Custom built Pc for gaming

Junkianu SG

Hi guys, my cpu is old and slow, planning to get one new custom built cpu for gaming but I have no idea what parts is good, hope u guys can tell me what part is good or unnecessary.

I want a 3rd gen i7 processor

Asus mother board

2 x ddr3 4gb each

A 1tb hd

Nvidia gefore graphic card gtx series 5xx or 6xx

A good casing that helps cool down the cpu etc

Ropes SG

a couple of questions -

1. what's your budget?

2. what games do you play or intend to play?

3. what version windows will you use and is it 64 or 32 bit?

xRio SG

i heard i7 3rd gen is currently facing some prob. what i can suggest to you actually is look into your graphic card and processor, these are the main keys for gaming, the rest don't really do much so there isn't really a need to spend a bomb on the others, as for casing wise i'd personally prefer storm scout casing, you can go over to youtube and type it out, there are video reviews on it and it looks pretty kick a55 and good to me.

Xxxxxls2 SG

There's no problem with intel's 3rd gen. I own a i5-3450 which performs similar to a i5-2400 but at a much lower power consumption. The heat issue with the 3rd gen is already proven to be with the cooling material used on the processor. And i'm not the only one using 3rd gen without problems.

Tainted-p5yk3r SG

I wonder if anyone can help me out here. I am planning on getting a custom PC (a beginner here), something that will play Metro 2033 (on high if that is not asking too much). My budget is around $1500 (excluding screen, mouse and keyboard.

1) Is it still possible for me to lower my budget w/o affecting the PC's abilities?

2) Where's the best place to go for parts (in terms of (in decreasing order of importance) quality, cost, service (i.e warranty/customer support))?

Ropes SG

1) Is it still possible for me to lower my budget w/o affecting the PC's abilities?

2) Where's the best place to go for parts (in terms of (in decreasing order of importance) quality, cost, service (i.e warranty/customer support))?

Metro 2033 is pretty old now, you'll easily be able to build a computer for less than $1500. Start a thread of your own to get advice.