Well my cousin was gonna help me build a computer so I can game and do graphics on it and these are the parts he told me I should grab and he will grab the rest. Spoiler (Move your mouse to the spoiler area to reveal the content) Show Spoiler Hide Spoiler http://www.amazon.com/Force3D-radeo...6UAG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1335918819&sr=8-5 http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-LGA-1155...2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1335919019&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.com/Intel-BX80623...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1335919349&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/AMD-FX-8150-8...TF8&colid=348T4J2FTUI8O&coliid=I379N3IGPCDU32 Would this hardware be able to handle making high quality graphics and be able to play most games highly?
Why have you listed both an i5-2500K and an FX-8150? Most motherboards only support one processor, most users only need one procesor, and motherboards that support dual-processors only support a single type of processor (e.g. LGA 1155, AM3+ etc.). Ditch the 8150 and keep the i5. Buy this motherboard instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293 The video card is low-end, however for making graphics it should do fine.
Well my cousin told me I need about 600 ish for it all, I wanna play games like arma 2 shogun planet side 2 and games like that but I want to also be able to make high quality graphics
ArmA 2 has some pretty heavy sys. requirements, so a 2500K and a GTX 560 Ti would do great: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604 <- Only $200 after mail-in rebate which is an amazing deal!
He's probably referring to Ivy Bridge, Intel's new micro-architecture. Performance is roughly increased by around 10%, however you can reach better clock rates (overclocking) on Sandy Bridge processors. The IB equivalent of the 2500K is the i5-3570K which is also a beast processor, and tbh I'd go with that as it offers PCI-E 3.0 support and more integrated controllers.
