Customizing "The Enthusiast's PC" guide

[Spruce]

Hi

I'm planning to buy a new gaming computer from scratch and was looking at the following setup under the Techspot Desktop PC Buying Guide; The Enthusiast's PC (I can't post links yet)

I read about the CPU and there it was stated that it does not support DirectX 11, which I think would be a good thing to do for future needs, can you recommend another CPU without raising the cost too much?

Any other suggestions?

My budget is about 1400$ for the core system.

Regards.

 

[Jawshh]

Hi

I'm planning to buy a new gaming computer from scratch and was looking at the following setup under the Techspot Desktop PC Buying Guide; The Enthusiast's PC (I can't post links yet)

I read about the CPU and there it was stated that it does not support DirectX 11, which I think would be a good thing to do for future needs, can you recommend another CPU without raising the cost too much?

Any other suggestions?

My budget is about 1400$ for the core system.

Regards.

CPUs don't determine support for Directx because directx is a graphics library used by game developers, so, it only depends on the video card and OS. The setup is pretty good, don't worry just go get them parts.

 

[slh28]

Yep, it's the GPU which determines the DX support, and all new cards support DX11.

The Enthusiast's PC build is pretty much bang on your budget, although personally I would get a cheaper case, ditch the Blu-Ray drive and spend that money on a better graphics card (e.g. Radeon 6950/6970 or Geforce GTX 570).

Keep in mind AMD may realease their new GPUs in a month's time so you might want to wait for those to come out and the subsequent price drop for the existing generation cards...