I have $5,000. Want new gaming rig.

[FalseChristian]

What parts would you recommend? AMD is fine but for I MUST have an Asus mobo.

Thanks.

 

[Essence_of_War]

To nail down your expectations, could you answer the questions here first?
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=24043454&postcount=1

Based on the current rig in your sig, I'd have a hard time recommending any sort of upgrade to an overclocked SB i7 and GTX 760 if you're going to be gaming at 1680x1050.

 

[lagokc]

but for I MUST have an Asus mobo.

I have to ask... why? There was a time years and years ago when Asus was second to none (unless ABIT was really trying) but their service department isn't the best and their quality has dropped off over the years. Then they started making their boards a Foxconn instead of Pegatron.

IME at this point I'd put Asus third after Gigabyte and ASRock. ASRock is owned by Pegatron who makes their boards. Pegatron was Asus's manufacturing wing before Asus spun it off and started using Foxconn.

 

[richaron]

$5k is too far off the sweet spot, unless you're spending half of it on multi-monitors and peripherals.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

What parts would you recommend? AMD is fine but for I MUST have an Asus mobo.

Thanks.

Wait what? Your a veteran F.C. c'mon set the example http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=80121

Even then it's gonna be tough for us to build a better system than you could..... but we'll try for sure :twisted:

 

[ZGR]

$5000? You could do a couple builds with that budget.

What are you gonna do with this new rig? You could easily blow it all on ridiculous components, but you could also carefully choose to build a powerhouse of computer.

Intel has 3 new 15 core chips available. Might as well snag one of those....