampage require those skills to be able to run it stable? I'm looking to buy the equipment as listed but dont really want to get in over my head at this point. This will be my third computer build so I'm not a complete knucklehead when it comes to putting them together, however I am out of the loop since my last build was right before AM2 boards were out.
Thanks for all your help in advance!

Grizz

[psyshack]

Why would you buy high end equipment that is tailored for oc'ing if your not going to OC?

At stock speeds there's not much of a difference between a solid mid grade mother board and a high end board given the same chip sets and other hardware are used.

[2Grizz]

Well, thats essentially the question I was trying to determine. I want a system that will be able to run current games at solid frame rates while and perhaps allow me to attempt a few measures of OC..but I dont have the skills or money to experiment and lose components. There arent many sites out there that arent tailored to people who don't OC...and this is a site that Ive come to trust.

[2Grizz]

Edit: I guess its time to start learning to OC then..I've just always been too cautious I guess

[Vear Heart]

Edit: I guess its time to start learning to OC then..I've just always been too cautious I guess

you dont have to jump on the high end train as far as i can see IN GAME as long as you have a decent cpu(stock) a decent HDD decent memory and a top of the line video card you can get your frames you so desire. i should know my system cost me $800($1000 after the monitor) and i get solid frames in every well coded games(just so you know there are games like crysis that dont tax your system only because of graphical might but because there codes are so terrible that they eat frame rates infact most MMO's fall in this catagory. You shouldnt break your bank and spend along time learning to overclock just so you can ruin a very new system because it was your first time. I say go with a mid range computer($600-$800) and teach your self on this because youwont lose as much if you leanr on that and fail.

you will also be very surprised over the ability of a computer around that price i know i was infact my current rig is so good it truely amazes me every day

[2Grizz]

my current rig is so good it truely amazes me every day

Vear Heart, what would you recommend then? The mid range that the leaderboard has here?

[Vear Heart]

the one we have here is very good
if you can go with a Q6600 and a ASUS motherboard so you can overclock easily

other then drop tyhe sound card and go with atleast a 650w PSU maybe even more if you wanna upgrade later

[2Grizz]

Thank you Vear Heart! I will look into that then. Anyone else have recommendations for me to game on and learn to OC?

[2Grizz]

Hmmm perhaps this should be moved over to a mid range question instead of High end now

[Rivet]

The system in my sig is the first pc I haven't built, and so far after 3 months it has yet to reboot or bsod. 100% stability although I no longer overclock it plays any game out there with all the extras set to very high quality. Most games I play at 1680 x 1050 with 16x antisoptric filtering and 16XQuality AA.

It wasnt expensive, think I paid about $1300. (doesnt include my 22" lcd)

I bought the pc from Newegg and have a thread here "Good buy or not?"

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883227070

[Petden]

CPU- Intel E8600 $190
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115036

Mobo- Gigabyte x48 $225
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128336

Ram- G.Skill 4GB $73
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231145

GFX- ATI 4870 $260
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814129113

HDD- Seagate Barracuda 500GB $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148288

Case- Antec 1200 $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129043

PSU- PC Power and Cooling 750W $155
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703009

Total $1158

You could even cut that down appx. $100 if you decided to go with a 4850. That motherboard overclocks very well, and the processor allows for a large OC'ing margin. It can pass 4.0GHz easily. Have fun