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[hanguker]

Here's what I'm looking at (prices from an online retailer):

AMD Phenom II x6 1055 184K
ASRock 770 Extreme3 80K
(2X= 4GB) G.SKILL DDR3 2GB PC3-10600 CL9 RIPJAWS 72K
EVGA GTX460 1GB 232K

TOTAL = ~570K

I've got everything else.
I chose the GTX460 over the AMD 6850 because it seems to perform a little better in FPS games.
I considered an Intel i5 760 because it has better gaming benchmarks than the Phenom. However, it and its mainboard are more expensive (+75K).

What do you guys think? Is it future proof enough to play new games for 5 years? Should I go i5 4 core?

EDIT: I'm upgrading from a slower core2duo/4GB-800Mhz RAM/9600GT GPU

Thanks for any advice.

[vDroop]

Looks fine. 5 years may be pushing it though. The best graphics card of 2005 (7800GTX) can barely play today's games on the lowest settings.

[Nuggets]

Most of the time, the gpu is the limiting factor when it comes to video games. Your current rig with a gpu upgrade could be enough depending on your goals.

[hanguker]

I wanted to just get a GTX460 with my current rig, but I heard that my CPU is going to bottleneck it.

Is this true? I've got an Intel e5200

As it is now I can barely squeeze 20 FPS out of Black Ops.

[Nuggets]

There are some games that are a bit more cpu intensive. But in your current rig, I'd say it's the gpu. You could easily over clock your cpu to 3.0 to remove any hints of bottlenecking.

Try this, since you are pretty much set on getting something 'better' - just buy the gpu first and give it ago. If it achieves the results that you are looking for than there's no need to spend anymore cash.

If it's still dragging a bit more than you like, then reconsider spending more money.

[eamo]

Looks good, Hanguker.

In fact, two of your parts I use myself in my gaming/media rig. The 1055T and the G.Skill R AM.

I wouldn't worry about the CPU bottlenecking......it has a turbo function which raises the clock to 3.3 on 3 of the cores. Plenty ample for any gaming situation.

Or, you could do what I do and just overclock all 6 cores to 3.5ghz!! The overclock is pretty easy, totally safe and doesn't use any more voltage than stock.....I've been running my PC 24/7 at 3.5ghz for weeks now. Totally stable......it's basically giving you something that approaches Intel's i7 980x ($1000!!) for 180,000 won.

Isn't that EVGA 460 more expensive than other 460's? EVGA are usually the most expensive GPU brand.

[hanguker]

Thanks for the great advice guys.

The EVGA is actually reasonably priced on danawa, but I'll check into it.

update: the cheapest I could find was an inno3d for 220K, the superclocked evga is 240K

[hanguker]

[eamo]

[Nuggets]

does Evga offer a lifetime warranty in Korea?

[wishfullthinkng]

I would say go with the Intel chip without a doubt. Yes it's more expensive, but it's worth it. Until AMD's next generation chips are released they simply cannot even compare to the I series. The i5 should be good enough for your budget system to last quite some time whereas you will probably finding yourself upgrading the AMD core in a few years time.

[hanguker]

[singerdude]

I would wait until Sandy Bridge is released, which is supposed to be on Jan 9 for the quad core models. Or if you want AMD, you might want to wait for bulldozer, but that might be Q1 or Q2 2011. Unfortunately, bulldozer will not be compatible with the current AM3 boards. Personally, I bought an el cheapo AMD system a few months ago, and plan to upgrade to either bulldozer or sandy bridge when both are released and I can then compare them.

[hanguker]

[singerdude]