Ishanx Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 So, I was looking at http://www.logicalincrements.com/ (great site, btw) and compared and divided and averaged various prices This is the conclusion I have come to: Depending on what you choose first, CPU, MOBO or GPU, you can find the approximate amount of money you should spend on the other two components. The CPU should cost ~1.8 times the motherboard. The GPU should cost 1.6~ times the CPU. The GPU should cost 2.8~ times the motherboard. Ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 7, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 7, 2014 Different stores sell every item at different prices, and when they have a surplus of it or want to get it off their shelves/warehouse, they mark them down. You have to be smart, and see what the differences are between many different stores. Ishanx 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 AMD or intel ?gaming ?enthusiast ?mainstream ?what market ?global average ?get back to work ! :D Raa and Mindovermaster 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmeunit Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 You shouldn't pick anything based on the price of the motherboard. Performance changes very little between models of the same chipset. You just gain ports, SLI, built-in wifi, etc.. Not to mention what has already been said. I also typically spend no more than $200 on a GPU, because in 6 months to a year, I can upgrade to a better card for the same money and probably sell my old card to make up the difference or use in another system. It's just not worth it to me to spend $300 or more. I have a Core i5 and a 7970 now and can play games fine at 1920x1080. I probably paid $120 for motherboard. About $220 for CPU and $180 for GPU. Agnes Leroy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 love teh webpage though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S. Veteran Posted October 8, 2014 Veteran Share Posted October 8, 2014 Could you elaborate on your analysis and how you arrived to these numbers? T3X4S 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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