Help on pc build

[Ramon Alonso]

I've been reading and searching around for my pc build. I'm looking at first at the CPU, Mobo, and GPU. I'll be getting them one at a time, so I want to get one of them soon. Here's where I'm at right now,

CPU- Intel Core i5 750
Mobo- EVGA P55 FTW 200
GPU- XFX HD585XZAFC Radeon HD 5850

I found this on a website and it looked good to me in performance and price. I want to know what the community thinks.

 

[Paul D Brown]

The motherboard you have selected is an expensive option and uses the older socket 1156 format.

Personally I would look for a motherboard with a P67 chipset and the more up to date LGA1155 socket, for a processor the far faster i5 2500k is in the best sweet spot for price and performance. The money saved on the motherboard would put you into Radeon 6950 territory.

 

[Ramon Alonso]

Good call, I kinda figured I could upgrade the stuff I was starting with, so this is what I got for now,

CPU- Intel Core i5 2500K
GPU- Radeon 6950
MoBo- MSI P67A-GD65 B3 Intel P67

 

[Paul D Brown]

A very nice setup, depends obviously on which sims/games you intend to run and how big your monitor is. I have the same CPU and the 2GB 6950 which runs iRacing and GTR2 with all setting on max no problems on a 22" monitor..

 

[Ramon Alonso]

I hope to run pretty much the basics, rfactor, iRacing, F1 2011, on a 62" tv.

 

[Jim Cole]

As long as you are still talking about a single monitor the 6950 should be able to handle it no problem. I am pretty sure that the 62" TV can't handle much more than 1080i anyways