Get a new cpu or overclock it

Yes. Just yes.
I have those speakers and animus vox on them... godly

Actually pheesh is probably right. I'd wait for haswell. That is a pretty good price for the 660 ti. However, honestly amd and nvidia cards are just as smooth. I have compared my system (660 ti) to my friends 7870 side by side and they were both about equal. With crossfire vs sli it definitely is better for nvidia. The amd fx chips are getting way more hate than they deserve, especially when you can grab a 6300 + a decent 970 motherboard for $150 at micro center. $150. That's $70 cheaper than the 3570k even without a mobo.
But, agreed, basically any of these cpus will be fine. Just make sure you get a good motherboard and quality other components. No point in spending big money on a cpu and then cheaping out on the mobo or psu, or vice versa. You want the most balanced build.

The only previous reason to buy nvidia in my mind was for CUDA suport in adobe cs6, but now they have announced they are going to make it work with opencl. People say nvidia drivers are better than amd, but they're both really fine as long as you don't use like beta drivers.

PS about the power hungriness, in that same tek snyicate video they calculated it costs about $15 more per year for the 8350, but that's only in extreme situations (I believe that was like running it all day 7 days a week). And I've heard people can usually get up to 5ghz with the 8350, or at least ~4.6+

edit: also the 7950 overclocks like a mofo, way more than a 660 ti. The 660 ti really competes better with the 7870

If they're still rising you might as well buy/mine some and then sell them once they rise a little

Metro 2033
Crysis 2
Crysis 3 (didn't like the original)
Left 4 dead 2
Tf2 offline jump maps (lolz, do this when my internet goes down)
Tf2 fucking with rollouts offline

For psu go with a quality brand like seasonic. For hdd just get segate. You can get a 1tb 7200.14 for $70, or a wd black for like $100. Both work fine.
About the gpu, the 660 ti is a terrible value. I own one and use it in my build, but only because I got it on sale for $230. At the current price ~$300, its not worth it. I'd just go with a 7950 and overclock it. Even stock speeds it beats the 660 ti on most games. (not trying to be amd vs nvidia, its just a fact that the 7950 outperforms it).

3570k - $230
660 ti - $300

vs

8350 - $160 (ish)
7950 - $260-300

The 3570k is $100 more than the amd fx cpus, or even more if you get a combo deal with motherboards. You can find a fx 6300 + 990 fx ud3 mobo for less than the price for the 3570k alone at micro center.

Here's a comparison of the 8350 vs the 3570k. On a lot of games, the 8350 beats out even the $300 i7 3770k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4et7kDGSRfc

r/buildapc is bad. Just a bunch of intel fanboyism.

Right now the best value (basically) is a fx 6300, a 990fx mobo, 8gb 1866 or 1600 ram, and a 7870. But if you need to be intel nvidia than a 3570k and a 650 ti or possibly a 660 non ti, but that would cost more. Amd is the way to go unless you have tons of extra money•
Do you need to do all max settings? Or could you be fine just turning it down to medium or lower AA. Multi monitor? How much money are you going to spend.

Building it yourself is ALWAYS. ALWAYS the better option. Prebuilts cheap out on many of the most important parts, oem psus are usually complete shit. I'll link you to a pcpartpicker list once I get out of school (in free block right now)

http://www.twitch.tv/mangachu_/c/1967612
that took so much skill

Kind of funny how he just effortlessly can charge around the corner with free crits ready for whoever he sees. If that's not a cheap kill I don't know what is

Really 105-110? They go new for like $99

Sorry but a 550 ti is not a professional graphics card. Even a $150 7850 can preform on par with a 580 (or a 660 non ti).
And 550 ti is $120 max, most go for under $100.

Not trying to be an ass but this is a terrible deal, nobody is going to pay $100 for a used year old 550 ti, not to mention the fact that nobody is buying old 550 tis anymore.On craigslist, 560 tis are like $100-140 or less, and 550 tis are like $70 or $80

I don't see how it could do any harm to it, other than maybe just wearing it out but thats not really something to worry about. SSDs have gotten way more reliable

I wouldn't worry about it myself but if you have a negative airflow (sucking air in instead of positive where it just blows dust out) it would let more dust come in. Might be a way to just cover it. For powercolor vs HIS I don't know, id just google it or go on tomshardware or ocn or something.

@the 660 for $180 thats a pretty good deal, but I'd much prefer a 7870 or a 7850 for cheaper. The 7870 competes with the 660 ti ($300, though on sale for $260 sometimes) and beats it a lot.

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noob here whats funny about plat
just low skill compared to esea?

What about going demo up top? I haven't timed it but it seems not to be too slow.
Kind of pointless since (if practiced) you can do the side wall jump down to the bottom stairs super quick with no fall damage, and then if you're pro at life you can do the surf up the top stairs.

No that one looks pretty solid, z77x ud3 and ud3h are great mobos, the only thing thats better is some other ones that are in the $130 range with good built in audio. Not sure how people make builds without the os... do they just torrent it? Maybe they just transfer it from their old computers•
Oh, and do you live near or can drive to a micro center? They have the 3570k on sale for $170-180 (believe its $175 but could be $170 or $180) and they have $50 off motherboards when you buy them with cpus. Sick deal. Also the 3770k is $230 there, so you could easily upgrade to that.

For gpu, if you buy at newegg you can find the 7850 for as cheap as even like $150-160 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131473) and it comes with free tomb raider and bioshock infinite.
Or to spend a litte bit more you can get a 7870 for $220 ish (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150604) still with those free games. Heck, if you sold the games you could probably get a 7950 for the same price :P

Another thing you can do is use an older case and cut out the optical drive, you really never use them anymore. I just have a usb one I use on all my computers (parents, brother, and my two)