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Mikemike12

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Looking to build my own GAMING pc
« on: December 18, 2010, 12:41:07 AM »
Hello all, umm.. okay, basically ive been looking for a gaming pc for a few days, ive asked around, asked a few specialists the best gaming pc, but the best reply i got was to build my own, apparantly its rather easy and FAR cheaper. But, my problem is, i know nothing about building a pc or what parts i needed, one person however gave me a list of everything i needed (or so he says). But i dont wanna go out and buy all these parts to then find out they either: A: Dont fit together B: The system wont run C: I need more componants. Ill post a list of the things i was recommended to get, if anyone can spend 5 minutes looking through this list for me, and let me know if it truely is all i will need and secondly, if it will all fit together. Thanks to anyone who replies.

Cpu-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103894&Tpk=970 AMD

Motherboard-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131647&cm_re=asus_am3-_-13-131-647-_-Product

Ram-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145263&cm_re=ddr3_ram_4gb-_-20-145-263-_-Product

Graphics card-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150506

Cabinet-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160&cm_re=HAF_932-_-11-119-160-_-Product

HDD-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136692&cm_re=500gb_HDD-_-22-136-692-_-Product

Optical drive-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135201&cm_re=Dvd_drive-_-27-135-201-_-Product

PSU-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139012&Tpk=HX650

I was also told that this rig is upgradable? if ever i would need or want to. And that the rig would easily last for at least 4 years. Now, ive checked some websites about games it would be able to run, and it easily passes the test for crysis and battlefield badlands 2 as well as DiRT, which as far as im aware, are the most demanding games in the world.


Anyways, thanks for reading, if anyone can give me a definative answer, i will be incredibly grateful

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Re: Looking to build my own GAMING pc
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2010, 12:28:43 AM »
Have you built town PC before?
Your remarks indicate not.
I have built and rebut many and would never say the following:

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apparantly its rather easy and FAR cheaper.


If price is an issue, but you want a gaming foundation-
you would have to start with:

Desktop PC  (Nobody builds their own laptop, except Steve Jobs)
with Intel Core i3 550 Processor. Forget AMD. Not for your first build. Trust me.
2 GB RAM  ( add more later, prices will come down, they always do.)
 Windows 7 Home Premium (Wjy pay more?)
100GB SATA drive
Get a used monitor from a fiend or dealer. The are cheap but work good enough.
I would NOT recommend you put money into high end graphics. Not for you first build.
Of course, this is IMO.

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Re: Looking to build my own GAMING pc
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2010, 09:37:16 AM »
looks like a good build, but there are a few oddities:

the hard drive you list is a notebook harddrive; you'd probably want to get a desktop drive; better value for GB size (and it doesn't need an adapter).

The DVD drive is read-only; and you can't burn things with it. You might want to consider a DVD-RW burner; they are cheap these days.

The Case is a good brand; the computer I'm using now is built with a Cooler-Master branded case. Overall, looks good to me. But I'm far from an expert, I got lots of help on my build from several members here (Patio and Calum, to name two).


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Now, ive checked some websites about games it would be able to run, and it easily passes the test for crysis and battlefield badlands 2 as well as DiRT, which as far as im aware, are the most demanding games in the world.
Definitely true, but I should relate something; there are some games that give those games a run for their money requirements/processing wise. One specific example I can think of is Duke Nukem 3d; not the same one that was released in 1996, mind you, but with 3-d model enhancements and a new polymer renderer with dynamic lighting and so forth. Of course that's more of a "skunkworks" type of project and not something I would measure against, but my point is that while the games you mentioned do have high requirements, they are probably far from the "most demanding in the world" :D



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