need new gaming pc

[Valentine Wiggin]

would appreciate any help, i am "special" when it comes to this stuff

[CaffeinePowered]

Whats your budget?

Once you let us know your budget, what all do you need to buy?

ie. Do you need a new speaker system, keyboard/mouse, hard drives, case, monitor?

You usually can recycle at least a few parts from an old box if you are going to cannibalize it

[Mr. Face]

Maybe you should give us more detail on what you want, we cant really give you much with that teeny bit

[Valentine Wiggin]

i really don't want to spend more than $2500 and would like to start fresh with a whole new system

[Blues]

While I wouldn't normally suggest it, if you have this much money to blow, build an i7 machine. I'll work up a cart later tonight.

[Sponson]

A proppa gaming rig costs like 600 at most.

[Mr. Face]

honestly my PC is pretty good. It's vista (DONT GET THAT) with 2 GB (ALSO NOT RECOMMENDED), the graphics card is te shit (RECOMMENDED <3), but ierno what else

[Wedge]

Lololol, just because she thinks they cost that much doesn't mean she needs to spend that much.  I guess you can make a killer beast machine that costs half that for fun though.

[CaffeinePowered]

Lololol, just because she thinks they cost that much doesn't mean she needs to spend that much.  I guess you can make a killer beast machine that costs half that for fun though.

This too, most good gaming PCs shouldn't cost more than 1000


3000+ - Splurging on unnecessary things
2000 - 3000 - Bleeding Edge
1000 - 2000 - Mostly all New Stuff
700 - 1000 - Usually very solid
600 and Lower - Budget


* Numbers may vary highly from person to person

[cbre88x]

700 - 1000 - Usually very solid
600 and Lower - Budget
* Numbers may vary highly from person to person

Yea I built a rough draft rig on newegg last night..without PSU and CPU. Went up to around $630. Tho, when I actually go to build this rig the parts will all be obsolete so I'm probably going to do another draft closer to fall (when I'm going to build a new rig for myself..my own birthday present..joy).

Anyways, I'm looking into motherboards that support 8G-16G RAM. I'm debating on going to DDR3 though..not sure if it's worth it yet.

[zaneyard]

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700 - 1000 - Usually very solid
600 and Lower - Budget
* Numbers may vary highly from person to person

Yea I built a rough draft rig on newegg last night..without PSU and CPU. Went up to around $630. Tho, when I actually go to build this rig the parts will all be obsolete so I'm probably going to do another draft closer to fall (when I'm going to build a new rig for myself..my own birthday present..joy).

Anyways, I'm looking into motherboards that support 8G-16G RAM. I'm debating on going to DDR3 though..not sure if it's worth it yet.
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id go for ddr3 before i go for 16 gigs of ram. you only need that if you running a server.

[Wedge]

Even DDR3 is pretty much dirt cheap now, no reason not too really.

[Blues]

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Lololol, just because she thinks they cost that much doesn't mean she needs to spend that much.  I guess you can make a killer beast machine that costs half that for fun though.

This too, most good gaming PCs shouldn't cost more than 1000


3000+ - You're a retard
2000 - 3000 - Splurging on extras
1000 - 2000 - Bleeding edge
700 - 1000 - Solid - Mosly new stuff
600 and Lower - budget - solid build


* Numbers represent PC only and not extras/peripherals
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[Sponson]

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[quote author=Wedge link=topic=3039.msg89002#msg89002 date=1244428700]
Lololol, just because she thinks they cost that much doesn't mean she needs to spend that much.  I guess you can make a killer beast machine that costs half that for fun though.

This too, most good gaming PCs shouldn't cost more than 1000


3000+ - You're a retard
2000 - 3000 - Splurging on extras
1000 - 2000 - Bleeding edge
700 - 1000 - Solid - Mosly new stuff
600 and Lower - budget - solid build


* Numbers represent PC only and not extras/peripherals
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Fixed for accuracy
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I love you blues. nohomo

[cbre88x]

id go for ddr3 before i go for 16 gigs of ram. you only need that if you running a server.

It's just looking forward. I want 8G to start with. And when I'm done with that build I can install some more RAM to have a full 16 or a little less and use it as a server. My faux-Dell rig right now only supports 4 gigs :-[

[Blues]

It's not like you need more than 4GB right now. By the time you utilize 8 they'll have changed standards again, look at how fast we went from DDR2 to DDR3. Gotta agree with Zane, definitely go with DDR3 before you worry about 8-16GB of RAM.

Also she was talking about a prebuilt, which would be a good explanation as to the 2500 limit.

[Valentine Wiggin]

when i get one i'm probably gonna have pokeman build it for me  :-*

[Blues]

I'm not a Pokemon I'm a Blue(s). If I do I'm putting a bomb in it.

[Valentine Wiggin]

i thought we agreed on no bombs

[Blues]

No anthrax, possibly bombs.